Gironimo!
Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy
by Tim Moore
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Pub Date 1 May 2014 | Archive Date 15 May 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
A 3,162 km race. A 48-year-old man. A 100-year-old bike. Made mostly of wood. That he built himself.
Tim Moore sets off to recreate the most appalling bike race of all time. The notorious 1914 Giro d'Italia was an ordeal of 400-kilometre stages, cataclysmic night storms and relentless sabotage - all on a diet of raw eggs and red wine. Of the 81 who rolled out of Milan, only eight made it back.
Committed to total authenticity, Tim acquires the ruined husk of a gearless, wooden-wheeled 1914 road bike with wine corks for brakes, some maps and an alarming period outfit topped off with a pair of blue-lensed welding goggles.
From the Alps to the Adriatic the pair relive the bike race in all its misery and glory, on an adventure that is by turns bold, beautiful and recklessly incompetent.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – available to read in UK, Commonweath including Canada, and Europe.
Advance Praise
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Marketing Plan
Published to coincide with the centenary of the 1914 Giro d'Italia, it will benefit from lots of publicity as well as a major marketing campaign.
French Revolutions has sold over 140,000 copies to date. Other comparison titles are It's All About the Bike and How I Won the Yellow Jumper.
Cycling
is a boom market and after having two British winners of the Tour de
France in two years, interest (and book sales) are at an all-time high.
2014 will be even bigger with the Tour de France starting in the UK and
the Giro starting in Ireland.
Tim
Moore is a wonderfully funny writer, his Twitter account @mrtimmoore
gave us an hilarious insight into his trip, along with lots of great
photos.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448156405 |
| PRICE | £8.99 (GBP) |
