Bikie: A Love Affair with the Racing Bicycle - Softcover

Most of us learn to ride a bike as a child. For some, the marvel and joy of those first few seconds, can spa a lifelong passion. This book describes one such love affair. BIKIE is the story of Chrlie Woods' lifelong fascination with racing bikes. Woods traces his love of cycling from childhood to adulthood, recalling the challenges and new horizons which served as a rite of passage into manhood. BIKIE explores a sport which has been a source of pleasure and comfort to Woods throughout his life. However, this is muchmore than one man's homage to cycling. The book analyses cycling as a national sport and a pastime intrinsic to British audiences, with coverage assured on prime-TV. Through anecdote and analysis the bike is revealed in BIKIE as a constant factor in a rather haphazard life - a source of solace and support with which to ride out every age and season, as well a national tradition surrounded by history and folklore.

Charlie Woods works as a librarian at Shepherd's Bush Public Library and also lives in Shepherd's Bush. He has written articles for several cycling magazines including Cycling Weekly and Cycle News. He also used to write a column for Cyclist Monthly.