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
... racers. The emptiness of those lives shocks me. Everywhere cars are parked or driving by with antlers of wheels and frames. A few riders are already pedaling around. Smiling, waving. There are a few I don't know. Good riders? Bad riders ...
... racers. The emptiness of those lives shocks me. Everywhere cars are parked or driving by with antlers of wheels and frames. A few riders are already pedaling around. Smiling, waving. There are a few I don't know. Good riders? Bad riders ...
Pagina 5
... racer. People are made up of two parts: a mind and a body. Of the two, the mind, of course, is the rider. That this mind has recourse to two instruments, a body and a bicycle — both of which have to be as light as possible — doesn't ...
... racer. People are made up of two parts: a mind and a body. Of the two, the mind, of course, is the rider. That this mind has recourse to two instruments, a body and a bicycle — both of which have to be as light as possible — doesn't ...
Pagina 10
... racers sometimes even discover that their bidon has been stolen from the holder. Now Despuech is truly out of sight. Anyone in this bunch could do What Despuech is doing, which isn't to say there's not a certain athletic prowess to it ...
... racers sometimes even discover that their bidon has been stolen from the holder. Now Despuech is truly out of sight. Anyone in this bunch could do What Despuech is doing, which isn't to say there's not a certain athletic prowess to it ...
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