For all CR list members: try Tim Krabbe: The Rider (http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/catalogue/details2.asp?type=18&page=2&isbn =1582342032&cf=0)
Very good reading stuff. Captures it all. Although not in one word.
Freek (I rode with Tim Krabbe once) Faro Rtterdam, the Netherlands
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] Namens dgranger@comcast.net Verzonden: vrijdag 17 juni 2005 16:57 Aan: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Onderwerp: [CR]Was: Churchill, Horses, and Bicycles, now Great Cycling Authors (Duncan Granger)
Stuart Tallack asks (clipped): "What a pity cycling has never inspired a writer as hunting inspired Robert Smith Surtees. H.G.Wells got close. Any others?"
An excellent book on cycling by an excellent author: "Need for the Bike" by Paul Fournel. Gets very close to what we're trying to capture with Dale's one-word assignment, too.
Very, very good English translation (from the French). Available in paperback on Amazon, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
Probably been mentioned on the list before...
Duncan Granger
Mountville, PA