Until the 1920s, bike races outdrew all other American sports including baseball. This colorful, exciting period of sports history, a saga of courage and occasional lunacy is re-created by the author, a prize-winning racer himself. Photos.
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Best cycling book ever!,
By Jill DiMauro (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hearts of Lions : The Story of American Bicycle Racing (Paperback)
Without question the best book ever written about the history of American cycling! If you could only own one book on the subject, this is it. Readers will be so amazed and proud of those early racers who laid the path for those that followed. Peter Nye makes this history come alive.
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The Definitive History of American Cycling,
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This review is from: Hearts of Lions : The Story of American Bicycle Racing (Paperback)
Peter Nye has brilliantly captured the almost forgotten past of the Bicycle. From crazy invention to America's most popular sport (at the turn of the century), Nye shares the stories and experiences that vividly illustrate the evolution of bicycling. Today the sport is growing and the book captures the stout spirit of those with "hearts of lions" both past and present.
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Every sports journalist should read this one!,
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This review is from: Hearts of Lions : The Story of American Bicycle Racing (Paperback)
Probably the best book on American bicycle racing. Every sports journalist should read this one. Since the history of bicyle racing is one of the most forgotten sports in American history, anyone reading this book will learn about the characters and nuances that shaped the sport. A must read for any cyclist and those interested in the sport.
If journalists read this one (particularly TV reporters) they would not come across so ignorant when reporting on a cycling related event.
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