i’d be too afraid to bruise ‘the peoples champion’… 
plus i’m mid unreleased salinger short stories collection. fark its good…
i can wait.
screw the bikes, i want this. what’s it’s called?
i’ve actually just started in on a collection of peter carey short stories. hit and miss, but a good deal of hit.
sooo i just finished robbie’s book as well as survivor by chuck palulnick, i need somthing new again, just re read the whole thread and now im even more lost as what to read
soo if you have a book you think i should read and want to lend it to me do so!
You’re welcome to check out my bookcase next time you’re here. I have heaps of Calvin & Hobbes…
The one with the APATHETIC UNICORNS?!? omg that story CHANGED MY OPINIOM ON UNICORNS
Tales of The Otori.
Im sure i have mentioned it in here some where.
Im time poor but am enjoying,
To the four corners.
A travel journal of a surf and travel pioneer that led an amazing life.
want!
you should totally follow calvin and hobbes quotes on twitter. so good!
Hey Rolly, I have heaps of Calvin and Hobbes too! It seems we share a passion.
I spent the summer of 1995 reading Calvin & Hobbes, playing pool and drinking slurpees. That remains the defining summer of my life.
Last book I read: The Pale King by David Foster Wallace. Pretty good for an unfinished manuscript, but if you haven’t read Infinite Jest, read that first.
So I guess my recommendation is to read Infinite Jest.
i got the calvin and hobbes boxset from santa last year.
currently reading:
The nightingale floor was the best one by far.
the howard marks autobiography “mr nice” is amusing so far.
its no ‘snowblind’ or ‘smokescreen’, let alone ‘cosmic banditos’.
you are welcome to borrow some. as a non drinker, i imagine you’d be more likely to remember to return them!
i’ve clearly missed some kind of joke, with all this “passion” chat you keep posting about.
i think lots of people have C&H as a great memory from their childhood. i love re-reading them and understanding so much more than i did when i was a kid. calvin says some deep shit sometimes.
hey mckenny, does the box set have EVERY book?? man, that’s a big box! i’ve got 13 of them, and i know i’m missing about 4 or so…
they’re repackaged, it’s only 3 volumes ~490 pages each
EDIT: and cos it’s so awesome the whole world should know…
I was 20 years old that summer… My fave childhood comics were Wizard of Id, Asterix and Tintin.
hahahaha awesome!!
that’s not quite the same then…
i should try and find the ones i still need and finally have them all!
I’ve started a collection of 80’s UK paperbacks, and thus am reading alot of Tom Sharpe, currently Porterhouse Blue.
Rolly i wasn’t taking the piss (for once). The defining C and H moment for me was the summer of 2002, when i read all of them, and drank lots of iced tea. Fuck yeh, i love that comic.
Saw this list of cycling books and thought it’d be good to post here. Lots to read …
Title Author Comments
Dog in a Hat (A) Joe Parkin Joe Parkin was one of the first Americans
to become a professional bike racer in the European peloton.
50 Years of Schwinn-Built Bicycles Schwinn Bicycle Company
Anybody’s Bike Book Cuthbertson
Bicycle David Herlihy
Bicycle Book (The) Richard Ballantine
Bicycle Mechanics Snowling Includes a picture of the Super Record
retrofriction shifter on page 114
Bicycle People Roland Geist, 1970’s “Doesn’t appeal to me as much as
the 1939 book”
Bicycles and Tricycles Sharp
Bicycling as a Hobby Roland Geist, 1939 while not terribly
informative, has the distinction of being, to my knowledge, the only
cycling manual written for adults in the U.S. in the inter-war
period. There is a very strong British, CTC-ish influence at work.
Bicyle Wheel (The) Brandt
Bike Cult Perry
Bike Stop (The) Braxton & Mc
Campagnolo: 75 Years of Passion Facchinetti & Rubino
Clear Creek Bike Book (The) Aigner, Jensen, et al
Complete Book of Bicycling (The) Sloane 1980 Edition
Complete Cyclist (The) “v1 - Moore, preWWII
v2 - Way. 1950”
CONI Manual (The) Central Sports School of Rome (ed), Pensiero
Scientifico, 1972
Cycling Manual HH England
Cycling Manual(?) Nancy Nieman Baranet from the late 60s or early
70s. There’s lots of Gene Portuesi’s influence in this book, and lots
of Cyclo-Pedia looking illustrations and photos - why not, he was her
coach in the 50s!
