The Rider
by Tim Krabbe · first published 2002
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The book tells the story of a rider during a cycling race. Trougth a major competition, the rider describe his feelings and compares life itself with a bike race. "Bike race is not a metaphor for life. Life is a metaphor for a bike race"
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…are personal. Sometimes, if running a profitable business, building and managing people effectively is not a challenge, a 40 min 5-k can very well be. Book recommendation, not just about cycling: The Rider, by Tim Krabbé "The greater the suffering, the greater the pleasure. That is nature’s payback to riders for the homage they pay her by suffering. Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses; people have…
on “Getting better and finding happiness through cycling” ↗…lighter, I began paying attention. I noticed that in all the old pictures of Anquetil climbing, his bidon is always in its holder. That’s straining at gnats. Geldermans’ story strikes to the soul of the rider, and is therefore true. Those pictures are inaccurate.; "The Rider" - Tim Krabbé.
on “‘I Would Prefer Not To’: The Origins of the White Collar Worker” ↗…in normal simul too (I used it successfully once, though that wasn't against a GM, and I had fairly recently stopped playing competitive chess). Now going way off topic, but Krabbe's cycling book "The Rider"[1] is probably the best book about cycling I've ever read. Along with "Once a Runner"[2] I think it probably the best piece of sporting fiction ever: My whole life had only one goal: making that last…
on “Magnus Carlsen Repeats at World Chess Championship” ↗If Bannister interests you and you haven't read Once a Runner go and do it now[1]. I go back and forth on if Once a Runner or Tim Krabbe's The Rider[2] is the best fictional sports novel ever, but today I think is the day for running. [1] http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2008/12/speed_... [2] https://cyclingtips.com/2010/11/the-rider/
on “Roger Bannister has died” ↗