{"product_id":"the-rider-9780747559412","title":"The Rider","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE RIDER describes one 150-kilometre race in just 150 pages. In the course of the narrative  we get to know the forceful  bumbling Lebusque  the aesthete Barthelemy  the young Turk Reilhan and the mysterious rider from Cycles Goff. Krabbe battles with and against each of them in turn  failing on the descents  shining on the climbs  suffering on the (false) flats. The outcome of the race is  in fact  merely the last stanza of an exciting and too-brief paean to stamina  suffering and the redeeming power of humour. This is not a history of road racing  a hagiography of the European greats or even a factual account of his own amateur cycling career. Instead  Krabbe allows us to race with him  inside his skull as it were  during a mythical Tour de Mont Aigoual.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67904796885045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0747559414","price":92.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780747559412.jpg?v=1793852764","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rider-9780747559412","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}