Yellow Jersey Cycling Classics: Rough Ride : Behind the Wheel With a Pro Cyclist (Paperback)

from michaelgambill

Interesting insight into the life of professional cycling. I'm sympathetic with cyclists like Kimmage but when I hear him interviewed and as I read his book I mostly hear a lot of whining. Perhaps his bitterness is justified but it isn't particularly appealing.

from thegeneral

Not a typical book I would buy but I enjoyed reading the book. Kimmage writes well, as one would expect given that he became a journalist, and the language flows. He puts all his feelings into the pages and you feel immense sympathy for his experience as a journeyman rider in the Tour. In my view...

from reading_fox

Intresting personal insight into just how hard the TdF really is, and the life of a professinal cyclist. Caused a lot of controversy in its initial release due to the charges over drug taking.

from BillMcGann

Rough Ride What's it like to be a wonderfully talented amateur bicycle racer who gets thrown into the meat-grinder of professional cycling? Kimmage answers the question in honest yet depressing detail. An example: This book explains that the fatigued riders who did not place in the final stage of...

from BillMcGann

Rough Ride What's it like to be a wonderfully talented amateur bicycle racer who gets thrown into the meat-grinder of professional cycling? Kimmage answers the question in honest yet depressing detail. An example: This book explains that the fatigued riders who did not place in the final stage of...