[- seb]

Not DH related at all really, but just chatting to a friend and made me think of some great books I've read (not too) recently:

1) Life and Limb - Jamie Andrew
2) It's not about the Bike - Lance Armstrong

Both highly highly recommended, great motivational reading.

Anyone got any others?

I know this should probably be in the Lounge or somewhere, but I've never ever ever posted anywhere other than the DH forum on here

 

[sethimus]

Mastering Mountain Bike Skills by Brian Lopes and Lee McCormack

 

[Gary]

found Lance's book incredibly boring and a chore to read myself.
"trainspotting" was more motivational
Only Cyclist I can thonk of I'd like to read a book by would be Palmer

 

[SupaTone]

Matt Hoffman - the ride of my life

 

[Kanye West]

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - Tucker Max

 

[bullcrew]

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - Tucker Max

LMAO! I just hope they serve beer in more places, hells a long way off still!

 

[Orfen]

Valentino Rossi Autobiography

 

[gemini2k]

I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell - Tucker Max

LOL, you WOULD say that wouldn't you...

 

[MinorThreat]

Downhill: The Life Story of a Gravity Goddess by Marla Streb. Got Marla to autograph my copy at the Schweitzer, ID Nats one year.

 

[4130biker]

Second Matt Hoffman- Ride of my life
Very motivational if you are feeling "old"

 

[Jim Mac]

Sports Psychology for Cyclists by Dr. Saul Miller. Even has a section on DH racing.

 

[Joss DeWaele]

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I'm sorry, I don't know how to pronounce the last name.

 

[MMike]

"Gynecology for Dummies"

 

[Damo]

Calvin & Hobbs.

 

[dw]

"Gynecology for Dummies"

Your comments never cease to amaze me / make me laugh Mike!

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond

 

[BillT]

Zombie Survival Guide - it could save your life during the upcoming zombie invasion.

 

[NoUseForAName]

A short history of nearly everything - bill bryson - covers so much ground, but links together the relative fields of study well, and does a neat job of highlighting the forgotten heros of science.

 

[Sonic Reducer]

hell's angels - hunter thompson

the mountains of madness - HP lovecraft

a brave new world - aldous huxley

Maximum boost - corky bell

 

[ianjenn]

1. Lone Survivor

2. Steel My Soldier's Hearts- David Haskell Hackworth

3. Moby Dick- Herman Melville

4. Wheel of Time- Robert Jordan

 

[Gelbwurstbrot]

Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde
13 1/2 Leben des Käpt'n Blaubär - Walter Moers
The Ring - Koji Suzuki
Mac Best - Terry Prachet
Die Welle - Morton Rhue

 

[Vlad]

The Trial--Franz Kafka
The Stranger--Albert Camus
The Count of Monte Cristo--Alexandre Dumas
Sputnik Sweetheart--Haruki Murakami
White Line Fever: The Autobiography--Lemmy
The Old Man and the Sea--Ernest Hemingway
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--Douglas Adams
The Great War for Civilization--Robert Fisk
The Dharma Bums--Jack Kerouac
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas--Hunter S. Thompson
The Prophet--Kahlil Gibran
The Satanic Verses--Salman Rushdie
Bone--Jeff Smith
Any Edgar Allan Poe anthology

 

[Vlad]

My Name is Red--Orhan Pamuk
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest--Ken Kessey

 

[homepiece]

Not really any classics here, others have gone into that...but here are some that I have really liked over the past few years.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
Fight Club & Survivor - Chuck Palahniuk
Too Fat to Fish - Artie Lange
The Stand & The Shining - Stephen King
Now I can die in peace - Bill Simmons
Bringing down the house - Ben Mezrich

 

[CTR]

Bike related: The Art of Wheelbuilding (A Bench Reference for Neophytes, Pros & Wheelaholics) - Gerd Schraner, pretty much the bible of wheelbulding, still worth owning even if you've laced a wheel or 2

Non-bike: Mao: The Unknown Story - Jung Chang, provids a peek of some of the absolute horror that Mao put china though, and if you don't finish it you can use the 900 page book as a hammer to bend your wheels back into shape.

Coffee table: Wall and Piece - Banksy, lots of great art and "stuff"

 

[Steve M]

Matt Hoffman - the ride of my life

F***ing oath... the best book I've ever read, bar none. This book will enlighten you as to what a masochistic nutcase you have to be in order to succeed in BMX. Funny as all hell too.