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  The Rider (Paperback) Edited by Colin Dickerman, By (author) Tim Krabbe, Translated by Sam Garrett

  

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  Short Description for The RiderOriginally published in Holland in 1978, "The Rider" became an instant cult classic, selling over 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate tribute to the art of bicycle road racing.
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  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Published: 12 June 2003
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Cycling
  • ISBN 13: 9781582342900 ISBN 10: 1582342903
  • Sales rank: 10,757

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Full description for The Rider

• A literary sports classic, finally available in the U.S. Originally published in Holland in 1978, "The Rider" became an instant cult classic, selling over 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. Not a dry history of the sport, "The Rider" is beloved as a bicycle odyssey, a literary masterpiece that describes in painstaking detail one 150-kilometer race in a mere 150 pages. "The Rider" is the ultimate book for bike lovers as well as the arm-chair sports enthusiast.