Title	Author	Year	Type	Description
100 Greatest Cycling Climbs	Simon Warren	2010	Guide / manual	A nicely executed gazetteer of tarmac ascents in the UK on which to perform pedalling heroics
100 Years Of Bicycle Posters	Jack Rennert	1973	History	An arresting collection of colour reproductions of cycling posters, mainly from the early years of the twentieth century, with a perceptive introduction and notes on each plate
101 Mountain-Bike Routes In Scotland	Harry Henniker	1998	Guide / manual	Well-described mountain bike routes all over Scotland – generally of the off-road touring variety
1923: The Mystery Of Lot 212 And A Tour De France Obsession	Ned Boulting	2023	History	A film fragment illuminates an ancient race and much of the intervening century
1957 Flying Scot	Rab Wilson and Ben Bryden	2012	Poetry	An evocation of the golden age of hand-built bikes in poetry and jazz
42 x 12 The Cult Of The Fixed	Patrick Potter	2010	Photography / art	Hipsters on track bikes get the coffee-table treatment
Across The Dark Continent	Kazimierz Nowak	2019	Travel narrative	A mesmerising travelogue through 1930s Africa
Adventure Cycle-Touring Handbook	Stephen Lord	2010	Guide / manual	An encyclopaedia of distance-touring wisdom that is as sound as it is savvy
The Adventure Of The Solitary Cyclist	Arthur Conan Doyle	1903	Fiction	A frightened pedal-pusher is the beneficiary of Sherlock Holmes’ forensic skills
The Age Old Battle	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times column on punctures and the quest for a tyre that will not let you down
Albert Winstanley 1926–2012	Tim Dawson	2012	Article	The Guardian’s obituary of the touring cyclist and author Albert Winstanley
Albert Winstanley 1926–2012	Tim Dawson	2012	Article	The Guardian’s obituary of the touring cyclist and author Albert Winstanley
The Amber Trail	Natasha Scott-Stokes	1993	Travel narrative	A ride from Gdansk to Thessaloniki in 1992, initially intended to recreate the ancient route on which amber was transported, but better for its descriptions of some of eastern Europe shortly after the fall of the Berlin wall
American Flyers	John Badham (director)	1985	Film / TV	An affecting tale of two brothers’ complicated relationship with each other and cycle racing, much of the action for which comes from an early 1980s edition of the Coors Classic
Angelina’s Birthday	Katharine Holabird, illus. Helen Craig	1989	Children’s book	A nice illustrated tale, intended to be read to girls aged 3 – 6
Around The World On A Bicycle	Thomas Stevens	1885	Travel narrative	An account of the first globe-encircling cycle ride that is so lively and fresh that its vintage is quickly forgotten
The Art Of Camping	Matthew De Abaitua	2011	Cycling culture	An entertaining meditation on the history and meaning of sleeping out
At last it’s hip to be an old codger	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the ‘slow bicycle’ movement and the return of the sit-up-and-beg bike
Bad Blood	Jeremy Whittle	2009	Racing	The contamination of cycling’s life blood, compellingly chronicled from the press enclosure
Bad To The Bone	James Waddington	1998	Fiction	Science fiction meets cycling in a thought-provoking tale of pharmaceutically enhanced sport
The Balkans By Bicycle	W Papel Hamsher	1937	Travel narrative	A century-old memoire of a young scribbler’s Adriatic progress
Be thankful for pedalling dentists	Tim Dawson		Article	A Sunday Times piece on cut-price race-quality road bikes and the boom at the top end of the market
The Beast, The Emperor And The Milkman	Harry Pearson	2019	Travel narrative	A tour of Flemish cycling that is as funny as it is penetrating
Bert Harris Of The Poly – A Cycling Legend	Dick Swann	1964	Racing	A brief spin around the world of late Victorian velodromes in pursuit of one that that era’s outstanding stars
Bertie and Small and the fast bike ride	Vanessa Cabban	1999	Children’s book	An illustrated book aimed at children under five or first readers
Beryl: In Search Of Britain’s Greatest Athlete	Jeremy Wilson	2022	Biography / memoir	An exceptional subject gets the write up she deserves
The Bicycle	Pryor Dodge	1996	History	A lavishly illustrated history of bicycles
Bicycle	Helen Pidd	2010	Guide / manual	A newbies’ guide to life on two wheels that is as fun as it is informative
Bicycle	Ugo Gattoni	2012	Photography / art	A fold-out illustration that imagines a surrealist attack on London being met by an overwhelming throng of cyclists
The Bicycle – the complete BBC series	David Taylor	1990	Film / TV	A well-made and insightful series of television programs on all aspects of cycling
Bicycle – The Noblest Invention	—	2003	Photography / art	An unusually shaped cornucopia of pictures and essays about every aspect of bicycling that contains enough to inspire the neophyte and provide interest for those steeped in cycle culture
Bicycle Blues	Anthony Masters	2000	Children’s book	An adventure story featuring a stolen bicycle aimed at readers aged around seven or eight
The Bicycle Book	various contributors	2006	Guide / manual	A general introduction to cycling for leisure and transport, illustrated with colour photographs in a magazine style and aimed at adult readers
The Bicycle Book	Bella Bathurst	2011	History	An entertaining collection of stories and reflections made all the more enjoyable by the deftness of the writing
Bicycle Diaries	David Byrne	2009	Biography / memoir	A collection of reflections on cycling in cities, including Berlin, Istanbul, London and New York that contains interesting points amid a level of slight detail that will frustrate all but die-hard fans
Bicycle History – A Chronological Cycling History Of People, Races And Technology	James Witherell	2010	History	Hours of entertainment from a cheery rattle-bag of cycling facts
Bicycle Mechanics In Workshop And Competition	Steve Snowling	1993	Racing	An accessible manual of cycle preparation and maintenance aimed at serious road racers and those who seek to be professional race mechanics
Bicycle Technology	Rob van der Plas and Stuart Baird	2010	Guide / manual	The most enjoyable, accessible and comprehensive book on this subject in print
The Bicycle Wheel	Jobst Brandt	1981	Guide / manual	A treatise, nearly as elegant as its subject, that guides readers through the physics and engineering of this remarkable invention
