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It's all about the bike paperbackRob Penn schwag - we have winners!
There's another schwagger on the go now - to win some Liquigas kit - so we'd better fire up the number-o-tron and pick some book winners from last week's compo. Click, whirr, etc. And the seven names out of the hat are...
neil hatherall
acowan
unit29
sambu
SevenHills
haggisinlondon
Gkam84
Congrats to those guys and good luck to y'all with the next one!
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More schwag! This time it's in book form, the book in question being the excellent It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels by Rob Penn. We got that Will Fotheringham to review it for road.cc, and he reckoned it was "very much more than a book about a search for the perfect bike" - a great read.
We've got seven copies to give away. Okay it was meant to be ten, but a couple of people who came to the office asked if they could have a copy to read, and they asked really nicely and left us bikes to test and stuff. So, seven left. All you have to do to be in the hat is add a comment to this story on the site, and we'll be firing up the random number generator sometime on Wednesday. Possibly about tiffin time, although that does seem to clash with Tour stage finishes right now. So maybe a bit later.
Good luck! Usual schwag grab rules apply.
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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yes please need a good read, thanks.
yes please I WANT IT NOW
Ja bitte
yes yes yes - I can read
My wife will kill me if I get another bike book, but what the heck, live dangerously.
Just finished Racing Through the Dark by David Millar which is excellent so looking for another!
me me me me
Yes please!
I was just thinking i needed some bike literature.
Sounds like a perfect cycling-holiday read.
yurp, please.
me, me, me!
yes please!
Nice review - I'll be getting this, although a cheeky free copy wouldn't go amiss instead!
Oooooooooooohhhh goodies!
Could do with something to read, yes please
A nice new book, yes please
Yes please
Off work with a dislocated collarbone so could do with a good read.
Off work with a dislocated collarbone so could do with a good read.
Looks good, I haven't read a cycling book in a while...
yes please and even throw in the bike if you feel really
generous
I'm in.
Just one of the 7 will do, ta.
It's a great book and Rob Penn is a great guy as well. i've met the bike, and it's lovely. I'd rather have the bike, but the book is a good 2nd best.
Pleeeese!
Me too!
I must I must improve my luck!
Winnining a book will be a start
count me in
It'll give me an incentive to learn how to read
A great read when you can't be out there doing it.
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