New anthology documents the pleasures and perils of riding a bike, from cross-country tours to commuting to work to "amateur day" at the Tour de France.
Eric Pinder's essay "Bicycles and Bagpipes" appears in the recently published anthology Cycling's Greatest Misadventures, from Casagrande Press. The book has gotten some Click here.
The book includes twenty-seven true stories, some terrifying, some comical, some contemplative, some downright bizarre. Both everyday riders and pros tell their stories of freak accidents, animals attacks, sabotage, idiotic decisions, eerie or unexplained incidents, and other jaw-dropping, adrenaline-pumping calamaties. These stories bring to life the strange possibilities that await us once we step on the pedals of our road, mountain, or commuter bikes. Edited by Erich Schweikher and Paul Diamond.
Includes an 18-page Bike Crash Photo Gallery that is both amusing and alarming. Pictures include Lance Armstrong and Iban Mayo crashing during the 15th stage of the Tour de France, and the Relax Team car overturning while the careless driver was shouting encouragment to a rider during the Tour de Langkawi. Essays include “The Day I Beat Miguel Indurain,” “Riding Tandem with a Rodent,” and “Sabotage on the Tour de Femme."
"HOMEGROWN: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars" is a retrospective of that remarkable season as well as a history of the school's basketball program, which was responsible for drawing the local talent that propelled that team to succ
This book tells the story of the 1999 Providence College Friars baseball team, the last season that the sport was played at the institution. Baseball was set to be eliminated after that season in order for the school to comply with Title IX regulatio
This book tells the story of the 1999 Providence College Friars baseball team, the last season that the sport was played at the institution. Baseball was set to be eliminated after that season in order for the school to comply with Title IX regulatio
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