Cycling: Its Soul, Its Heroes and Its Legends Olivier Dazat
Cycling’s Golden Age: The Horton Collection Owen Mulholland
Dancing Chain (The) Berto et al
Data Book (The)
Every Cyclist’s Handbook Camm, 1936 Camm writes about how to use and
repair Woods valves, as well as how to set up your Carbide lamp. It’s
a serious look back in time.
Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World: The Story of a Colored Boy’s
Indomitable Courage and Success Against Great Odds Marshall W.
“Major” Taylor
Flying Scotsman : Cycling to Triumph Through My Darkest Hours Graeme
Obree
Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story Graeme Obree
Hearts of Lions Peter Nye
High-tech Bicycle (The) Stevenson
Immortal Class (The) Travis Culley While ostensibly about messengering
in Chicago in the 90s, it’s a good reflection on cycling, cycle-sport
and transportation. Oh, and mostly on lugged steel.
Its Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong
Joyous Wheel (The) James Arnold, 1940 Not a manual, not quite a
travelogue, largely an account of small, often local-ish rides and day
trips and tours, written with a distinctive voice. This is the source
of that lovely quote, “Seek to amass, not miles, but experiences.”
Kings of Sport Peter Ward This was a must for any aspiring British
cyclist in the early to mid 1960’s, a great “how to” book on how to
train and race. Forwards by Peter Buckley, Les West, Colin Lewis, Jock
Wadley, Alan Gayfer (editor of Cycling magazine) and Eddie Soens, some
great photos too. I still have my copy, bought new in about 1965, in
mint condition. The advice is still relevant today.
Kings of the Mountains Matt Rendell a chronicle of cycling as a part
of Colombian culture
Let’s Go Cycling Reginald Shaw 1930’s British; sources of vintage
British club cycling lore and reprinted many times.
Major Taylor - The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World Ritchie
Mes rendezvous avec la morte Meiffret In French
Mr. Tom Chris Sidwells Biography of Tom Simpson
My Life on Two Wheels Clifford Graves
Old Roads and New Jock Wadley a slim volume that had three or four
adventures, including his account of riding PBP.
One More Kilometre and We’re in the Showers Tim Hilton
Personal Best Beryl Burton
“Put Me Back On My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson” William
Fotheringham
Quotable Cyclist Strickland
Road Racing Hinault “Best book on fit written to date”
Roleur Magazine
Rough Rider Paul Kimmage
Science of Cycling (The) Burke
Spring Classics (The) Bouvet, Brunel, Callewaert, Gatellier, Laget
Tales from the Bike Shop Hershon
Teach Yourself Cycling 1930’s British; sources of vintage British
club cycling lore and reprinted many times.
The Big Loop Claire Huchet Bishop
The Eagle of the Canavese Herbie Sykes about forgotten cyclist Franco
Balmamion and in particular the 1962 Giro d’Italia.
The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles Jan Heine
The Rider Tim Krabbe
Time-Crunched Cyclist (The) Carmichael Training information
Touring Bikes Tony Oliver
Turned-Down Handlebar (The) Nancy Nieman Baranet
Two Wheels to the Top Biography of Reg Harris, 5 time world
sprint champion (one amateur and 4 pro).
Uphill Battle Mulholland
Vai Che Sei Solo Marco Pastonesi interviews with cyclings great from
Italy including DerOsa, Cinelli, Bartali, Maspes, Nane Pinarello
Various writings by the journalist Samuel Abt Abt “A Season in Turmoil
Off to the Races
In Pursuit Of the Yellow Jersey”
Watching the Wheels Go Round Biography of Barry Hoban
Wonder Wheels Eileen Sheridan
Yellow Jersey (The) Ralph HumeOther resources:
Library Catalog
50 Best Books
Cycling BooksCompiled by Peter Bridge