Paul Kimmage - A Rough Ride

An early reprint, 1991, in Paperback of this much lauded Insight into Professional Cycling. Still relevant today. Post 3.95, or 6.95 and you can add 5 more books PostFree in the GiftBag.

'The law of silence exists not just in the Mafia but in the peloton... In writing this book I have broken the law of silence.'

In A Rough Ride, Paul Kimmage gives a devastatingly frank account of what life is really like in the world of professional cycling. In tracing his mixed fortunes, Kimmage describes not only the gruelling pressures of the sport but also the seamier side: the widespread use of drugs to enhance performance. A Rough Ride breaks the law of silence to expose a world where the supposed glamour has worn very thin.

The book is horrific reading, and one hopes, an absolution'
International Herald Tribune

....personal and earthy, with a rich vein of humour that comes through even when he is at his lowest'
Irish News