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"In Pursuit of Stardom: Los Nomades du Velo Anglais" by Tony Hewson.

A really good memoir of the early English 'privateers' who went to France in the 1950s to compete in Road Races over there.

Fascinating and hilarious in parts, possibly one of the best cycling books I've ever read.
 
I got sent this book by a customer at work this week.He was having a clear out so natch he thought of me :)

Some of the info is still relative today :)

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electronicaeric":192rqx1o said:
I got sent this book by a customer at work this week.He was having a clear out so natch he thought of me :)

Some of the info is still relative today :)

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Had a couple of those books as I was growing up in the late 70s / early 80s.
 
xerxes":11d3mh2l said:
Last night I finished "Racing Through the Dark" by David Millar. It is the first biography/exposé I've ever read and I really enjoyed it.

I thought it was a fascinating read.
 
chriscl":v7b628ct said:
"In Pursuit of Stardom: Los Nomades du Velo Anglais" by Tony Hewson.

A really good memoir of the early English 'privateers' who went to France in the 1950s to compete in Road Races over there.

Fascinating and hilarious in parts, possibly one of the best cycling books I've ever read.

That sounds like an excellent book and probably a good backdrop to 'Put me back on my bike', the Tom Simpson book by Will Fotheringham.
 
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