Re:cyclists: 200 Years on Two Wheels - Softcover

Michael Hutchinson is a writer, a journalist, and a former professional cyclist. He has won multiple national titles in both Britain and Ireland, and has raced at the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games. He is Cycling Weekly's principle columnist, and is a regular broadcaster on cycling. Re:Cyclists is the follow-up to his critically acclaimed book Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck behind the World's Fastest Cyclists and the award-winning The Hour: Sporting Immortality the Hard Way. He lives with far too many bicycles in Cambridgeshire and London.

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"As witty, accurate and eloquently written a history of the bicycle as you are ever likely to read." - Chris Boardman

"An essential look at how cycling has taken over the world." - Sir Chris Hoy

"As if Bill Bryson had taken to two wheels." - Financial Times

"A thorough and fascinating read, as you would expect from Dr Hutch. It charts the strange evolution of what we now unthinkingly accept: cycling is cool. How it came to be is another story altogether." - Ned Boulting

"An excellent history of the two-wheeled machine ... Hutchinson plots his way through the physical, social and sporting history of cycling with immense pleasure, pace and humour." - Daily Express

"Michael Hutchinson will already be known to many for his entertaining and humorous writing, and this book carries on in the same vein." - road.cc

"Michael Hutchinson has written a funny book about what could be – and often is – dry-as-sticks: the history of the bicycle." - bikebiz.com

"Re:Cyclists is an enjoyable romp through Britain's cycling history ... If you want to know how the British got from the hobby-horse to hipsters on fixies, this is as good a place as any to start finding the answers." - Podiumcafe

"Whether you’re a city boy banker racing into the Square Mile or a hipster wheeling around Shoreditch, this is for you." - Gentleman’s Journal

"An historical and fascinating account of the last 200 years of the progression of cycling ... A well-written and intelligent read." - Outdoor Fitness