![]() When I was in high school, each summer my dad and I would go on “training rides” in the rural hills around our home in Virginia with the intent of us doing a fast century (100 mile) two-day ride someday. Turns out, they were sort of right, but in a way that maybe no one imagined…or more likely, that no one wanted to admit. I knew all the best phrases that Paul Sherwin and Phil Liggett (the Tour de France commentators) used when they got excited. And then next summer, we’d ask: Can he do it yet again? We discussed his rivals in detail-their pros and cons. Of course, we were watching to see if Lance Armstrong could win again. When we vacationed in Nova Scotia and stayed in a cabin on the lake that didn’t have cable, my grandma recorded each stage for us and we jerry-rigged a VCR (!) up to a small TV and huddled around to watch. We started watching the Tour de France as a family when I was still very young, but it didn’t start to really interest me until I was in high school. We each had our own special mountain bikes…Treks for everyone! They let us buy helmets and gloves that matched our bikes too. There was no city too big or any ride too long. He taught my sister and I to ride bikes when we were young and it turned into a family hobby-long bike rides to all sorts of places. He even raced in some small races when he was younger. ![]() ![]() I bought it the day it came out and have spent every spare moment reading it since.Ī little background: my dad is a huge cycling fan. ![]() I knew I would have to read this book after I saw this article (. ![]()
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