Weighing in at 2.5kg and with over 400 pages this outstanding tomb chronicles a detailed history of cycling on Corsica and that’s just from 1890 to 1960. Clearly there’s room for volume 2.
It’s a terrific book with some fabulous black and white photographs that the authors have sourced from a variety of archives. I've reproduced some on my gallery page.
Reading through it very definitely left me feeling that road riding and racing was much more popular here in the past than the present.
I’m hoping the authors won’t mind too much if I take some of their work as an inspiration for some future blogs about the history of riding here on Corsica as it's a rich and fascinating one.
The book is only available in French and I’ve not found it for sale outside of Corsica - another very good reason to come here and ride!
It’s a terrific book with some fabulous black and white photographs that the authors have sourced from a variety of archives. I've reproduced some on my gallery page.
Reading through it very definitely left me feeling that road riding and racing was much more popular here in the past than the present.
I’m hoping the authors won’t mind too much if I take some of their work as an inspiration for some future blogs about the history of riding here on Corsica as it's a rich and fascinating one.
The book is only available in French and I’ve not found it for sale outside of Corsica - another very good reason to come here and ride!
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