http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:49:54 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1117312 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:08:57 +0000 stealthcat 1117312@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I went to St Felix the term after she left, so met her at my entrance interview. We got regular progress reports from her first trip, as the school had paid for her bike as her leaving present and most of the pupils knew her pretty well. She gave the Speech Day address the year she finished the ride, and turned up with all the luggage she&#39;d taken with her - a couple of days&#39; worth of riding clothes, a sarong and a silk suit. And no puncture repair kit!</p> <p>I did meet her again after that, when she gave a talk for a group my parents were involved in, and she was talking about planning more trips and working out what to base the routes on - Silk Road was one of the plans, and also something in South America, as far as I remember. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1107325 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:50:21 +0000 teagirl 1107325@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Stealthcat : I found Anne Mustoe&#39;s book in WHSmiths, not quite as good story. Did you know her, wonderful lady and lived life to the full by the sounds of it. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1107322 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:49:07 +0000 hh45 1107322@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Bettina Selby - Beyond Ararat - Turkey only but with high cultural content as well as the usual &#39;by day 107 my ar$e was really sore etc&#39;. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1107295 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:32:16 +0000 ski 1107295@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Again not RTW, but worth reading:</p> <p><a href="http://www.cycleuktochina.com/">http://www.cycleuktochina.com/</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1107286 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:27:30 +0000 Hip 1107286@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Not around the world travel but &#39;Three men on a bike&#39; by Rory Spowers is quite humorous. Its about a bunch of people riding the Goodies trandem through Africa.</p> <p>Also Pete, I&#39;m pretty sure the order I placed earlier this week from DiscoBrakes has been posted to your address after our swap last summer, XT cassette/Brake pads.. Please get in touch if it has. Cheers </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1105993 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:21:24 +0000 myheadsashed 1105993@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>stealthcat I have at least 5 Anne Mustoe </p> <p>Around the world on a bicycle - Thomas Stevens </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1105306 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:02:15 +0000 druidh 1105306@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>barrykellett - Member<br /> &gt; druidh - Member</p> <p>&gt; You&#39;ve met the author then?</p> <p>Why do I need to have met the author to know what I think of a book?!<br /> I&#39;ve read the book and it was very underwhelming.<br /> There is no adventure about it.Sure, if you want to read about what is likely to happen if you&#39;re going for a world record circumnavigation around the world it would be useful. as a reference guide.</p> <p>Taking nothing away from beaumont, it was an amazing achievement. The BBC documentary on the attempt was spot on IMO.</blockquote></p> <p>Nah - I was meaning that you seemed to have summed him up pretty well.... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103970 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:49:13 +0000 stealthcat 1103970@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I think Anne Mustoe wrote 2 or 3 books about cycling - she retired, learned to ride a bike, did a round the world trip and got hooked, so started looking at other routes to do. She died late last year, still riding - over 20 years after she started riding.</p> <p>Teagirl - were you at St Felix, or did you just come across her book by chance? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103945 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:41:42 +0000 StirlingCrispin 1103945@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Another vote for Ann Musto&#39;s A Bike Ride.</p> <p>Inspirational. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103890 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:29:56 +0000 barrykellett 1103890@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em> druidh - Member</p> <p>You&#39;ve met the author then? </em></p> <p>Why do I need to have met the author to know what I think of a book?!<br /> I&#39;ve read the book and it was very underwhelming.<br /> There is no adventure about it.Sure, if you want to read about what is likely to happen if you&#39;re going for a world record circumnavigation around the world it would be useful. as a reference guide.</p> <p>Taking nothing away from beaumont, it was an amazing achievement. The BBC documentary on the attempt was spot on IMO. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103882 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:28:57 +0000 MrK mkII 1103882@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>second for josie dew here - she&#39;s a witty lass, brysonesque, i hear (nopt read bill bryson though)</p> <p>i also read &#39;riding the mountains down&#39; by bettina selby which was amazing - a far more detailed and dry account than JD but great in its own way </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103859 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:25:05 +0000 BigJohn 1103859@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Its not a book, its a website, but worth a look. <a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/</a></p> <p>PQ, a sometime member of this forum has done his fair share. This is one of his epics. <a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Occupiedterritories" rel="nofollow">http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/Occupiedterritories</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103818 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:13:42 +0000 organic355 1103818@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>This is quite good too:<br /> <img src="http://www.urbansurfer.co.uk/images/products/56900.jpg"> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103763 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:59:54 +0000 innit_gareth 1103763@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>+1 on the Alastair Humphries</p> <p>You really need to get both Moods of Future Joy and Thunder and Sunshine.</p> <p>Read one on the outbound flight to nz and the other on the way back. Both really good reads particularly the second.</p> <p>Like others I too found Mark Beaumont&#39;s book a little tedious. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103635 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:24:09 +0000 Daisy_Duke 1103635@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Out of print now, but you need to read Nick Sanders book &#39;Around the world in the world in 80days&#39;. So hard core it&#39;s unreal. A total nutter, but a smashing bloke. