North Wind in Your Spokes : A novel of the Tour de France

Rating:
Summary: Dreadful and grotesque
Review: Dreadful, impossible read. Trite dialog, from a writer who clearly never rode a bike. Turgid, wooden, trivial, and utterly false. Read "The Rider" or "The Yellow Jersey", or, better yet, just go for a ride. Forget this hollow, stiff, utter waste of trees. If you must, buy the one I (stupidly) purchased, before I burn it for fuel.

Rating:
Summary: Dreadful and grotesque
Review: Dreadful, impossible read. Trite dialog, from a writer who clearly never rode a bike. Turgid, wooden, trivial, and utterly false. Read "The Rider" or "The Yellow Jersey", or, better yet, just go for a ride. Forget this hollow, stiff, utter waste of trees. If you must, buy the one I (stupidly) purchased, before I burn it for fuel.

Rating:
Summary: A cautionary tale, for athletes and everyone else.
Review: Just an excellent novel that really digs deep into professional sports of our era. The author writes as one who knows the poetry associated with cycling, and yet never moves too far from the realities of life. From start to finish, this book held my attention, and would love to see a sequel written... or, hey, Hollywood, wanna see your next movie??

Rating:
Summary: excellent
Review: Just an excellent novel that really digs deep into professional sports of our era. The author writes as one who knows the poetry associated with cycling, and yet never moves too far from the realities of life. From start to finish, this book held my attention, and would love to see a sequel written... or, hey, Hollywood, wanna see your next movie??

Rating:
Summary: North Wind in your Spokes
Review: This is a wonderful book about the trials of not only racing the most enduring race in the world, the Tour De France, but also shows the joys and pains of what happens to a person after they have completed this life changing event. This book is inspiring and makes you want to go out and to try to become a better rider, or even start riding.