The RiderBloomsbury Publishing USA, 16 aug 2018 - 160 pagina's The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport. Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate tribute to the art of bicycle road racing. Tim Krabbé begins this story at the very start of the Tour de Mont Aigoual, ready to race his rivals through the mountains of Central France. Over the course of the 150 pages that follows, Krabbé takes his bike 150 kilometers, and pulls his readers into the life of the sport he loves. The Rider is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece, and the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast. |
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Pagina 1
... wheels and frames. A few riders are already pedaling around. Smiling, waving. There are a few I don't know. Good riders ... back wheel, beside him a wooden box full of sprockets. His gears: he still has to decide which ones to use. There ...
... wheels and frames. A few riders are already pedaling around. Smiling, waving. There are a few I don't know. Good riders ... back wheel, beside him a wooden box full of sprockets. His gears: he still has to decide which ones to use. There ...
Pagina 4
... Wheel-sucker. I forgot my figs. Goddamn it, I forgot my figs. I find Stephan and ask him for my keys. 'We'll be Starting any minute.' 'Give me the keys.' I cycle over to the car and put three figs in my back pocket. Or should I make it ...
... Wheel-sucker. I forgot my figs. Goddamn it, I forgot my figs. I find Stephan and ask him for my keys. 'We'll be Starting any minute.' 'Give me the keys.' I cycle over to the car and put three figs in my back pocket. Or should I make it ...
Pagina 7
... back, but it doesn't matter. I used to think it never mattered. Until race number 145, on August 31, 1974. It was my ... wheel in front of me. And the.
... back, but it doesn't matter. I used to think it never mattered. Until race number 145, on August 31, 1974. It was my ... wheel in front of me. And the.
Pagina 10
... back wheel, powered by a nobody. Have to tell Stephan this is way out of line. Walking speed. The real race hasn't started yet. The first climb won't be for another thirty kilometers, at Les Vignes. I'm longing for it, just like when I ...
... back wheel, powered by a nobody. Have to tell Stephan this is way out of line. Walking speed. The real race hasn't started yet. The first climb won't be for another thirty kilometers, at Les Vignes. I'm longing for it, just like when I ...
Pagina 11
... wheel when he established his World Hour Record (49.431 km) in Mexico in 1972, but not that I would make it more than forty-one kilometers on my own. Not even if Merckx were on my back wheel, shouting: 'Move it, Krabbé!' The real world ...
... wheel when he established his World Hour Record (49.431 km) in Mexico in 1972, but not that I would make it more than forty-one kilometers on my own. Not even if Merckx were on my back wheel, shouting: 'Move it, Krabbé!' The real world ...
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