Have any rare bycling books?

[marathon marke]

Have any rare bicycling books?

I have two books I got back in the '80s from when I worked at a shop. The first one is "Agonistic Cycling". As far as I can tell from searching google and amazon, there seems to be no source for this book, and not much info in general. I thought I had lost my copy, but you can imagine my excitement when I found it stashed away in some old boxes that I had forgotten about for a couple decades.

Edit: Thanks to forum member, online-rider, I learned of my typo, both in this thread and in my google/amazon search. They have been corrected and I see there are several online sources for the book.

The second one, "Bicycling: A Guinness Superlatives Guide" seems to bring up only one result from a search. And this particular adition is selling for $175.

 

[online-rider]

I have two books I got back in the '80s from when I worked at a shop. The first one is "Agnostic Cycling"

=Agonistic Cycling. I believe agnostic means something else.

 

[online-rider]

I would be interested in flipping through that 1st one. Does it say where that photo is taken on the cover? I'm geussing its the Giro

 

[For The World]

My fiancee gave me this for Christmas. It's actually a REALLY good read, and gives a different view of Le Tour in 1976 (the year Van Impe won it).

My edition has a different cover though - one with a rider from Ti-Raleigh is on the cover.

(Sorry, I got my years confused)

 

[marathon marke]

=Agonistic Cycling. I believe agnostic means something else.

LOL Yeah, I see! Thank you for alerting me to this, all has been corrected. There IS quite a difference of definition between those two words. LOL

 

[marathon marke]

Wow, I have never seen that book before. Nice Christmas present!

My fiancee gave me this for Christmas. It's actually a REALLY good read, and gives a different view of Le Tour in 1978 (the year Van Impe won it).

My edition has a different cover though - one with a rider from Ti-Raleigh is on the cover.

 

[marathon marke]

I would be interested in flipping through that 1st one. Does it say where that photo is taken on the cover? I'm geussing its the Giro

The book is a classic. Unfortunately I can't find any description of the cover photo.

 

[marathon marke]

I used to have a copy of the C.O.N.I. manual. That's another one I wish would just pop up.

 

[mihaibu]

My fiancee gave me this for Christmas. It's actually a REALLY good read, and gives a different view of Le Tour in 1978 (the year Van Impe won it).

Van Impe won the 1976 Tour; Bernard Hinault won the 1978 Tour.

 

[Finbouy]

A buddie lent me the history of the Catford Cycling Club. It was hilarious, Some of the pics were that old pasty brown and white and some with women in bloomers and riding penny farthings.
As a history lesson it was amazing to read...

 

[AngusW]

My fiancee gave me this for Christmas. It's actually a REALLY good read, and gives a different view of Le Tour in 1978 (the year Van Impe won it).

My edition has a different cover though - one with a rider from Ti-Raleigh is on the cover.

+ 1. The first decent cycling book I ever read, courtesy of the local library. A bit dated, but really well written and a great account of the 1976 Tour. I'd love to read it again.

 

[For The World]

Van Impe won the 1976 Tour; Bernard Hinault won the 1978 Tour.

But of course. I'm not sure why I typed the wrong year. I should have engaged my brain sooner.

To make amends, here's the actual cover of the edition I've got (I took a picture):

 

[ksmith]

Ive got a couple of books by Chas Messenger: Cyling Circus pub 1970 about the tour of Britain 1951-1956 and the Circuit of Britain 1954-1956 Cycling Crazy pub1971 about different races in Europe, amateur mostly in the late 60's