Name: Bespoke. A Guide to Cycle-Speak and Saddle Slang (en Inglés)
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Author: Bromley, Tom
ISBN: 9780712353656

portada Bespoke. A Guide to Cycle-Speak and Saddle Slang (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Tom Bromley

Editorial

British Library

Año

2020

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

192

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9780712353656

N° edición

Categorías

Lingüística histórica
Deporte
Carreras de bicicletas
Ciclismo general y cicloturismo
Humor

Bespoke. A Guide to Cycle-Speak and Saddle Slang (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "Bespoke. A Guide to Cycle-Speak and Saddle Slang (en Inglés)"

Bespoke presents 175 of the most lyrical, humorous and down-right vulgar terms complete with detailed usage and origin notes, with entries fully cross-referenced across cycling's main languages and destinations. Some sports lend themselves to language: cycling is one of them. With its rich history and culture, and its professional roots across the continent and beyond, cycling has developed a terminology that goes well beyond borders, producing a lexicon all of its own. This book guides the reader through a land where the road to hell is paved not with good intentions, but with cobbles. This is a place where all the world is a stage, unless you are a one-day specialist. Where its inhabitants come with a litany of arresting nicknames - Badgers, Cannibals, Eagles, Pirates -each with a wonderful story of their own. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned artworks by acclaimed cycling illustrator Neil Stevens and historical photography from both the British Library collections and L'Équipe, this is a book that takes the reader from the tête de la course to the gruppetto, from the caravane following the race to the tifosi cheering on the mountainside. Insightful and irreverent, Bespoke is the book for anyone who wants to be able to speak cycling.