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Put Me Back on My Bike: In Search of Tom Simpson
£12.99
This biography of the legendary, controversial Tom Simpson was first published in 2002 and has become one of the biggest selling cycling books of recent years.
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This biography of the legendary, controversial Tom Simpson was first published in 2002 and has become one of the biggest selling cycling books of recent years.
As well as being a detailed account of Simpson’s colourful life through interviews with key figures such as Helen and Barry Hoban, Harry Hall, Brian Robinson and Colin Lewis, and through a previously unpublished correspondence with his close friend George Shaw, Put Me Back looks in detail at the reasons for Simpson’s tragic death.
It was re-issued in paperback in 2007 with hitherto unknown material from people close to Simpson.
Reviews:
“a modern classic of cycling literature”
Richard Williams, The Guardian
Review from The Guardian, August 2002
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Review from The Guardian, July 2002
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Yellow Jersey Press
First published June 2002
ISBN 9780224061865