Bicycles	Nikki Giovanni	2009	Poetry	A book of ‘popular’ poetry whose premise is a clumsy metaphor
Bicycles – read and learn	Lola Schaefer	2003	Children’s book	A colourful paperback aimed at young readers, probably in the first years of primary school
Bicycles And Tricycles Of The Year 1886	Harry Hewitt Griffin (facsimile introduced by Noel Marsham)	1886	History	A late-Victorian bicycle buyers’ guide providing descriptions and illustrations of nearly 200 wheeled machines, including penny farthings, faciles, tricycles and quadricycles, republished as a facsimile
Bicycles Around The World	Kate Petty	2006	Children’s book	Cycling in different parts of the world; photos with an accompanying four line text that could be read by a five or six year old
Bicycles, Vintage People On Photo Postcards	Tom Phillips	2011	Photography / art	A sepia-tinted journey into the age when Starley and Dunlop expanded everyman’s horizons
Bicycling 1874: A Textbook For Early Riders	—	1874 (republished 1970)	History	The manual for which WE Gladstone might have reached had he wished to apply pedaled propulsion to his premiership
Bicycling Illustrated Bicycle Maintenance	Todd Downs	2005	Guide / manual	A comprehensive repair manual that is rich in step-by-step photos and exploded diagrams aimed at the most serious end of the consumer market
Bike! A Tribute To The World’s Greatest Cycling Designers	Eds Richard Moore and Daniel Benson	2012	Photography / art	A stocking-filler to delight the MAMIL* in your life
Bike Hub: not just leading cyclists down the garden path	Tim Dawson	2012	Article	A Sunday Times test of the free Bike Hub navigation app, which turned out to know a shortcut
A Bike Ride	Anne Mustoe	1991	Travel narrative	The author gives up her job as headmistress of a girls boarding schools and spends 1987 and 1988 cycling around the world
Bikie	Charlie Woods	2001	Biography / memoir	An enjoyable memoir of racing cycling in west London in the 1950s, with some perceptive essays on more recent cycle culture
Biking Through The Hoods	Paul F Pinsky	2010	Travel narrative	An engaging exploration of urban America
The Birth Of Dirt	Frank Berto	2008	History	An enjoyable and apparently definitive exploration of the mountain bike’s paternity
Blue River, Black Sea	Andrew Eames	2009	Travel narrative	The Danube from source to sea, largely by bike, recounted in a rewarding travelogue that is rich in historical contextualisation and cultural insight
The Bluffer’s Guide To Cycling	Rob Ainsley	2013	Photography / art	A diminutive novelty that’s on the money
BMX Bandits	Brian Trenchard-Smith	1983	Film / TV	A children’s bubblegum caper film with two-wheeled action in nearly every frame
A Boy A Girl And A Bike	Ralph Smart (director)	1949	Film / TV	Up hill and down dale with a Yorkshire cycling club in pursuit of romance, robbers and road racing
The Boy Who Biked The World	Alastair Humphreys	2011	Children’s book	Travelogue for ten year olds – the enjoyable story how dreams of adventure turn into reality, one pedal stroke at a time
Breakaway	Samuel Abt	1985	Racing	The 1984 Tour de France recounted in reportage style by one of cycling’s best and most meticulous observers
Breaking Away	Peter Yates	1979	Film / TV	Social class, cycling and smokestack Americana in a film whose appeal is undiminished by time
Britain By Bike	Jane Eastoe	2010	Guide / manual	A ‘celeb’-endorsed, tv-advertised, nostalgia-infused guide whose main appeal is as a gift
Brompton Bicycle	David Henshaw	2009	History	An epistle to commuting’s magic key that does its subject proud
Building Bicycle Wheels	Robert Wright	1977	Guide / manual	A slender volume that does exactly what it promises on the cover – provides enough information to allow you to build you own wheels
By Bike To Budapest	Elizabeth Hilton	1996	Travel narrative	A ride from Denmark to Budapest undertaken by a family of six – the four children being aged from around 10 to 16 during the summer of 1994
Caffeine Fix	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times visit to Look Mum No Hands, the London café-bar with its own bike workshop
A Canterbury Pilgrimage	Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell	1885	Travel narrative	An illustrated account of a ride on an early tandem tricycle journey made by an American couple whose cycling travelogues did much to make wheeled touring respectable in Victorian Britain
A Century Of Cycling	William Fotheringham	2003	Racing	A coffee-table-sized book containing a good history of the major races in professional road cycling
The Chainbreaker Bike Book	Shelly Lynn Jackson and Ethan Clark	2008	Cycling culture	A punks’ guide to puncture repair and more
Chasing Legends	Jason Berry (director)	2010	Film / TV	A stunning feature length cinema documentary on the 2009 Tour
Chic To Chic: The Art Of Cycling On A Mission	Tim Dawson	2013	Article	A Sunday Times piece on Mikael Colville-Andersen’s Cycle Chic and ‘cycling for the 99%’
Classic American Bicycles	Jay Pridmore	1999	History	A quick spin through the history of US cycle manufacture, lavishly illustrated in colour
Classic Cycle Routes Of Europe	Werner Müller-Schell	2012	Guide / manual	Routes guides based on the professional peloton’s fixtures
Complete Bike Book	Chris Sidwells	2003	Children’s book	A colourful introduction to all things cycling – probably aimed at younger teenagers
Complete Medical Guide For Cyclists	Andy Pruitt	2006	Guide / manual	Just the prescription for wheeled worriers
Consumed	Jonathan Budds	2012	Fiction	A well-written and thought-provoking entertainment
Could Dandruff Be The Cause Of Cavendish’s Poor Performance In Milan-San Remo?	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times column on Mark Cavendish’s Milan-San Remo struggles and an anti-dandruff advertising campaign
Crap Cycle Lanes	Warrington Cycle Campaign	2007	Cycling culture	A stocking-filler book cataloguing the failings of UK cycle-lane construction
Cross Channel	Julian Barnes	1996	Fiction	A collection of short stories about Brits in France, one of which features a neophyte professional cyclist
The CTC Guide To Family Cycling	Dan Joyce	2009	Guide / manual	A sound and comprehensive distillation of everything needed to help a family pedal off
