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Phil Gaimon's Ask a Pro answers every question you've always wanted to ask about pro cycling ... sort of. Gaimon gathers the best of his popular Q&A column -- and pokes fun at his younger self. Despite the howling protests from his peers, no one's ever been more willing to spill the beans on what it's really like inside the pro cycling peloton than the sarcastic scribe Phil Gaimon. Building on the outrageous success of his hilarious 2014 debut, Pro...
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xxv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Like countless other kids, Phil Gaimon grew up dreaming of being a professional athlete. But unlike countless other kids, he actually pulled it off. After years of amateur races, hard training, living out of a suitcase, and never taking "no" for an answer, he finally achieved his goal and signed a contract to race professionally on one of the best teams in the world. Now, Gaimon pulls back the curtain on the WorldTour, cyclings highest level. He takes...
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x, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
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"In the tradition of The Boys in the Boat and Seabiscuit, a fascinating portrait of a groundbreaking but forgotten figure -- the remarkable Major Taylor, the black man who broke racial barriers by becoming the world's fastest and most famous bicyclist at the height of the Jim Crow era. In the 1890s, the nation's promise of equality had failed spectacularly. While slavery had ended with the Civil War, the Jim Crow laws still separated blacks from whites,...
4) BMX greats
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32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Provides background information on the founders of BMX, early BMX riders, and competitors of today.
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viii, 223 pages ; 22 cm
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"A memoir chronicling one woman's incredible journey to physical -- and mental -- fitness that will give readers an inside look at the hardships, heartbreaks, and trials she overcame to become a beloved Peloton instructor and an inspiration to people everywhere. Emma Lovewell is one of the star instructors for the fitness phenomenon Peloton, but her story is so much more than that -- and it's a story she can't wait to share with her legions of fans....
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277 pages ; 21 cm
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"Brian Benson has a million life plans but no sense of direction. So when he meets and falls for Rachel, he's ready to go wherever she'll take him. In a whirlwind of new love, they embark on a bicycle trip from northern Wisconsin to western Oregon. As the pair progress through stunning landscapes, they contend with merciless winds, vivid characters, broken bikes and bodies--and the looming question of what comes next"-- Provided by publisher.
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ix, 461 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Draws on interviews with more than one hundred people close to the famous athlete to chronicle fourteen critical years in his career, from his cancer recovery to his precipitous fall after revelations about his systemic doping became public.
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