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Edward Pickering SIGNED Race Against Time Obree Boardman Cycling Tour de France
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- Condition
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Non-Fiction
- Personalised
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Topic
- Cycling
- Inscribed
- No
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Signed Copy, Illustrated
- Signed
- Yes
- Signed By
- the author
- ISBN
- 9780593070260
- EAN
- 9780593070260
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Race Against Time
- Item Height
- 222mm
- Publisher
- TransWorld LTD
- Genre
- Biographies & True Stories, Sports
- Item Width
- 144mm
- Item Weight
- 538g
- Number of Pages
- 336 Pages
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When Chris Boardman first raced against Graeme Obree, in a time trial in Newtonards, Northern Ireland, in 1990, it was the start of a rivalry that captivated the British public for a decade and brought cycling on to the front pages. Boardman was the establishment figure- reserved, scientific, middle-class. Obree was the rebel- the Flying Scotsman, working-class, riding a home-made bike. Both were after one thing - to be the fastest man on two wheels. After Boardman had won Britain's first cycling gold medal for 72 years at the Barcelona Olympics (inspiring none other than Bradley Wiggins to get on a bike), attention turned to the world hour record, the blue riband event of track cycling. Between 1993 and 1996, the pair took it in turns to smash the record, with Boardman's team breaking the boundaries of technology and the loner Obree constantly reinventing ways of building and riding bikes while battling his many demons. The Race Against Time tells the story of how Britain first started to dominate cycling, but is also about the struggle between art and science, tradition and innovation, commercialism and individuality. It is the tale of two complex characters who redefin
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TransWorld LTD
ISBN-13
9780593070260
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Book Title
The Race Against Time
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
222mm
Item Width
144mm
Item Weight
538g
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United Kingdom
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