Custom Bicycles	Christine Elliot and David Jabolinka	2009	Photography / art	A sumptuously photographed catalogue of 39 contemporary custom builders who build every kind of bicycle, from workshops around the developed world
Cycle Maintainance	Richard Hallett	2002	Guide / manual	A nicely illustrated and easy-to-follow entry-level manual on bicycle maintenance
Cycle Repair Step By Step	Rob Van Der Plas	1993	Guide / manual	A comprehensive and well-explained guide to cycle repair, with extensive colour illustration
Cyclepedia – A Tour Of Iconic Bicycle Designs	Michael Embacher	2011	Photography / art	A fabulous compendium of bicycle designs masterfully photographed
Cycling Across Spain	Tim Dawson	1998	Article	A Cycling Plus account of a punishing solo tour across Spain, undertaken in search of instant adventure
Cycling And The British: A Modern History	Neil Carter	2022	History	What cycling means – an engaging analysis of the ongoing revolution
Cycling Country Lanes & Byways (Suffolk)	Al Churcher		Guide / manual	An attractively produced return of ‘the cyclists’ favourite’ scale of maps that has much to recommend it but can be struggle for some route finding
Cycling Facts And Feats	Jeremy Evans	1996	Cycling culture	A surprising treasure trove of information packaged as an adolescent gift book
Cycling Home From Siberia	Rob Lilwall	2010	Travel narrative	An enjoyable account of crossing the frozen wastes aided by the Lord above
Cycling In Cities	Tim Dawson	1996	Article	A Cycling Plus piece arguing that cycle touring has an image problem that hides its most exciting possibilities
Cycling In The French Alps	Paul Henderson	2005	Guide / manual	A detailed guide to eight, multi-day cycle tours in the Alps including numerous colour photographs, route itineraries and ride profiles
Cycling Is Such Fun	Ragged Staff	late 1940s	Fiction	A series of fictional sketches and tales featuring a ‘clubman’ and his family traversing the countryside in the forties and fifties
Cycling Profile Road Book Of England	—	1919	Guide / manual	A pocket book providing distances, altitude profiles and notes on road surfaces, covering journeys between the principal destinations of the Kingdom
Cycling To Work, A Beginners Guide	Rory McMullan	2007	Guide / manual	A useful primer for those who have not cycled to work before
Cycling Touring Guides	Harold Briercliffe	1947–1950	Guide / manual	A series of guides to cycling in Britain from the baggy-shorts-and-saddlebags era
Cyclopedia	William Fotheringham	2010	Photography / art	From Abdu to Zimmerman and everything between
Cyclorama	Jim McGurn and Mick Allan	2012	Guide / manual	A lively mixed bag of bikes and features on cycling
Cyclosportive	Chris Sidwells	2011	Guide / manual	Useful instruction for sportive newbies
Daisy	Daisy Christian Miller	1980	Travel narrative	A mother of adult children defies her progeny to cycle access the United States on a Bickerton in the late 1970s
The Dancing Chain	Frank Berto	2010	History	A technological and social history of the derailleur that will entrance even techo-phobes
The Data Book	Noguchi	2010	History	A treasure trove of design details
A Day Out	Alan Bennett	1972	Film / TV	Edwardian West Riding wheelers escape Halifax for the day in an enjoyable television drama
The Death Of Marco Pantani	Matt Rendell	2006	Biography / memoir	A biography of the meteoric star of 1990s cycling that is readable and thought-provoking; if ultimately depressing
Designing and Building Your Own Frameset	Richard P Talbot	1979	Guide / manual	A thorough technical guide to building a steel bicycle frame, including the design, cutting, brazing and finishing of the frame
A Dog In A Hat	Joe Parkin	2008	Biography / memoir	Drugs, deals and disappointment in the late 1980s on the backroads of Flanders
Downhills Are Your Friends	Stuart Pickering	2012	Biography / memoir	An aspirant MAMIL’s guide to lycra, lactic acid and everything
Early Bicycles	Philip Sumner, illus. Alan Osbahr	1966	History	An enormously attractive large format book of detailed plates showing a dozen early bicycles, accompanied by a good, short history of cycles up to the early years of the twentieth century
Eleven Minutes Late	Matthew Engel	2009	Other	An amusing and perceptive journalistic survey of Britain’s railway network and its history
England By Bicycle	Frederick Alderson	1974	Travel narrative	A description of a circumnavigation completed in the Spring of 1973 that while old fashioned in its scheme is surprisingly undated
The Escape Artist	Matt Seaton	2002	Biography / memoir	Autobiography on two wheels including genuine tragedy and beautifully observed reporting
Escape Routes	Matt Carroll	2011	Guide / manual	Short cycle rides in England, served up hipster-stylee
Explosive Issues	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A BikeBiz article on the bicycle’s long history as a weapon, from 1930s spy fears to roadside bombs
Fallen Angel – The Passion Of Fausto Coppi	William Fotheringham	2009	Biography / memoir	A riveting biography that paints an engaging picture of post-war Italy and of the man considered by many to be the greatest racing cyclist of all time
Fat Man On A Bicycle	Tom Vernon	1982	Travel narrative	A gastronome’s entertaining progress through France
Fellowship Is Life	Denis Pye	2022	History	The story of the cycling socialists of the Clarion Club
Fifty Years of Road Racing – The History of the North Road Cycling Club	S H Moxham	1935	Racing	A serious-minded club history that is better on the earlier years of its canvass
The first and the last – a novel approach to your final ride	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times piece on a funeral director’s bicycle hearse, the bike for your final ride
Flying Scotsman	Graeme Obree	2003	Biography / memoir	From attempts on the hour record to attempts on his own life, the Scottish cyclists’ story in his own words
Follow The Money	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times column on how cycling is displacing the grouse moor among the well-heeled
The Frank Patterson Picture Book	compiled by Jim Willis	1978	History	A collection of 130 of the black-and-white line illustrations of Britain’s most celebrated cycling draughtsmen – originally published in the CTC magazine from 1925 until Patterson’s death in 1952
French Lessons In Getting Students Back On Their Bikes	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times report on French efforts to get university students cycling again
