{"product_id":"9781780575155","title":"Bikie: A Love Affair with the Racing Bicycle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBikie\u003c\/i\u003e lays bare the true heart of cycling. Every grass-roots enthusiast, keen racing man and elite professional has one thing in common: he loves his bike and riding it.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The author pinpoints the source of his love, tracing its development in the individual, how it draws people into a community and then a tradition – creating a whole worldwide culture to celebrate that deep affection for what is a technological marvel and transcendent experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Great champions, too, are inseparable from their bikes. They merge into them, becoming a composite image, figures of myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  As well as exerting an emotional hold, cycling, in its famous races, also mounts a living proof of exemplary virtues: courage, perseverance and self-sacrifice – gives us, in fact, a glimpse of the higher reaches of the human spirit. There is a sense of this mythical realm in every pedal turn, for once astride a handbuilt lightweight we are put in touch with the greatest riders of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBikie \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of one man’s passionate involvement, but in its forthright sincerity it goes to the roots of what we all share.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47300711350512,"sku":"9781780575155","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780575155_p0.jpg?v=1763714445","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780575155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}