Saturday, 24 November 2012
My Latest Book Review: Guide to the Great Road Climbs of the Northern Alps
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The most recent in the Rapha Guide series to mountain riding is "The Great Road Climbs of the Northern Alps." I previously reviewed the guides to the Southern Alps and the Pyrenees at Pezcyclingnews.com and now you can find my latest review of the latest volume here. It is a really beautiful book full of remarkable information.
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For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.---Robert Louis Stevenson
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Blogs You Might Enjoy
- Cycling Challenge: Will--a nice guy--lives and rides around Geneva, Switzerland
- Cycling Revealed: digging deep into the history of pro racing
- Dave Moulton's Blog: thoughts of an ex-framebuilder
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- Fat Cyclist: not really fat, but fun.
- Italian Cycling Journal: a favourite about Cycling's Promised Land
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- The Science of Sports: not specifically about cycling but lots of thought-provoking things
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- Bicycle Classics: helpful advice and great parts from Greg
- Bob Hovey's Masi site
- Cicli Berlinetta: a very trendy shop with lots of retro in Berlin-Prenzlauerberg
- Classic Lighweights, covering Italian and UK makes
- Classic Rendezvous, with lots of info and a very active forum, for bikes up to 1983
- Eisenherz-Bikes: Life is too short to ride an uncool bike.
- Klassikerausfahrt: THE retro ride in the Dusseldorf area, currywurst included!
- Lovely Bicycle! is a blog written by a woman, emphasizing classics and the handmade. Nice design.
- Masini's Breaking Away Blog: Rory Mason is Cannondale's Man in Italy but loves the oldies.
- New England Builders Ball: devoted to beautiful bicyles
- Radkunst: an interesting shop with lots of retro in Berlin-Charlottenburg
- Ray Dobbins (who has now moved out of the hobby and to Peru): stunning photos
- Ricci-Sports in Dusseldorf: passionate about the sport
- SpeedBicycles in Switzerland: Stefan has some great stuff!
- Stalen Ros: Dutch site celebrating classic lightweights
- Steel Vintage: dealers in retro bikes in Berlin with a cool shop
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- Velo-Orange, reviving some nice parts
- Velobase is a comprehensive website about vintage bike parts
- Vintage Bicycle: a blog with a special emphasis on French bikes
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Retro-Rides of the World
- Anjou Velo Vintage: wonderfully organized event in the Loire region
- Cino Heroica: one of the few US retro rides, this one is held over two days in September in Montana, of all places.
- Deutsche Rennradboerse: a swap meet and some excellent cycling near the Rhine
- In Velo Veritas: A Superb Ride in Austria's Weinviertel
- Italy has exploded with Retro Rides. The best place to find them listed is at a publication, Giro d'Italia d'Epoca
- Klassikerausfahrt: the first Sunday of each month in season an excellent ride around Dusseldorf is on offer
- L'Eroica International: the franchise has expanded to include rides in Japan, the UK, Spain, California and a Spring Ride in Italy
- L'Eroica: in Chianti this is the Granddaddy of all Retro Rides
- La Mitica: riding in the shadow of the Coppi brothers
- La Monreal in Navarra: Spain's contribution to the Retro Ride circuit
- La Pedals de Clip: another Spanish retro ride, located in Catalonia
- La Savoureuse: an excellent ride in Belgium (website currently down)
- Retro GP Canal de Castilla: a retro event linked to a larger sportive in Valladolid, Spain
- Retropedal: a modest but lovely event near the Opel-city, Russelsheim
- Ride Retro Ardennes
- The Retro Ronde: Ride with the Flahutes of Flanders!
- Tour d'Historique: a classic ride near Haarlem in the Kingdom of the Bicycle
Commercial Links of Interest
- Cycles Marinoni: excellent value in beautiful bikes
- Ellis Cycles: Dave Wages brazes masterpieces
- Excellent cycling stories from Rapha, the makers of high-end cycling clothing
- Jered Gruber's excellent cycling photography
- Richard Sachs: A Dean of American Framebuilders and Not Lacking Interesting Opinions
- Tim de Waele's excellent cycling photography
- Tommasini: beautiful bicycles from Tuscany
Touring Companies and Information
- Adventure Cycling Association: an excellent source for US touring
- Augustin Reisen: a bus, some hotels, great mountains and even better experiences!
- Club des Cingles: climb Mt. Ventoux 3 times in one day and you get a certificate!
- Cycletouring in Austria: excellent government website
- Cycling Camp San Diego: a great training experience
- Cycling in Münsterland: the best-planned cycling infrastructure anywhere?
- Der Radreporter: German cyclists blogging about rides in their beautiful country
- Eastern Townships of Quebec: good cycling info
- Far and Away Cycling: interesting destinations, reasonable prices, good people
- German Tourism Office: excellent cycling information
- Markgraeflerland: An excellent list of routes in Southwest Germany, near Freiburg
- Rheinland-Pfalz: great ideas for cycling Romantic Germany
- Route des Grandes Alpes: a challenging route, indeed
- Trento Bike Pages: the Mother Lode of European cycletouring information
- VeloLand Schweiz: comprehensive site for touring in Switzerland
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Publications
- Bicycle Quarterly: a first-rate publication devoted to randonneur bikes
- Bruce Doscher does great Tour de France posters each day of the race!
- Edition.Hympendahl offer fine art prints and the book "Beyond the Finish Line"
- Fahrstil: an excellent quirky German magazine covering all aspects of cycling
- Pezcylingnews: the absolutely best website for training info, race coverage (including atmosphere!), equipment tests and Negroni recipes (not to mention my book reviews)
- Red Kite Prayer: news and reports
- RoadBikeRider: excellent e-newsletter sent every other Thursday
- Rouleur: probably the most stylish magazine on bike racing. Ever.
- TOUR: Germany's top road bike magazine
- The Ride Journal: UK-based but global, covering all types of cycling
- VeloPress: where you need to go for cycling publications
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- After I cycled from London to Munich at 18 years of age, I decided I always wanted cycling to be a part of my life. It is a pastime that lets you get fit, see the world at your own pace, enjoy exotic machinery and make new friends. You can contact me at l_reissner@hotmail.com
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