French Revolutions	Tim Moore	2001	Travel narrative	A humorous account of the author’s attempt to cycle the route of the Tour despite his lack of experience on a bicycle
From The Pen Of J B Wadley	Ed. Adrian Bell	2002	Racing	A collection of articles about competitive cycling by one of Britain’s most celebrated cycle journalists
The Full Cycle	Vin Denson with Adrian Bell	2008	Biography / memoir	Adventures of a talented and likeable English sportsman who broke into the extraordinary world of professional Continental cycling
The Full English	Mike Carden	2007	Travel narrative	An eighteen-day ride from Dorset to Northumbria undertaken in 2006, entertainingly recounted with a distinctive sense of humour
Full Tilt – Ireland To India With a Bicycle	Dervla Murphy	1965	Travel narrative	An account of a cycle journey made in the first half of 1963 covering precisely the journey described in the title, by an Irish woman in her early 30s
Give me room, Gordon	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times column after a terrifying close pass, asking how much room the law gives cyclists
The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles	Jan Heine and Jean-Pierre Praderes	2009	History	A sumptuous photographic history of French touring bicycles manufactured between 1930 and 1950 that recounts a little-known period of cycling history and celebrates two-wheeled engineering at its most delightful
Golden Days Awheel	Albert Winstanley	1991	Travel narrative	A second collection of spirited touring reminiscences that are a fireside delight
The Golden Wheels of Albert Winstanley	Albert Winstanley	1985	Travel narrative	A delicious collection of articles, mainly describing day rides in north Lancashire and the Lake District
Grame Obree profile	Tim Dawson	1998	Article	A Scotsman profile of Graeme Obree as he prepares a fresh attempt on the world hour record
The Great Bicycle Expedition	William C Anderson	1973	Travel narrative	The light-hearted account of a journey from Copenhagen to Calais made in 1972 by a new-to-cycling couple in their fifties and their young adult children
The Great Bike Ride	Nick Sanders	1988	Travel narrative	An enjoyable and surprisingly undated account of a 13,000 mile round-the-world ride, over 80 days, ridden at a record-breaking average of 170 miles a day, undertaken in 1985
Great Road Climbs Of The Pyrenees	Graham Fife	2008	Guide / manual	Lavish homage and cyclists’ tour guide to the Aubisque, Marie Blanque, Tourmalet, Peysorade and much, much more
Greece On My Wheels	Edward Enfield	2003	Travel narrative	An affectionate and humorous account of a tour of the Peloponnese and the Ionian coast of mainland Greece by Harry Enfield’s dad
Groupies – meet behind the bike shed	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the meeting of rock stars and cycling fanatics
Hellingen: A Road Cyclist’s Guide To Belgium’s Greatest Cycling Climbs	Simon Warren	2013	Guide / manual	The high points of the Low Countries – who knew?
Heroes, Villains And Velodromes: Chris Hoy And The Track Cycling Revolution	Richard Moore	2008	Biography / memoir	A well-written and enjoyable biog of Sir Chris taking in the evolution of the entire track cycling phenomenon that came out of the east of Scotland in the 1990s
Hollywood Rides A Bike	Steven Rea	2012	Film / TV	Tinsel town’s talent take to two wheels
The Hour	Michael Hutchinson	2006	Biography / memoir	An engaging account of Hutchinson’s attempt on, the hour record, taking in much of the history and mythology of the record along the way
How Cav Won The Green Jersey	Ned Boulting	2012	Racing	A tv presenter’s amusing backstage view of the 2011 Tour
How Is A Bicycle Made?	Angela Royston	2007	Children’s book	Aimed at 5-6 year old children, this book tells a simplified story of how raw materials become a bicycle that is then sold in a shop
The Hungry Cyclist	Tom Kevill-Davies	2009	Travel narrative	A ride in 2006-7 from New York, across the US, then through Mexico, Central and South America to Rio in search of culinary delights, entertainingly, sometimes gruesomely, recounted
I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle	James Duthie	1957	Travel narrative	The moving account of a deaf man’s cycling tour through the Low Countries, Scandinavia to Lap Land
I’m folding	Tim Dawson	2000	Article	A week with a Brompton folding bike, reviewed for The List
In Praise Of The Bicycle	Marc Augé	2019	Cycling culture	An anthropologist pedals around Paris imagining a two-wheeled future
In Pursuit Of Glory	Bradley Wiggins	2008	Biography / memoir	A pedestrian account of a stellar career
In Pursuit Of Stardom	Tony Hewson	2006	Biography / memoir	A joyous account of three Brits, an old ambulance and a lot of cycle races, that provides a dazzling insight in the Britain and France in the late 1950s
In Search of Robert Millar	Richard Moore	2007	Biography / memoir	A readable and stimulating biography of Britain’s most successful stage-race rider of the ’80s
In The City Of Bikes	Pete Jordan	2013	History	A compelling history of cycling in Amsterdam laced with the author’s own decade in the city
Inside The Peloton	Nicolas Roche with Gerard Cromwell	2012	Biography / memoir	The Irish professional’s memoir, with a candid chapter on the crashes that go with the job
An Intimate Portrait Of The Tour De France	Philippe Brunel, trans. Lois Lovett	1996	Photography / art	A richly illustrated look behind the scenes of the great race from the 1920s to the 1990s. It is a joy to flick through, so long as you ignore the text
Into The Remote Places	Ian Hibell	1984	Travel narrative	An episodic account of cycle journeys made in the early 1970s across the Darien gap, south through Africa (including the Sahara) and west-east across South America from Lima to Recife in Brazil
It’s All About The Bike	Robert Penn	2010	Guide / manual	An enjoyable spin through cycling history on the trail of the perfect bike
It’s All Downhill	David Ward	2011	Fiction	An enjoyable novel based on a mass-participation, endurance cycle ride
It’s Not About The Bike	Lance Armstrong	2000	Biography / memoir	A massively successful account of Armstrong’s life up to his first Tour victory that is as skilfully tailored to the cancer community and general market, as it is unsatisfying to a cycle enthusiast
