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
... thought. Before him on the street lies a back wheel, beside him a wooden box full of sprockets. His gears: he still has to decide which ones to use. There are four cols today, no one knows exactly how steep. I do: I've been over.
... thought. Before him on the street lies a back wheel, beside him a wooden box full of sprockets. His gears: he still has to decide which ones to use. There are four cols today, no one knows exactly how steep. I do: I've been over.
Pagina 7
... thought. I didn't have a clue. . Outside Tiel the race director waved his flag, I heard the car accelerate, and before I knew what was happening the pack was sprinting as fast as it could. Within ten seconds I had to throw the bike into ...
... thought. I didn't have a clue. . Outside Tiel the race director waved his flag, I heard the car accelerate, and before I knew what was happening the pack was sprinting as fast as it could. Within ten seconds I had to throw the bike into ...
Pagina 10
... thought: there goes my own spare 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 ...
... thought: there goes my own spare 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 ...
Pagina 13
... he's telling me my own thoughts. 'Sauveplane is crazy.' Then something even crazier happens. I've escaped too! My reason has to go along, like a ten-year-old boy on a runaway horse. I'm up on the pedals, after five strokes 13.
... he's telling me my own thoughts. 'Sauveplane is crazy.' Then something even crazier happens. I've escaped too! My reason has to go along, like a ten-year-old boy on a runaway horse. I'm up on the pedals, after five strokes 13.
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