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It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life | 
 enlarge | Author: Lance Armstrong
Publisher: Yellow Jersey Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 654
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0224060872
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780224060875
ASIN: 0224060872
Publication Date: May 3, 2001
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Amazon.co.uk Review
People around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its gruelling intensity. Armstrong is a thoroughgoing Texan jock, and the changes brought to his life by his illness are startling and powerful, but he's just not interested in wearing a hero suit. While his vocabulary is a bit on the he-man side (highest compliment to his wife: "she's a stud"), his actions will melt the most hard-bitten souls: a cancer foundation and benefit bike ride, his astonishing commitment to training that got him past countless hurdles, loyalty to the people and corporations that never gave up on him. There's serious medical detail here, which may not be for the faint of heart; from chemo to surgical procedures to his wife's in vitro fertilization, you won't be spared a single x-ray, IV drip, or unfortunate side effect. Athletes and coaches everywhere will benefit from the same extraordinary detail provided about training sessions--every aching tendon, every rainy afternoon, and every small triumph during his long recovery is here in living colour. It's Not About the Bike is the perfect title for this book about life, death, illness, family, setbacks, and triumphs, but not especially about the bike. --Jill Lightner, Amazon.com
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 Quirk review January 7, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lance Armstrong was a kid from Plano in Texas. Lance was raised by his mother, Linda who is a single parent trying to make do. They did not have much money but the money she does get it goes to lance. Lance was not the best of kids when he was growing up and he did get into a bit of trouble.
This maybe one of the best book's of the last ten years. It is a deep and meaningful story that is told in a very good way by Sally Jenkins. The story is truly amazing and I think even if you are not a sportsman you will be inspired. My views on Lance before I read this book where that he was a strong minded person who has an incredible fitness (e.g. vo2 max test 85). But after I read the book I became to respect the man and what he has been through to get to where he is today. You understand the effects of cancer and what it can do to one of the fittest men on the planet, but how you can bounce back as well.
It first starts off by telling us the fight with testicular cancer and how he found out he had cancer; so Lance had to go through chemotherapy. He did not only have cancer there, but it had spread to his heart and lungs. This mean lance had a very low chance of serving. This bit is moving and one of the saddest parts of book. But lance makes sure that this does not shape his life and some could say that he became a stronger person for it. This shows that Lance is a great fighter, mentally and you can see how he battled with the hills on the tour de France which was easier compared to cancer and chemotherapy. Lance says that the cancer was `a special wake-up call'. This showed him how to love the sport again. The book is great because it starts off by us feeling sad and tearful for lance and what has happened to him at a young age. But then later on in the book lance speaks about his good times and this makes us feel happy for him. Lance talks about his come back on the scene to win the tour de France again and how he did it. This is probably one of the best sporting books out on the market, so go it get NOW, this book is not about the bike!
By Elliot Ethan Quirk
It's about courage, desire and perserverence August 4, 2008
One of the best true stories you are ever likely to read. If you want to be inspired whether it be in cycling,sports,work or your overall life then this book will do it for you. Get a good new copy as you will read it again and again.
Lethargy June 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The writing style of this book is odd, and at times it reads like a blog or if Lance is recording thoughts and handing them oer to the co-author. In fact the writing style and the short length of the book were the negative points for me. I somehow felt there might be more he could share but then again I guess this is his style, so if you are looking for a great piece of writing you've come to the wrong place. Its also not really an explanation of the cancer experience (I guess thats in the first volume). What it is a description of a man's life, what bothers him, what choices he has made and is making with cancer, his relationship to the disease and the sufferers he actively makes a point of meeting, how he manages to train every day of the year and have a family life (but not very sucessfully as he recently divorced Sheryl Crow- also a cancer sufferer), and his views on lots of issues like religion and even the Iraq war. There is also quite a lot of material which in summary are a dummies guide to how Lance keeps on winning the tour de france, as well as personal feedback on specific races or incidents such as the fall up the mountain in 2003. As a result I think if you are not a cycling or Tour de France fan you would be better off reading the cancer story. However if like me you wanted to get an insight into a sporting and personnal enigma then this is a good read and I couldn't put it down once I'd started.
This book enables even the most ignorant spectator of cycle racing and the Tour de France in particular to appreciate how much more is involved in this sport than the pedalling of the routes of France we see on television. The details Lance Armstrong provides brings both the race and the figures in the peleton to life.
However, much deeper than the insight into this famous race, is the appreciation the reader is able to experience of a very human man with very human failings but incredible strength of purpose and character. He leaves you with the determination to make all your own seconds count.
Amazing! March 24, 2008
This book is truly inspirational and I love it! Heard it on audiobook and loved it so much i'm buying the book!
It's Not About the Bike: My Journney Back to Life February 23, 2008
An excellent book, well written and gives a very open and honest insight into what only can be said is someone who clearly is a great sportsman with a very special talent.
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