Best £12 I've ever spent on biking:

Where I bought it, other retailers are available…

I should add the caveat that I'm a relative newbie and do not have mad skillz, so I'm very much starting at the start. I expected it to be full of useful information but I didn't expect it to be so well written and entertaining (admittedly I am easily amused).

If you liked that, you'll also like this Fundamentals DVD…

Good book. The general sense that you do everything firmly, no half measures, is particularly good – you get grip by pressing downwards. Seems obvious, but when you contrast that with the common tendency to tip-toe through the slippery stuff you see that it is good advice.

Also quite a funny book in places.