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Roadie
The Misunderstood World of a Bike Racer
By: Smith Jamie, Jef Mallett (Illustrator)
eBook | 11 January 2024 | Edition Number 1
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256 Pages
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27
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Veteran race announcer and long-time cycling enthusiast Jamie Smith sets out to explain the sport he loves and the roadies who live for it in this lighthearted treatise on bike racing. Finally, a book to explain those people who roll out for a ride dressed in technicolored Lycra at the crack of dawn on Saturday, and return at sundown with a glow of satisfaction and even stronger tan lines.
Perfect for anyone who has ever known a roadie, considered becoming a roadie, or walked away from a bike race completely puzzled, Roadie addresses all of the curiosities that accompany the sport of cycling, from shaved legs to colorful jerseys and unbelievably expensive bicycles, shoes, and components. Every seemingly neurotic tendency is explained and celebrated with humorous illustrations from nationally syndicated cartoonist Jef Mallett (also rumored to log thousands of miles of riding per year).
Explaining strategy and races from the famous Tour de France stage race to the local criterium, Roadie brings the excitement of bike racing alive for anyone with an appetite for adrenaline. And for the thousands who purchase a shiny new road bike each spring, it's a much-needed primer on the politics of a group ride. Pacelines, drafting, sprinting, climbing, and breakaways are turned into everyday commonsense with colorful anecdotes.
Whether interested onlooker or cycling aficionado, readers will find themselves laughing out loud as they revel in the roadie's world.
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Foreword
Chapter 1: Riders Ready
Chapter 2: The Bike
Chapter 3: The System
Chapter 4: Race Day
Chapter 5: Drafting and the Breakaway
Chapter 6: The Sprint, The Solo, The Combine, and Others
Chapter 7: The Criterium
Chapter 8: The Road Race
Chapter 9: The Individual Time Trial
Chapter 10: The Stage Race
Chapter 11: Crashes
Chapter 12: The Bonk
Chapter 13: Our Sponsors
Chapter 14: The Training Ride
Chapter 15: The Lifestyle
ISBN: 9781937716011
ISBN-10: 1937716015
Published: 11th January 2024
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Edition Number: 1