Hackinen, Meaghan Marie
Summary: "The second book by Meaghan Marie Hackinen continues her cycling journey as she travels across the North American continent in the Trans Am Bike Race."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: NeWest Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HACKINEN, MEAGHAN MARIE HACWilson, Libby
Summary: "Talks about the history and sexism of the sport cycling. It goes from the invention of bikes to present day, mentioning trailblazing women athletes in cycling"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.6 WILThompson, Laurie Ann
Summary: Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Schwartz & Wade Books 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 YEBMoody, Greg
Summary: Stuck in a dead-end office job with Bosco Bikes in Denver, Colorado, former pro cyclist Will Ross "discovers that he is the target in a madman's deadly game."--Cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOODownes, Robert
Summary: "'Bicycle Hobo' revisits the story of Moby-Dick in a thriller set on the underside of modern America. When a homicidal motorist kills his wife during a bicycle tour of the South, a man known only as Jake spends months trying to track the killer down through the efforts of the law, social media and a private investigator, all in vain. Driven to the brink of insanity, Jake receives a divine clue....
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Wandering Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOW1 available in Local Author, Call number: FIC DOW
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Downes 2018Landis, Floyd.
Summary: Winning the 2006 Tour de France should have been the culmination of a life's dream for Floyd Landis, but three days later, he was accused of using banned performance-enhancing drugs. Released by his team and threatened with the removal of his title, Landis went from winning the most prestigious race of his career to being unfairly labeled as a cheater, a liar, and a doper. This book is at once...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANDIS, FLOYD LANMoody, Greg
Summary: Cheryl Crane's new mountain bike racing team takes a back seat to Will Ross's troubles with a crooked agent, $4.5 million stolen from the mob, and a relentless environmentalist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOSummary: In 2009 Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ARMFroome, Chris
Summary: The margin of victory was stunning: four minutes and twenty seconds. The style was breathtaking: three stage wins, including a mesmerizing climb on the iconic Mont Ventoux. But the full story behind Chris Froome and his unforgettable triumph at the 100th Tour de France in 2013, which culminated under the lights of the Champs-Elysees, is even more remarkable.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 FROMoody, Greg
Summary: The death of a Dutch cyclist sparks a mystery for Will Ross as Team Haven battles its way through the Tour de France.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOMoody, Greg
Summary: Will Ross, an aging American cyclist, is picked to replace world champion Jean-Pierre Colgan on the Haven Cycling Team after the Frenchman dies in an accident. Ross slowly comes to realize that Colgan's death was no accident and his own life is now in danger.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOSummary: "In The Hardmen the writers behind cycling superblog Velominati.com and The Rules will tell the stories and illuminate the myths of not just the greatest cyclists ever, but the toughest. From Eddy Merckx to Beryl Burton, and from Marianne Vos to Edwig Van Hooydonk, the book will lay bare the secrets of their extraordinary and inspirational endurance in the face of pain, danger and disaster....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.6 HARSummary: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong's performances during his Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will expose Armstrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PRO RATED RBuhring, Juliana
Summary: "This Road I Ride is the remarkable story of one woman's solo journey around the world by bicycle,"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BUHRING, JULIANA BUHHamilton, Tyler.
Summary: A once top-ranked cyclist chronicles his downfall after testing positive for doping after winning gold at the 2004 Olympics while also addressing the practice's pervasiveness in the sport and his relationship with Lance Armstrong.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, TYLER HAMHudak, Heather C.
Summary: "This series offers an exciting glimpse into the world's most daring sports and the athletes who take part in them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 by Weigl 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.6 HUDSummary: Adventure Cyclist is committed to bringing readers dispatches from the farthest corners of the map and hidden gems in their own backyards. For more than 40 years we’ve published inspiring stories, breathtaking images, insightful technical coverage, and commentary that captures the joys and challenges along the way. That tradition continues today with a focus on long-form features and a reading...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adventure Cycling Association 1994
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Balf, Todd.
Summary: At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of handsome, lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money was awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all. A prominent black man at a time when such a thing was deemed scandalous, his mounting victories, high...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TAYLOR, MAJOR BALBishop, Tim
Summary: "There's always an escape. Sometimes you need to search long and hard for the right one. After losing all he once cherished, Doug Zimmer follows his wife's parting bread crumbs and rides up the Pacific coast--on a bicycle. Armed with a revolver and only a vague plan to get through the months ahead, he aims to end his depression one way or the other. As spiritual forces wrangle for his soul, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Open Road Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BISMoody, Greg
Summary: In Dead Air, a sports reporter is determined to use cyclist Will Ross's limelight for her own career, while a killer is bent on taking care of some unfinished business. As he struggles to recover from tragedy, Will must find out whether a single ride can change his life and whether he is capable of taking the ultimate revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: VeloPress 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOOSummary: Giuseppe Marinoni found his calling when he transitioned from champion cyclist to master bike craftsman. After years hunched over toxic fumes, his passion almost killed him. Today, at age 75, Marinoni is back in top shape, and decided to attempt the world hour record for his age group, all on a bike he built with his own hands almost 40 years ago.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MARDe Visé, Daniel
Summary: In July 1986, Greg LeMond stunned the sporting world by becoming the first American to win the Tour de France, the world's pre-eminent bicycle race, defeating French cycling legend Bernard Hinault. Nine months later, LeMond lay in a hospital bed, his life in peril after a hunting accident, his career as a bicycle racer seemingly over. And yet, barely two years after this crisis, LeMond mounted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEMOND, GREG DEVFotheringham, William.
Summary: Bernard Hinault is one of the greatest cyclists of all time. He is a five-time winner of the Tour de France and the only man to have won each of the Grand Tours on more than one occasion. In The Badger, bestselling author William Fotheringham finally gets to the bottom of this fascinating character and explores the reasons why France, the nation that considers itself cycling’s home, has found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HINAULT, BERNARD FOTCleave, Chris.
Summary: Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012