Gironimo!

Now in paperback, this sees Tim Moore cycle the course of the 1914 Giro d'Italia on a wooden bike. The original 3162km race saw 81 starters set out and only 8 finish 2 weeks later, after enduring storms, roads strewn with nails and the loss of an eye for one competitor. From the author of "French Revolutions" and "Do Not Pass Go". von Moore, Tim