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103569 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:58:10 +0000 HitchinBoro 1103569@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>+1 for &quot;Cycling home from Siberia&quot; </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1103473 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:17:13 +0000 teagirl 1103473@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>A Bike Ride, Anne Musto </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102671 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:05:02 +0000 miketually 1102671@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>&quot;Moods of Future Joys&quot; by Alastair Humphreys</blockquote></p> <p>+whateverWe&#39;reUpTo </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102605 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:47:42 +0000 TooTall 1102605@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Richard and Nicholas Crane - Journey to the Centre of the Earth or Bicycles up Kilimanjaro. Both real 80s adventures before it was really trendy to do so. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102604 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:47:37 +0000 crazy-legs 1102604@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Another vote for Alistair Humphries books:<br /> Moods of Future Joys<br /> Thunder and Sunshine<br /> Funny, moving and humbling but without being egotistical. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102599 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:45:36 +0000 epicyclo 1102599@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>&quot;Round the World on a Wheel&quot; by John Foster Fraser.</p> <p>More my era than yours though <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102583 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:42:53 +0000 MoreCashThanDash 1102583@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Josie Dew books are interesting, nearly finished Tom Kevill Davies&#39; Hungry Cyclist and that is a great read </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102566 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:39:53 +0000 lazlo53 1102566@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Full Tilt, absolutely agree, first Dervla Murphy book I ever read, humbling </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102553 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:37:19 +0000 Tiger6791 1102553@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>&quot;Moods of Future Joys&quot; by Alastair Humphreys + 2</p> <p>and the related Rob Lilwall&#39;s &quot;Cycling home from Syberia&quot; </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102548 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:36:04 +0000 NikNak7890 1102548@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Tilt-Ireland-India-Bicycle/dp/0879512482" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Full-Tilt-Ireland-India-Bicycle/dp/0879512482</a> is on my bedside table at the mo </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102542 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:35:07 +0000 lazlo53 1102542@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Round the World on a Wheel, by J Foster Fraser. No one will ever come close to being as self reliant as him and his two mates. Written in 1899 but still available in reprint (I&#39;ve got an original) </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102489 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:28:01 +0000 grunty 1102489@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em>&quot;Moods of Future Joys&quot; by Alastair Humphreys </em> + 1<br /> and the follow up Thunder and sunshine </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102485 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:27:07 +0000 outby 1102485@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>just read moods of future joy by aladtir humphreys. good read. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102450 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:19:37 +0000 carlosg 1102450@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Not round the world books but the 3 Josie Dew books I&#39;ve read have kept me up at night(unable to put them down)<br /> <a href="http://www.josiedew.co.uk/books.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.josiedew.co.uk/books.htm</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102446 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:18:37 +0000 swamp_boy 1102446@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>A few years ago I read a book by a German who headed off shortly after WW2 and took 28 years, getting married on the way. Can&#39;t recall the author or the title, but he stopped and worked for quite a while in places along the way, so it was a readable travel / adventure book, not just a list of distances and times.</p> <p>Started one of the Josie Dew ones and wasn&#39;t grabbed by it, gave up after a couple of chapters. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102379 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:01:01 +0000 sockpuppet 1102379@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Johnny-Gingers-Last-Ride-Fremantle/dp/0330376926">johnny ginger&#39;s last ride</a> is a good read </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102364 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:58:04 +0000 druidh 1102364@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>barrykellett - Member</p> <p>The Man who cycled the World</p> <p>terrible book, there is no story to tell other than...<br /> Got up, cycled for 10 hours, moaned a lot about it, slept, got up, cycled for 10 hours. Moaned about it some more.... etc etc</blockquote></p> <p>You&#39;ve met the author then? </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102105 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:41:35 +0000 Kuco 1102105@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Very old book but still a good read.<br /> <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Travels-Rosinante-Years-Cycling-Round/dp/0946609705" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Travels-Rosinante-Years-Cycling-Round/dp/0946609705</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102104 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:41:16 +0000 barrykellett 1102104@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><em> jon1973</p> <p>The Man who cycled the World </em></p> <p>terrible book, there is no story to tell other than...<br /> Got up, cycled for 10 hours, moaned a lot about it, slept, got up, cycled for 10 hours. Moaned about it some more.... etc etc </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102101 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:39:15 +0000 trail_rat 1102101@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>a second for long ride for a pie - less haste that beaumont , makes for a more relaxing read - not that beaumonts book was bad at all - just a different style of trip </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102093 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:38:02 +0000 69er_Gav 1102093@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>&quot;Moods of Future Joys&quot; by Alastair Humphreys </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102062 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:28:57 +0000 Munqe-chick 1102062@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Not read it but just bought the Hungry cyclist by Tom Davies for Mr MC. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102058 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:27:11 +0000 jon1973 1102058@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Who-Cycled-World/dp/0593062337">The Man who cycled the World</a> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102041 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:23:21 +0000 simon_g 1102041@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>&quot;Long ride for a pie&quot; by Tim Mulliner </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/books-about-cycling-around-the-world#post-1102026 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:20:03 +0000 freeform5spot 1102026@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>anything worth reading / buying for a mate?</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Pete </p>