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The calls to ban it were more or less immediate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRe:Cyclists\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of the following two centuries. It tells how cycling became a kinky vaudeville act for Parisians, how it was the basis of an American business empire to rival Henry Ford's, and how it found a unique home in the British Isles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Victorian love of cycling started with penny-farthing riders, who explored lonely roads that had been left abandoned by the coming of the railways. Then high-society took to it—in the 1980s the glittering parties of the London Season featured bicycles dancing in the ballroom, and every member of the House of Lords rode a bike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwentieth-century cycling was very different, and even more popular. It became the sport and the pastime of millions of ordinary people who wanted to escape the city smog, or to experience the excitement of a weekend's racing. 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And finally, at the dawn of the 21st century, it celebrates how cycling rose again—a little different, a lot more fashionable, but still about the same simple pleasures that it always has been: the wind in your face and the thrill of two-wheeled freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597757366508,"sku":"9781472925602","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2f3ea35f5ad2130fdb6ad16941b75fda.jpg?v=1778028061"},{"product_id":"further-by-michael-hutchinson-9781805460480","title":"Further","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA unique and funny writer with a true understanding of what it takes to make it as an elite cyclist\u003c\/em\u003e - Chris Boardman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs if Bill Bryson had taken to two wheels\u003c\/em\u003e - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHutchinson proves as good a writer as he is rider - congenial, funny and insightful\u003c\/em\u003e - Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichael Hutchinson takes an inhuman sport and makes it deliciously, wonderfully, wickedly human\u003c\/em\u003e - Ned Boulting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFurther\u003c\/em\u003e sees former professional cyclist Michael Hutchinson immerse himself in the world of ultra-distance bike racing. 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And as he takes on one of the hardest events in the cycling calendar, he might just find out for himself the miseries and the glories of going all the way to the edge, and maybe just a little bit further...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67708992979180,"sku":"9781805460480","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781805460480-further-1.jpg?v=1791841027"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/michael-hutchinson.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}