Author: Brittny Love
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548716714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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My First BMX Race is a three-part series that shows the progression from balance bikes to racing with pedals! My First BMX Race, Volume One, was inspired by the author's son first race at the local Arizona BMX track; transforming the true story into a great learning-to-read book, along with captivating images and a positive message for young ones. This story encourages good sportsmanship, confidence building and having fun with friends!
Author: Thomas K. Adamson
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1681030861
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Practice makes perfect when it comes to BMX racing. The more times you practice your gates, peddling intervals, and turns, the better racer you will be. Polishing all of these skills will help you climb to the top of the race series. Enjoy learning what it takes to be a BMX racer in this beginner book.
Author: Payton Ridenour
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781735902104
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A colorful rhyming alphabet book focused on teaching children about BMX riding/racing.
Author: David Millar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451682700
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
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WORLD-CLASS CYCLIST, Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling—including his soul-searing detour into performance-enhancing drugs, his dramatic arrest and two-year ban, and his ultimate decision to return to the sport he loves to race clean—in this arrestingly candid memoir, which he wrote himself. As a young Scottish expat living in Hong Kong with his father after his parents’ divorce, Millar showed early promise with mountain biking and BMX. Two wise local cyclists took him under their wings, encouraging him to concentrate on road racing. Millar proved a ready convert. Racing Through the Dark offers the winning account of his climb through the ranks—first as an amateur and then as a pro, riding for the French team Cofidis. Among his early triumphs were several stage wins in the Tour de France. From the moment Millar turned pro, he began to see hints of the unethical measures that many— maybe most—of the other pros were taking in order to race at the very tops of their games . . . and beyond. At first, he felt that he was immune to temptation, that he could win clean. But the ugly pervasiveness of performance-enhancing drugs and the seemingly universal attitude that condoned it began to corrode his willpower. Racing Through the Dark details his eventual capitulation, his subsequent arrest and two-year ban from cycling, and his remarkable comeback as a clean cyclist who is now doing his utmost to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of the sport he so loves. Filled with thrilling descriptions of the world’s most spectacular courses, Racing Through the Dark captures the pure joy of cycling and includes some of the most vivid accounts of racing ever written by a true insider.
Author: Rod Waters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937715236
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Eric rides his bicycle through his village to join his friend Emily for a picnic, but his trip is slowed as he comes to the aid of racing bicyclists using helpful items from his backpack, yet he continues to rush, trying his best not to disappoint Emily, leading to a surprising finish.
Author: Lee McCormack
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780974566023
Category : Bicycle motocross
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Your BMX riding and racing can be safer, faster, and more fun. Includes detailed treatment of BMX equipment, techniques, tactics and training, with easy-to-read text and detailed images.
Author: Brett Middaugh
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304234673
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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The Average BMXer is a tale about the coming of age of the first generation of BMX riders. Starting as racers in the 1970's and evolving into freestylers in the mid 1980's these individuals collectively helped to shape and create a new sport and lifestyle called BMX riding. This is the story of one of those average riders and what he did to help the cause along the way.
Author: Brittny Love
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781084186248
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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My Big BMX Race, Volume 3, the evolution in BMX continues, taking the little racer to exciting new places! He meets fellow riders from around the world and gains the courage to try a big race bike!
Author: Justin McCurry
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643132814
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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Experience the thrilling world of Japanese cycling and the keirin, which has evolved from post-war oddity to one of Japan's most popular and lucrative sporting events—and a must-see for the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo. The Keirin, which means "war on wheels," is now a high profile Olympic sport and attracts millions of spectators. But it's origins are humble, even strange. Like the Tour de France was originally conceived to sell newspapers, the keirin was invented in post-war Japan as a way to raise taxes on gambling. Now, over $12 billion a year is wagered on it, and its stars are primed to millions. Unlike a traditional race, a pacemaker leads eight riders up to speeds of 70kph on huge concrete velodromes, then they fight to cross the line first, with riders pushing, shoving, and crashing in the final stretch. Long associated with the working class, even the notorious yakuza crime syndicates, riders today live in blacked-out dorms, with no access to technology, to prevent bet-rigging. Their lives are ruled by ritual and competition, from their rookie days at the Mt. Fuji training camp to elite competitions that are the Japanese equivalent of the Grand National. Foreign riders sometimes compete, but rarely prosper in this intense environment, and the Olympic version is a mere child's play to the fierce environs of the velodromes in Tokyo. and Osaka, where a spectre of danger still looms. The War on Wheels explores a side of Japan we rarely see and it's uniquely fascinating sporting culture.
Author: Iwan Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1399413619
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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'Lays bare the realities of a sporting career' Lord Sebastian Coe 'Gripping, revealing and honest' Steve Cram OBE 'A gripping read ... Iwan runs and runs and runs, and arrives at himself' Jeremy Vine Running has been Iwan Thomas's life. He put everything into becoming and remaining an elite athlete to such a point that his efforts left him scarred. Iwan reveals the highs of his career, but also his battles with the dark side of running – the loneliness, the doubts, the hurt and, ultimately, the serious mental health issues. After a youthful stint as a world-class BMX rider, Iwan dedicated himself to running. Between 1995 and 1998, he became one of the world's fastest men, taking silver in the 4x400m at the Olympics and gold at the European and World Championships. Yet, although his British 400m record of 44.36s would stand unbroken for 25 years, niggling injuries were already beginning to limit his ability to compete with the best. His response to setbacks had always been to train even harder, but this was no longer an option. Without the structure of training, the motivation of competition and the buzz of race day, Iwan struggled. He suffered an extended period of anxiety and depression, before eventually coming to terms with his life as a former athlete. In this deeply reflective, utterly engaging and sensationally open book, Iwan shares an absorbing, sometimes uncomfortable, but totally memorable story, and finally reveals the truth behind his life in sport.