It’s Not About The Tapas	Polly Evans		Travel narrative	An enjoyable account of a solo bicycle journey made around parts of Spain made (probably) in 2002
Johnny Ginger’s Last Ride	Tom Fremantle	2000	Travel narrative	A surprisingly enjoyable and insightful account of a twenty-something journalist’s solo ride from the UK to Australia in 1996
Journey Home	Jim Willis	2000	Travel narrative	The interior monologue of a Church minister on a ride from Florida to Massachusetts that starts promisingly but is waylaid by a more personal psycho-drama
The Joyous Wheel	James Arnold	1940	Travel narrative	A cycle-tourist’s pen portraits of his excursions about rural Britain in the last glimmers of the pre-world war two sun
Jules et Jim	François Truffaut (director)	1962	Film / TV	An atmospheric and beautifully constructed portrait of a menage à trois and the gathering troubles of the twentieth century, some of it conducted on bicycles
Junk Bonds: Scots Project Extracts Gold From Base Metat	Tim Dawson	2012	Article	A Sunday Times report on the Bike Station, the Scottish charity that recycles old bikes into new riders
The Kid With A Bike	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	2011	Film / TV	Alternately charming and disturbing, this art-house film features a bike as the familiar metaphoric vehicle of youth and freedom
Know The Game Cycling	—	1964	Guide / manual	A publishing phenomenon of yesteryear
The Kuklos Annual 1954, 1955 And 1956	Kuklos	1954–1956	History	A workaday compendium of annually updated information sold under the imprimatur of an estimable cycling writer
The Kuklos Papers	Fitzwater Wray	1927	History	Collected pieces of journalism written between 1908 and 1927 by one of the most important cycling writers of his time
Kuklos’ Times Obituary	The Times	1938	Article	The Times obituary of W. Fitzwater Wray, ‘Kuklos’ of the Daily Herald, 19 December 1938
Lambada Country	Giles Whittell	1992	Travel narrative	An illuminating account of a ride from the Baltic to the Black sea as the red tide receded from eastern Europe
Lance Armstrong My Comeback	Elizabeth Kreutz	2009	Photography / art	A photographic record of Armstrong’s 2009 season, that provides a more compelling portrait of the Texan than any of his biographies
Lapize: Now There Was An Ace	Jean Bobet	2010	Biography / memoir	A touching portrait of one of cycle racings pre-WW1 stars
The last gasp of youth	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times reminiscence about a fourth place in a Norwich hill climb, the author’s best-ever result
Les Bikes Du Bois Rond	Gavin Turk	2010	Performance	A jolly event-as-art piece in on bicycles around Essex and Suffolk
Les Mistons	François Truffaut	1957	Film / TV	An affecting slice of adolescent life in 1950s Provence
Life And Other Punctures	Eleanor Bron	1978	Travel narrative	Sixties siren makes merry on a Moulton
Life Cycles	Derek Frankowski and Ryan Gibb	2010	Film / TV	A mountain bike film with stimulation for the soul as well as the adrenalin
Lift Off: Taking The Uphill Struggle Out Of Cycling	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	An article on the Trondheim cycle lift in Norway, first published in Cycle Mobility
The Little Black Bottle	Gerry Moore	2011	Racing	A lively account of one of cycling’s most intriguing Victorian characters
Local economy is the winner of Britain’s biggest bicycle race	Tim Dawson		Article	A Sunday Times piece on training for the Etape Caledonia and what Britain’s biggest bike race does for the local economy
Lone Traveller: One Woman, Two Wheels And The World	Anne Mustoe	1998	Travel narrative	A former headmistress’ second round-the-world cycling tour undertaken when she was 61. An undoubted feat, but leisurely done over a five-year period
Long Arm Of PC Pedal	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the police cycle patrols and the much-mocked Police Cycle Training Doctrine
The Lost Cafe Society	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times lament for the cyclists’ cafés that once dotted the British countryside
The Lost Cyclist	David V Herlihy	2010	History	The engaging account of a nineteenth century adventurer who did not return to tell his tale
Lost Lanes	Jack Thurston	2013	Guide / manual	An irresistibly evocative guide to cycle touring in southern England
Made In England	Matthew Souter and Ricky Feather, photos Kayti Peschke	2012	Photography / art	A lavish, coffee-table celebration of handbuilt bicycle manufacture
The Magic Bicycle	Brian Patten, illus. Arthur Robins	1993	Children’s book	A rhyming picture book in which a bewitched bicycle carries a boy round the world
Major Taylor	Andrew Ritchie	1988	Racing	An important readable biography of one of the most historically important stars of late nineteenth century US cycling
Major Taylor – second edition	Andrew Ritchie	2010	History	A fabulously illustrated and enhanced edition of this biography of one of the most remarkable cyclists ever
The Man Who Cycled The World	Mark Beaumont	2009	Travel narrative	An engaging account of a record breaking circumnavigation of the globe covering 18,297 miles in 194 days during 2007-2008
The Man Who Loved Bicycles	Daniel Behrman	1973	Biography / memoir	A series of essays and recollections about life and the culture of cycling as a form of transport by a perceptive US writer, living in France in the early 1970s
Map Addict	Mike Parker	2009	Biography / memoir	British maps and their meanings entertainingly plotted across the contours of writer’s own obsession with them
Maps Are Looking Lost	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the fading reputation of the Bartholomew’s half-inch maps
Mark Beaumont Speaker Tour	Mark Beaumont	2010	Performance	A tour of 38 major venues around the UK – this review of his appearance at The Spa Pavillion, Felixstowe
Merckx 525	—	2012	Photography / art	An extraordinarily lavish celebration of the Cannibal
Merckx: Half Man Half Bike	William Fotheringham	2012	Biography / memoir	An enjoyable biography of the greatest rider that is, nevertheless, not in quite the league of its subject
Mick Gambling On Cycling	Mick Gambling	1981	Racing	Humorous articles depicting the life of a provincial tester originally published in Cycling (Weekly) in the preceding sixteen years
