{"product_id":"9781788162692","title":"Need for the Bike","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Fournel, Paul, Stoekl, Alan, Read, Claire \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCycling\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 July 2019 by Profile Books Ltd (Pursuit) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e193 x 145 x 18 | 214g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA TRUE CLASSIC OF CYCLING LITERATURE'Nobody evokes the transformative joy of cycling the way Fournel does here ... magical' - Herbie Sykes'I ride to rest and to tire myself out; I ride to do myself good and to do myself harm'... one of the many cycling paradoxes explored in this unique and delightful book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I've never got over this miracle'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echildhood joy of learning to ride a bike, Need for the Bike goes on to relate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe agony of climbing, the angst of crashing,  and all the other\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euniversal moments and feelings which all cyclists will recognise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'To get on a bike is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto take possession of the landscape'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sounds, smells, pains and joys of riding with friends or alone, finding things on the road; getting lost, 're-reading' familiar routes; Paul Fournel's classic comes as close as any book has to an encapsulation of why we all need the bike ...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491517743490,"sku":"9781788162692","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781788162692.jpg?v=1753749609","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9781788162692","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}