{"product_id":"9781802471052-great-british-cycling-legends","title":"Great British Cycling Legends","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the story of British cycling as told through the lives of the people who built it. From the first recorded race in a Paris park in 1868 to the present day, Great British Cycling Legends profiles the true originals. Follow the most glorious exponents of road and track cycling, the mountain bikers and the cyclo-cross riders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe biggest annual sports event in the world is the Tour de France. In the wake of its overwhelming popularity, it's easy to forget that there is much more to cycling than whoever gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cycling is rich with legends and pioneers, and it is their stories which light up this compelling account of the sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of British cycling as told through the lives of the people who built it. From the first recorded race in a Paris park in 1868 to the present day, \u003cem\u003eGreat\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eBritish Cycling Legends\u003c\/em\u003e profiles the true originals. Follow the most glorious exponents of road and track cycling, the mountain bikers and the cyclo-cross riders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were the Victorians such as George-Pilkington Mills, a multi long-distance record holder, including that of Land's End to John O'Groats on a penny farthing bicycle. Then there have been the significant firsts. Dave Marsh was the first British road-race world champion in 1922 and Maurice Burton was the first black British cycling champion in the 1970s. Eileen Sheridan was one of the first female professional cyclists and a major record-breaker into the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGreat British Cycling Legends\u003c\/em\u003e examines the personalities and their background of the key cyclists, to show what makes each of them legendary. All of them have, in their own ways, shown why cycling continues to exert such an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40972023791713,"sku":"9781802471052","price":14.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32281017.jpg?v=1737117079","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781802471052-great-british-cycling-legends","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}