Book description
Graeme Fife has been riding a bike since he discovered, aged five,
that escaping from home on two wheels was a lot faster and took him a
lot farther than he could go on foot. He soon allied love of what was,
admittedly, quite a humble version of the beautiful machine with a
tenacious grip on independence.
A French girlfriend introduced Fife to raclette, a broader
perspective on life and thinking and the Tour de France and French
cycling journalism. Since then, this passion has seeded books,
articles, epic rides, acquaintance with some of the most illustrious
men in cycling and many staunch friendships.
This is bare-knuckle writing at its most punchy, rippling with wit
and energy. It is a celebration of the bicycle and the joy, wonder,
adventure, the good and bad times associated with it, and of the
people who ride and with whom Fife has ridden. Here are explorations
of all dimensions of the experience, on, round, with, via and about
the beautiful machine.
Graeme Fife is a writer with several books published in the UK and
the USA. A keen cyclist, he has ridden all the celebrated cols of Tour legend.