The Modern Cyclist 1923	Kuklos	1923 (facsimile 2013)	History	A facsimile of a 1923 annual by Kuklos, the most widely read cycling columnist of his day
Moods Of Future Joys	Alastair Humphreys	2007	Travel narrative	A young man sets off in search of adventure and brings back an enjoyable book
The Moulton Bicycle	Tony Hadland	1981	Cycling culture	A very readable account of the development and production of one of the greatest pieces of cycle engineering
Mountain Bike Maintenance	Rob Van Der Plas	2007	Guide / manual	Lavishly illustrated in colour, this is a very competently written and assembled guide to fixing most things on most bikes, as well as such mountain-bike specific jobs, such as servicing your suspension
Mountains Crumble	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the passing of the mountain-bike era and the rise of the utility hybrid
My Badge Of Honour	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times column on teaching a class of Year 6 children to ride safely on the road
My Cycle Ride To Khiva	Robert Jefferson	1899	Travel narrative	A desert-crossing adventure in central Asia recounted in the high Victorian style
My Road To Victory	Stephen Roche	1987	Biography / memoir	A slight, but enjoyable celebration of a golden year
My roadside vigils are lonley no more	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times column on watching the Tour of Britain from the roadside, then and now
My Wet Dream – A Bicycle That Resists The Rain	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times column on riding in the rain and the mudguards and kit that make it bearable
Nancy Drew 168 – The Bike Tour Mystery	Caroline Keene	2002	Children’s book	A teen sleuth’s bicycle is bogged down in Connemara
The National Cycle Collection	—		Museum	An enthusiast-run museum that is overflowing with fascinating exhibits, Llandrindod Wells, Wales
The Natural Explorer	Tristan Gooley	2012	Guide / manual	An enthusiastic call to discover that which is around us that is best enjoyed in small bites
Need For The Bike	Paul Fournel, trans. Allan Stoekl	2003	Cycling culture	A selection of 500 – 800 word reflections on the author’s passion for pedalling that forms a poetic and magical journey in to the heart of a cyclist
A New Year Crossing	Adam Dawson	1987	Article	A New Year trek into the southern Cairngorms, first published in the Rough Stuff Journal
News from Tartary – a journey from Peking to Kashmir	Peter Fleming	1936	Travel narrative	An account of a famous 3,500 trek through China and into India
Northern, Southern And Central England Cycling Touring Guides	Harold Briercliffe	2012	Guide / manual	A flashback to the empty roads of the 1940s, when these guides were first published
The Obree Way	Graeme Obree	2012	Guide / manual	The maverick Scotsman shares his secrets
Of Wiggling – Section One Of Three	Kuklos	1927	Article	First of three parts of Kuklos’s 1927 essay on the cyclist’s place in society, opening with Ruskin’s curse on wheelers
Of Wiggling – Section Three Of Three	Kuklos	1927	Article	Final part of Kuklos’s 1927 essay, opening with a newspaper cutting on the retailers’ hopes for pleasure cycling
Of Wiggling – Section Two Of Three	Kuklos	1927	Article	Second of three parts of Kuklos’s 1927 essay, tracing how cycling passed into the hands of ordinary people
The Old Ones Are The Good Ones	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the design historian Nicholas Oddy and the pleasures of riding old bicycles
Old-school Italian lessons – for bike shops	Tim Dawson	2012	Article	A Sunday Times piece on the decline of the traditional British bike shop and what Italian shops do differently
Olympic Gangster – the legend of José Beyaert	Matt Rendell	2009	Biography / memoir	A footnote in cycling’s history is the connective tissue for a thrilling panorama of twentieth-century Columbia
On My Own Two Wheels	Malachi O’Doherty	2012	Biography / memoir	A Belfast writer rediscovers his bicycle and recaptures his joie de vivre
On Roads	Joe Moran	2009	Cycling culture	An entertaining journey through the recent history of the UK’s major roads
On Rolling Wheels In The West	W F Burbidge	1946	Travel narrative	An alluring account of a cultured gent’s 1930s circumnavigation of the west country
On the hoof – an unlucky encounter with a horse shoe	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times column on being knocked off by a horse, and a cyclist’s code for passing them
On Tour	Bradley Wiggins	2010	Biography / memoir	Wiggo’s 2010 Tour laid bare in words and pictures
One Girl And Her Bicycle	Laura Bingham	2019/2020	Children’s book	Epic adventure distilled for younger readers
One Man’s Furrow	Reg Gammon	1990	Photography / art	A charming collection of paintings, drawing and writing much of it born of cycling
One More Croissant For The Road	Felicity Cloake	2019	Travel narrative	A satisfying cycle journey through French cuisine
One More Kilometer And We Are In The Showers	Tim Hilton	2004	Biography / memoir	A collection of memories, autobiography and lists by a talented writer who provides a treat for anyone who has been touched by cycling culture
Only Mad Dogs And Englishwomen	Sarah Stinton	2010	Travel narrative	An enjoyable account of a young woman’s solo LEJOG in 1997
Owd Tom	Albert Winstanley	1992	History	A nicely illustrated celebration of cyclist that delivers a strong flavour of cycling in the 1920s and of the haunts of Lancashire cyclists of that era
Pastoral Pedals, Pints and People	John Dennis	1990	Travel narrative	A Bishop surveys his East Anglian see by bike
The Path Of Most Resistance	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times report on how cyclists defended their right to ride beside the Thames
The Peculiar Adventures Of Hector	Aardman animation	2007	Film / TV	A stunning piece of animated story telling deployed as a children’s road safety campaign
Pedal Power, How Boris Failed London’s Cyclists	Sonia Purnell	2012	Cycling culture	A meticulous demolition of any claim that Boris Johnson has on the cyclists’ vote
Pedalare! Pedalare!	John Foot	2011	Racing	A history of Italian cycling that is best enjoyed as a collection of essays
Pedalling Poland	Bernard Newman	1935	Travel narrative	An engaging roadside portrait of Poland in the thirties
Pedals And Petticoats	Mary Elsy	2005	Travel narrative	Four young women cycle through Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Spain in the summer of 1950 – enjoyably recounted, fifty years later
