A 3,162 km race. A 48-year-old man. A 100-year-old bike. Made mostly of wood. That he built himself.
Tim Moore sets off to recreate the most appalling bike race of all time. The notorious 1914 Giro d'Italia was an ordeal of 400-kilometre stages, cataclysmic night storms and relentless sabotage - all on a diet of raw eggs and red wine. Of the 81 who rolled out of Milan, only eight made it back.
Committed to total authenticity, Tim acquires the ruined husk of a gearless, wooden-wheeled 1914 road bike with wine corks for brakes, some maps and an alarming period outfit topped off with a pair of blue-lensed welding goggles.
From the Alps to the Adriatic the pair relive the bike race in all its misery and glory, on an adventure that is by turns bold, beautiful and recklessly incompetent.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.
Detalles del producto
Editorial : Random House (30 abril 2015)
Idioma : Inglés
Tapa blanda : 368 páginas
ISBN-10 : 0224100157
ISBN-13 : 978-0224100151
Peso del producto : 1,05 kg
Dimensiones : 13 x 2.74 x 19.81 cm
Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº409 en Ciclismo (Libros)
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nº1.945 en Excursionismo y actividades al aire libre (Libros)
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