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A Racing Cyclist`s Worst Nightmare and other stories of the Golden Age

œA Cyclist`s Worst Nightmare” covers a similar time-scope to Hewson’™s ‘œIn Pursuit of Stardom”, though as a collection of individual but interrelated stories it employs a variety of different literary genres – autobiography, biography, discourse and fiction. Each piece can be enjoyed in its own right, while the work as a whole casts light on an era of UK cycling history in the aftermath of World War II that until now has been somewhat neglected and forgotten. Some events, for example, the tumultuous birth and demise of the rebel British League of Racing Cyclists that split the sport and framed its future, have ramifications to this day. From foul-mouthed Jean Robic (`I haven`t enough enemies!`) to aggressive Korean war-veteran Reg (`Heroes we were – fat thanks we get.`) via bullied national service `nutter` Michael (`a queer boy wi` them fancy togs n` that weird show-off bike`), the mood is one of a shared sense of grievance from real and imagined characters who see themselves as put-upons in search of recognition. The theme of the social outsider will ring bells with any reader who has ever been a committed cyclist in the British Isles, and will also be of interest to many who have not.

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