Peddling two-wheeled dreams	Tim Dawson	1997	Article	A 1997 Sunday Times piece on the unsung landscapes between Edinburgh and Glasgow
Pee Wee Herman’s Big Adventure	Tim Burton	1985	Film / TV	Revealed: a kiddie flick’s role in the conspiracy to denigrate cycling
Personal Best	Beryl Burton	1986	Biography / memoir	The matter-of-fact autobiography of arguably Britain’s greatest ever sportswoman
Pilgrim’s Road	Bettina Selby	1994	Travel narrative	An inspiring account of a spiritually enthused-pilgrimage undertaken in the early 90s
A Place To Cycle	Rob Penn	2005	Guide / manual	A lavishly illustrated catalogue of 25 suggested ‘amazing cycle tours’ around the world that is as potently inspiring as it is practically threadbare
Potholes And Pavements: A Bumpy Ride On Britain’s National Cycle Network	Laura Laker	2024	Cycling culture	An engaging account of the uphill struggle to create cycle routes in the UK
Push Yourself Just A Little Bit More	Johnny Green	2005	Racing	A gonzo account of the 2003 Tour recounted in rock n’ roll patois in which the race and results take a back seat to a rollercoaster back-stage view of the event
Put Me Back On My Bike – In Search Of Tom Simpson	William Fotheringham	2002	Biography / memoir	An account of the life of the British star of 1960s cycling that raises the bar for cycling biography
The Race Against The Stasi	Herbie Sykes	2014	Racing	A gripping account of one man’s cycle race across the cold war’s battlefields
The Racing Bike Book	—	2007 (3rd edition)	Guide / manual	A general introduction to all things connected with racing bikes, aimed at novices and lavishly illustrated with colour photographs
Racing Through The Dark	David Millar	2011	Biography / memoir	A star is brought down by blood boosters, and then races clean in pursuit of redemption
Racing Through The Dark	David Millar	2011	Biography / memoir	A star is brought down by blood boosters, and then races clean in pursuit of redemption
Raleigh	Tony Hadland	2011	History	An excellent one-volume history of the company that had a reasonable claim to having been the world’s biggest and best cycle manufacturer
Richard’s 21st Century Bicycle Book	Richard Ballantine	2000	Guide / manual	A comprehensive introduction to all things cycling argued with a excitingly intense moral power
Ride A Stage Of The Tour De France	Kristian Bauer	2011	Guide / manual	A practical guide to Tour climbs that is suffused with personal experience
Ride And Be Damned	Chas Messenger	1998	Racing	A richly-illustrated, but occasionally confused, account of the post-second-world-war split in British racing cycling
The Ride, Issue One	Ed. Philip Diprose	2008	Cycling culture	An entertaining anthology of short pieces of writing and collections of photographs or other graphic images from all kinds of cyclists
The Rider	Tim Krabbé, trans. Sam Garrett	1978	Fiction	A gripping exploration of the experience of racing a bicycle written as an account of a fictional race
Road Bike Maintainance	Guy Andrews	2007	Guide / manual	An excellent guide to maintaining racing bicycles of recent vintage
Roads To The North	Charles S Brooks	1928	Travel narrative	A ride through the length of England, that sparkles in the retelling despite record rainfall
Rock And Rolling: A New Breed Of Festival Is Combining Music With Cycling	Tim Dawson	2013	Article	A Sunday Times report on the Early Riser festival, which pairs music with a family cycling weekend
Rough Ride	Paul Kimmage	1990	Biography / memoir	A compelling, warts-and-all, account of the author’s short career as a professional cycle racer, written partially to expose the sport’s drug culture
Rough Stuff Fellowship Archive	—	2019	Photography / art	A bewitching photographic record of a singular group of cyclists in decades past
Roule Britannia	William Fotheringham	2005	Racing	A highly readable history of British participation in the Tour de France 1955 – 2004
Round Ireland in Low Gear	Eric Newby	1987	Travel narrative	Two inexperienced cyclists take to Ireland’s roads in the mid-1980s and squeeze juice from a tired concept by dint of the author’s writerly talents
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning	Karel Reisz	1960	Film / TV	A gritty, compelling, ‘kitchen sink’ drama, featuring great bicycle factory footage
The Secret Race	Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle	2012	Biography / memoir	An explosive page-turner from the heart of the peloton
Sex, Lies And Handlebar Tape	Paul Howard	2008	Biography / memoir	A biography of Jacques Anquetil, the dominant racing cyclist of the late 50s and early 60s, including his highly unconventional post-career family life
Shock Tactics	Robin and Chris Lawrie	2000	Children’s book	A fun, early reading, cartoon-style series of childrens’ books featuring a gang of young mountain bikers – aimed at those of eight and above
Simple Bicycle Repair	Rob Van Der Plas	2004	Guide / manual	A pocket-sized, colour-illustrated, guide to all basic aspects of cycle maintenance that could usefully be kept in most tool boxes
Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop And Stand Up	Dave Gorman	2009	Cycling culture	A stand-up-comedy tour being undertaken by bicycle, taking in the UK’s extreme compass points and visiting around 30 venues
Slaying The Badger	Richard Moore	2011	Biography / memoir	A gripping account of the Tour’s most extraordinary rivalry
Sloane’s Complete Book Of Bicycling	Eugene A Sloane	1970–1995	Cycling culture	An encyclopaedic guide to bicycle buying, maintenance and use
The Spring Classics	Philippe Bouvet et al	2010	Racing	A collection of pictures and essays celebrating cycling’s great one-day races
Stamp Collecting For The Cyclist	Ronald F Sudbury	1981	Cycling culture	An illustrated catalogue of stamps issued between 1887 and 1979 that feature bicycles
The Story of the Giro d’Italia, volume 1	Bill and Carol McGann	2012	Racing	A compelling year-by-year account of Italy’s grand tour
The Sweat Of The Gods	Benjo Maso, trans. Michiel Horn	2005	Racing	An alternative history of professional cycle racing focussing on the external, and frequently malign, influences that have shaped the sport
The Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie	Alan Bradley	2009	Children’s book	An arch and enquiring girl entertainingly pedals around a mid-century Cotswoldian scene solving dastardly crimes old and new
