Rough Ride - Rated 
Excellent Book. Had Heard a lot about this book, So was really keen to read it, And I was not Disappointed, Would Recomend to anyone.
An easy yet informative read. - Rated 
Well written and easy to read and follow.
Kimmage gives an honest, but bitter insight into the world of professional road racing. I really enjoyed reading this book and towards the end it is very moreish. The original release has been updated with a well written review of the 96 Tour that Kimmage covered for the Sunday Times.
A sour point. When looking for clips of the action, on You Tube, described by Kimmage, i came across a clip where he asks the great Lance Armstrong a question about doping. Armstrong goes onto verbally attack Kimmage about a remark he had made where he had called Armstrong the Cancer of his sport. I think Kimmage was well out of order if he had indeed made these remarks to Armstrong. Kinda let me down a bit there Paul.
Still a decent read on its own merits.
No Rough Ride! - Rated
The book I purchased from Amazon entitled "Rough Ride" is excellent. The condition is as NEW and it is just what I've been looking for to give as a present to a cyclist friend.
Purchasing it through Amazon was indeed no "Rough Ride" - easy as pie.
Diary of a judas. - Rated 
If a friend of mine upsets me, I might tell him, I don't go to the newspapers, or worse, condemn them for all time by writing a book.If a friend of mine supports me,gives me my raison d'etre and future,and I do exactly the same thing as he does, yet write a book about them exposing them, particularly when they have carried me due to my lack of talent and commitment, it is something worse than simple betrayal. Kimmage hadn't temporarily lost his soul to drug or alcoholism when he wrote this book, he wanted to show a potential journalism editor what a spiffing writer he was, by, simply, betraying his friends and colleagues.
Rough Read - Rated 
I eventually got round to reading this on holiday - it being the last in a pile of cycling biographies I had been advised to read by a cycling journalist friend and which I had been very much enjoying. However, had I any alternative reading material left with me I would have abandoned the book part way through - just like so many of the races Kimmage bailed out of during his career. If Kimmage ("Blame-age" would be more appropriate) had bothered to put in a bit more effort to get to grips with cycling in the rain/in the wind/over cobbles/in Belgium instead of sitting in cafes sulking he may have fared better in his racing career. While bleating and moaning about all his dislikes when it comes to cycling and the apparently "rough ride" he has had during and since his cycling career, he fails to present a coherent view as to what should be done about the drugs issue and who the true villains are. He viscously discredits anyone with a contrary view to the point where I could no longer take him seriously. I came away with the view that he is a bitter man who has difficulty accepting that the reasons he was second best to the majority of the peloton may have been the lack of preparation or talent and would rather have you believe it was due to his unwillingness to systematically dope. As for the final ramblings added as new chapters at the end of the book; what utter nonsense! In summing up; the unnecessary retelling of a pretty forgettable cycling career with very little of the much anticipated revelationary insight into the cycling world.
|
