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For the Cyclist Who Has Everything: A Funny Guide to Cycling Obsession, Lycra Addiction, and the Truth About Too Many Bikes
Paperback
Series: Funny Gifts for the Sports-Obsessed
ISBN13: 9781918027334
Publisher: Bemberton Limited
Published: May 11 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE ULTIMATE GIFT FOR THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN LYCRA (AND HAS NO SPACE LEFT IN THE GARAGE).
Do you live with someone who spends more on bike tires than car tires? Have you noticed a mysterious grease mark on their right calf? Does your loved one disappear for six hours every Saturday, only to return and obsess over graphs on their phone?
Congratulations. You have a Cyclist in your life.
For the Cyclist Who Has Everything is the ultimate survival guide to the beautiful, expensive, and slightly deranged world of cycling obsession. Written with wit, grit, and a healthy dose of cycle therapy, this book deconstructs the rituals, the gear, and the sheer lunacy of life on two wheels.
Inside this hilarious guide, they (and you) will discover:
The Anatomy of Obsession: Why the correct number of bikes to own is always N+1-and how they successfully hide the new ones in the garage.
A Field Guide to the Tribes: How to spot the difference between a Roadie with a carbon-fiber complex and a Gravel Rider having a mid-life identity crisis.
Spandex & Shame: A support group in print for the Street Dolphins who think skin-tight Lycra and shaved legs are a perfectly normal way to go to the grocery store.
The Secret Language: A Club Talk glossary that finally explains why they're worried about their cadence, their cassette, or the moisture level of their chamois.
Digital Validation: Why a 100-mile ride doesn't count if their GPS battery dies two miles from home-and why they might actually weep about it.
The Financial Exchange Rate: How to translate It was a bargain, darling into the actual thousands of dollars spent on a titanium frame.
The Pain Cave: A look inside the spare bedroom-turned-shrine where your cyclist goes to grunt at a TV screen for three hours in the name of fitness.
Whether they are a weekend warrior chasing a new record or a serious enthusiast who takes up the entire lane and most of the conversation, this book is a celebration of the sport that takes up all their time, money, and emotional bandwidth.
It is for the cyclist who knows every hill in town, has strong opinions about tire pressure, and can somehow turn any conversation into a discussion about their latest ride. It is also for the people who love them-the spouses, partners, friends, parents, and family members who have watched helplessly as the garage slowly disappeared beneath a mountain of bikes, wheels, helmets, shoes, pumps, tools, and mysterious boxes ordered from the internet.
Whether they ride for fitness, competition, adventure, freedom, friendship, or simply an excuse to buy another bike, every cyclist has a story, a ritual, and probably at least one expensive piece of equipment they absolutely cannot live without.
For the Cyclist Who Has Everything is a lighthearted celebration of cycling culture and the wonderfully obsessive people who make it so entertaining.
Whether they are climbing mountains, chasing personal records, cruising country roads, battling headwinds, or simply trying to convince the family that the newest bike was a really good deal, this book is the perfect companion for anyone who lives life on two wheels.
If you can't get them off the bike, at least give them something to read while they're recovering.
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