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The Long Season : One Year of Bicycle Road Racing in California
The Long Season One Year of Bicycle Road Racing in California Author:Bruno Schull This beautifully written memoir is sure to appeal to all cyclists. It contains some of the best writing on competitive cycling_from the cyclist_s viewpoint_ever published.Bruno Schull enters the California amateur racing circuit, and in the course of one long season climbs the rankings to near the top. Along the way he falls in love, and watches... more » a friend die in a terrible cycling accident. Like the film Breaking Away, this is the story of an unknown cyclist striving for greatness. Bruno Schull_s story covers his progress through a dozen local races, paralleled by his intense fixation on the Tour de France on TV. He captures the spirit of cycling at its highest levels, and the more peculiar, unsung glories of amateur racing. Funny, smart, inspiring, elegant_and full of great cycling.« less