Systematically And Mercilessly Realigning The World Of Cycling	Bike Snob NYC	2010	Cycling culture	The blogging sensation takes to paper with a heady shot of caustic comedy and common sense
Team Work Is The Key To Keeping Charity Cyclists On The Road	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times account of a 450-mile charity ride around Scotland and the support that keeps such riders on the road
Ten Poems About Bicycles	—	2011	Poetry	A small, but perfectly formed selection
Tesco is coming – don’t panic	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A Sunday Times column on Tesco’s trial bicycle departments and a lifetime’s love of the local bike shop
They’ll Never Catch You Now	Ralph Hurne	2007	Fiction	The randy roadman makes an ill-advised comeback
The Third Policeman	Flann O’Brien	1967	Fiction	A cycle through inter-war Ireland is a laugh-out-loud tale incorporating shape-shifting experiments in narrative form
Three Bent Links	Jon Wyatt	2011	Fiction	Three enjoyable short stories taking cyclists as their subjects
Three Men On The Bummel	Jerome K Jerome	1900	Fiction	A series of very humorous incidents featuring the triumvirate who first came to life in Three Men In A Boat – this time hung, very loosely, on a cycling holiday in Germany
Through Sand And Snow	Charlie Walker	2017	Travel narrative	An engaging pedal across Europe and Asia on an intangible quest
Tomorrow We Ride	Jean Bobet	2008	Biography / memoir	A warm and illuminating memoir by a rider with unique access to the European stars of the 1950s
Too True	Blake Morrison	1998	Fiction	A collection of pieces by one of the UK’s most poetic writers – worth seeking out for the short story and the article about cycling
Torture By HobNob	Tim Dawson	2009	Article	A Sunday Times column on measuring cycling progress in HobNobs
Tour Climbs	Chris Sidwells	2008	Guide / manual	A useful catalogue of the Tours Cols that falters before the summit
Travel, A Literary History	Peter Whitfield	2011	Other	How we learned of humanity’s discovery of the globe, delivered in an illuminating dash
Travels With Rosinante	Bernard Magnouloux	1988	Travel narrative	A compelling account of a five-year, minimal-budget, round-the-world cycle journey starting in 1980
Trial By Tandem	Alan McCulloch	1951	Travel narrative	A nicely observed account of an artistic Australian couples’ tour through France and Italy a couple of years after the second world war
Twelve Babies On A Bike	Dot May Dunn	2009	Cycling culture	A compelling memoire of life on a different kind of delivery bike in 1950s England
Twelve Wheels From Turkey	Anne Vardy	1988	Travel narrative	Vardy, her husband and five pre-teen children cycle from Istanbul back to Blighty in the spring and summer of 1987, in a journey partially propelled by the family’s faith
The Tyke Trackers Who Beat Team Tamalpais	Tim Dawson	2010	Article	A tongue-in-cheek claim that the author and friends invented mountain biking on the Yorkshire moors
The Ultimate Cycle Route Planner	—	2009	Guide / manual	A map of the UK showing cycling routes at a scale that would work for route-planning and tour selection
The Ultimate Scottish Cycling Book	Paul Lamarra	2003	Travel narrative	An area-by-area guide to cycle touring in Scotland, based on a tour made in 2002, including extensive ‘how to’ information
The Unknown Cyclist	Bernard Saltzman	1989	Film / TV	A bike ride to raise awareness of Aids is the backdrop for a film about one of the 1980s most tragic issues
The Unknown Tour De France	Les Woodland	2000	Racing	The great race’s backpages make an enjoyable read, even for Tour-book veterans
A Vagabond’s Notebook	Kuklos	1908	Travel narrative	Our highways and byways a century ago by arguably Britain’s most important cycling journalist
Ventoux	Bert Wagendorp	2015	Fiction	An enjoyable excursion with Dutch cycling chums who revisit teenage tumult from a middle-aged vantage
Viennese whirl: the architect who is spoilt for choice when he goes for a spin	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times profile of the Viennese architect Michael Embacher and his collection of 210 bicycles
We Were Young And Carefree	Laurent Fignon	2010	Biography / memoir	An intelligent and poignant account of one of the 1980s most brilliant stars
A Wheel Within A Wheel	Frances E Willard	1895	History	How a 53-year-old American suffragette learned to ride a bicycle against her own, and societies’ expectations, on the eve of the twentieth century
Wheels Of Chance	HG Wells	1896	Fiction	Hoopdriver’s quest for sun, sea and Sussex provides an illuminating entertainment
When the spirit moves you – pedalling in my Mother’s trail	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times piece on riding a Derbyshire route linked to the author’s mother
Wide Eyed And Legless	Jeff Connor	1988	Racing	A tabloid journalist travels with the only British team to enter the Tour de France in the past 40 years to provide a hilarious account of their disastrous participation in the 1987 event
William Fitzwater Wray	G. Herbert Stancer	1939	Article	The CTC Gazette’s tribute to Kuklos on his death in December 1938
William Fitzwater Wray (Kuklos): Some Biographical Notes	Tim Dawson		Article	Biographical notes on the cycling journalist William Fitzwater Wray, who wrote as ‘Kuklos’
The Wind In My Wheels	Josie Dew	1992	Travel narrative	An account of journeys made in the late 1980s including most of Europe, the UK, Ireland, North Africa, Canada, India and Romania
The Wind In My Wheels	Josie Dew	1992	Travel narrative	An account of journeys made in the late 1980s including most of Europe, the UK, Ireland, North Africa, Canada, India and Romania
Winged Wheel	William Oakley	1977	History	An insider’s centenary history of the venerable club whose focus is committee meetings not club runs
Wonder Wheels	Eileen Sheridan	1956	Racing	A charming, period piece of an autobiography by the dominant force in UK women’s cycling during the early 1950s
The Yellow Jersey	Ralph Hurne	1973	Fiction	A pacy novel with a washed up pro-cyclist as its main character
The Yorkshire Railway Station Where Cyclists Go Dutch	Tim Dawson	2011	Article	A Sunday Times report on Leeds’s CyclePoint, a secure station cycle hub on the Dutch model