 | One More Kilometre and We're in the Showers by Tim Hilton
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £1.23 Utterly bonkers. In a good way. A unique take on cycling, life, politics and (fleetingly) sex.
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 | The Escape Artist: Life from the Saddle by Matt Seaton
Buy new: £4.49 / Used from: £0.88 Lovely book. A London bikie faces up to personal tragedy and adult responsibilities.
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 | The Death of Marco Pantani: A Biography by Matt Rendell
Buy used from: £4.49 Meticulous, painful deconstruction of the Pantani myth. You will never look at a bike race in the same way again.
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 | Sean Kelly: A Man for All Seasons by Sean Kelly
Buy used from: £49.72 Hard to find, but an excellent evocation of how an Irish farm boy became an international superstar, by suffering more than anyone else. Story of a legend, by Lance Armstrong's favourite writer.
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| Tales from the Bike Shop by Maynard Hershon
Buy used from: £8.85 Garrison Keillor in an old Bianchi jersey. Quaint, sometimes over- folksy, stories of US cycling life.
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| BT-RICHARDS BICYCLE BK by Richard Ballantine
Buy used from: £4.24 The book that inspired a generation of cyclists. Still one of the best introductions to why cycling is the world's finest sport
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 | It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life by Lance Armstrong
Buy new: £5.50 / Used from: £0.01 Inspirational and still a great read. Though I will never forgive him for introducing long black socks to the peloton.
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 | The Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story by Graeme Obree
Buy new: £5.24 / Used from: £1.05 Brave and powerful, an insight into the tortured mind of one of British cycling's greatest characters
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 | Lance Armstrong: Tour De Force by Dan Coyle
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £0.01 Well written, close enough to "Planet Lance" to gain some useful insights, not so close as to be sucked in. Very good on the horrors of everyday life as a pro
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| Bicycle Mechanics: In Workshop and Competition by Steve Snowling
Buy used from: £4.75 Leonard Zinn's books are more use for modern wrenchers, but nothing beats Steve Snowling's nerdy mechanical obsession. I built a string of bikes in the '80's with this as my guide.
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