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One More Kilometre and Weâ€™re in the Showers

By (author) Tim Hilton

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An entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war Europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist. Written with great literary and historical relish, One More Kilometre examines the spread of cyclingâ€™s popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed peopleâ€™s lives â€“ all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than 10,000 miles a year. The book starts with the 1950s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, â€˜an unhappy communist childâ€™, first discovered cycling and its emancipating powers. Progressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a Continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the Tour de France; the lives of the great â€˜trackmenâ€™; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular British cycling clubs â€“ some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the authorâ€™s friend, â€˜the Yorkshire junior road race champion of 1954, now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist â€“ beautiful and cruelâ€™. One More Kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling whole.