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Old and New Quality Reading
For more depth than magazines and more comfort than web browsing - books are best. Here are a few that you may enjoy (or hate!) but some will certainly be very hard to find.
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Pelham Books published a series of cycling books in the early 1970’s some of which were -
- Cycling Year Book by N G Henderson, 1971, Ref 7207 0461 8
- Cycling in the Sixties by David Saunders
- Continental Cycle Racing by N G Henderson
- Cycling’s Circus by Chas Messenger, 1971
- Conquer the World by Chas Messenger, 1968
- Cycling Crazy by Chas Messenger, 1970
- Cycling - Lands End to John o’Groats by Alan J Ray, 1971, Ref 7207 0505 3
- The Bicycle in Life, Love, War and Literature by Seamus McGonagle
- Where there’s a wheel by Chas Messenger, 1972
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This International Cycling Guide provided an annual review of all aspects of cycling not just racing. It was edited by Nicholas Crane and published by the Tantivy Press of London. I have seen the 1982, 3 and 4 editions but it started in 1980 and may have gone on for years longer. The 1984 edition can be traced via ISBN 0-900730-12-9 and USLCCC # 79-8736
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Any really serious racing fan of the European racing scene really needs to get themselves copies of this series of year books that start from 1985-6. The first edition contained 600+ pages of detailed facts and figures covering professional, amateur, junior and veteran races - road, track and off-road.
The text is in Dutch but that does not detract from the depth of information provided. The 1985-6 edition was published by Elmar Sport with Herman Harens, Evert de Rooij and Wencel Maresch as editors; ISBN 90 6120 500 X.
Checking the web for secondhand copies, all the editions from 1985 to date were found; with prices starting at just 4 euros. The official Wieler Jaarboek website is here..
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The search continues ... more soon. But here is one extra ... the Evian Simplex Catalogue for 1963
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Not Just Video
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There is a great selection of cycling books - and even clothing - at Bromley Video
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