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In this arrestingly candid memoir, which he wrote himself, world-class cyclist, Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling—including his soul-searing detour into performance-enhancing drugs, dramatic arrest and two-year ban, and his ultimate decision to return to the sport he loves to race clean. As a young Scottish expat living in Hong Kong with his father after his parents’ divorce, Millar fell in love with mountain biking and BMX. Two wise local cyclists took him under their wings, encouraging him in the direction of road racing. Millar proved a ready convert and soon fell in love with the notion of becoming a pro cyclist one day. Racing Through the Dark offers the winning account of his climb through the ranks—first as an amateur and then as a pro, riding for the French team Cofidis. From the moment Millar turned pro, he began to see glimmers of the great unspoken measures that many—maybe most—of the other pros were taking in order to race at the very tops of their games…and beyond. For a long time, Millar felt that he was immune from temptation, and that he could win clean. But the ugly pervasiveness of performance-enhancing drugs and the seemingly universal attitude that condoned it began to corrode his willpower. Racing Through the Dark details his eventual reliance on banned drugs, his subsequent arrest and two-year ban from cycling, and his remarkable comeback as a very vocal, clean cyclist who is now doing his utmost to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of the sport he so loves. Filled with thrilling descriptions of the world’s most spectacular courses, Racing Through the Dark also captures the pure joy of cycling and includes some of the most vivid depictions of racing ever written by a true insider.
Racing Through the Dark: Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.
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From New York to Los Angeles, Chicago to San Antonio, inner city to penthouse row, pristine park to post-industrial wasteland, the author cycles the streets (and paths) of fifty of America’s largest urban outposts. Part bike-travelogue, part journey through urban history, Biking Through the ‘Hoods provides a panoramic, yet ground level, picture of urban America, past and present. You don’t need to be an urban cyclist to appreciate Biking Through the ‘Hoods, but if you are one, you’ll recognize the trials and travails, and occasional triumphs, of navigating the nation’s car-dominated cityscapes on two wheels
Biking Through the ‘Hoods: Exploring Fifty American Cities by Bicycle
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Posted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Tours), tags: Bicycle, Country, Historic, Hoosier, Indiana, Rides, Scenic, Southern, through, Tours
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Posted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Tours), tags: America, Between, Bicycle, Down, Paradise, Places, Poverty, Road, South, through, Tour
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Tim and Cindie’s around the world bicycle touring adventures continues in this second book about exploring South America. This part of the journey was even more challenging with the highest mountains, coldest nights, and the most dangerous situations yet.
Down the Road in South America: A Bicycle Tour through Poverty, Paradise, and the Places in Between
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Posted by Blogmaster in Books (Bicycle Tours), tags: Bicycle, Breathtaking, Brunswick, Canadian, Edward, Island, Newfoundland, Nova, Ontario, Prince, Quebec, Scotia, through, Tours, Twelve
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This digital document is an article from Sister Namibia, published by Sister Namibia on July 1, 2009. The length of the article is 893 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Women’s empowerment through bicycle maintenance.(COMMUNITY ACTION)(King’s Daughters’ Bicycle Empowerment Center in Namibia)
Author: Mark Nonkes
Publication: Sister Namibia (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2009
Publisher: Sister Namibia
Volume: 21 Issue: 2 Page: 24(2)
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Women’s empowerment through bicycle maintenance.: An article from: Sister Namibia
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