Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.

Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.


Brilliantly readable and indespensible, 02 Nov 2007
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased to receive this.

Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.


Brilliantly readable and indespensible, 02 Nov 2007
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased to receive this.

Traffic free cycle trails?, 16 Aug 2008
Traffic-free Cycle Trails: More Than 400 Routes Around Britain

I liked this book its easy to understand and gives a good clear veiw of the terain that you are planning on cycling, it also shows whether it is hard standing or whether it is grass and also says where the route is down or up hill. Where you have to cross a busy main road is listed and it also gives a clear referance to other booklets for futher information. Overall a good standing buy.

What the book lacks is maps but the book makes up for this in other ways like the illistrations of where to start and what to look out for along the route, in some ways the book also proves that you are on a cycle path by showing pictures of people cycling the route.

For someone like me who has just recovered from a heart attack and not rode a bike for twenty years it shows how much the enviroment has improved where as twenty years ago cycle tracks and paths were only being talked about.

The book showed many cycle tracks where I live that I was unaware of as I live in Gloucester, I highly recomend this book

Very useful guide., 01 Apr 2008
I have found this guide very useful for planning family rides. It is particularly good when visiting an area for the first time, because there is no easy way to find these routes if you don't know the area. It's obviously a good idea to take a proper map on any ride in case the route isn't obvious.

A comprehenisive guide to UK cycle routes, 05 Dec 2007
We cycle a lot as a a family but I never realised Britain had so many easy, car-free trails. This book has some great ideas about where to go close to where we live (many of which we knew) but was really useful on holiday in Devon where we didn't have a clue about local trails. The new edition mentions lots of websites where you can often download maps. It has given us loads of ideas for summer rides with the kids and we take it with us whenever we go on holiday in the UK. I really don't see how the book could contain maps for 400 routes as the previous reviewer suggests. This is just the kind of book we need to encourage more family riding.Thoroughly recommended.

Much better books out there, 16 May 2005
Not useful enough! Virtually impossible to find the start of the routes. No maps. No sensible pointers on how to start the trails. Probably ok if you have a good map of the area, but if you have that you probably don't need this book at all.

Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.


Brilliantly readable and indespensible, 02 Nov 2007
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased to receive this.

Traffic free cycle trails?, 16 Aug 2008
Traffic-free Cycle Trails: More Than 400 Routes Around Britain

I liked this book its easy to understand and gives a good clear veiw of the terain that you are planning on cycling, it also shows whether it is hard standing or whether it is grass and also says where the route is down or up hill. Where you have to cross a busy main road is listed and it also gives a clear referance to other booklets for futher information. Overall a good standing buy.

What the book lacks is maps but the book makes up for this in other ways like the illistrations of where to start and what to look out for along the route, in some ways the book also proves that you are on a cycle path by showing pictures of people cycling the route.

For someone like me who has just recovered from a heart attack and not rode a bike for twenty years it shows how much the enviroment has improved where as twenty years ago cycle tracks and paths were only being talked about.

The book showed many cycle tracks where I live that I was unaware of as I live in Gloucester, I highly recomend this book

Very useful guide., 01 Apr 2008
I have found this guide very useful for planning family rides. It is particularly good when visiting an area for the first time, because there is no easy way to find these routes if you don't know the area. It's obviously a good idea to take a proper map on any ride in case the route isn't obvious.

A comprehenisive guide to UK cycle routes, 05 Dec 2007
We cycle a lot as a a family but I never realised Britain had so many easy, car-free trails. This book has some great ideas about where to go close to where we live (many of which we knew) but was really useful on holiday in Devon where we didn't have a clue about local trails. The new edition mentions lots of websites where you can often download maps. It has given us loads of ideas for summer rides with the kids and we take it with us whenever we go on holiday in the UK. I really don't see how the book could contain maps for 400 routes as the previous reviewer suggests. This is just the kind of book we need to encourage more family riding.Thoroughly recommended.

Much better books out there, 16 May 2005
Not useful enough! Virtually impossible to find the start of the routes. No maps. No sensible pointers on how to start the trails. Probably ok if you have a good map of the area, but if you have that you probably don't need this book at all.

Good in theory, bad in practice, 25 Dec 2004
This book features pictures of most of the 750+ F1 drivers, during races or practice sessions, and the various different cars they drove throughout the years. What this book does not feature is pictures of the F1 drivers who did not qualify for a race. Plus it does not feature drivers who started the race, as they were too obscure to have pictures of them, readily available. Another negative comment is that each of the pictures are exactly 4.75cm by 3.4cm in size each! Really, really tiny and of little use, although, if you decide to count how many pictures there actually are, you could understand that it's cheaper for everyone if they were made small. Quite a few of the pictures are also extremely pixellated. The book must have been rushed to have ended up looking like this. Slightly disappointed, but there are some real gems in there.

Superb photographic reference, 13 Feb 2004
Now this is a weird one. Respected journos Simon Arron (at Motorsport News and Autosport for many years) and Mark "brother of Warren and the bloke who should have Nigel Roebuck's job" Hughes (also of the Beano) have teamed up to produce the ultimate photographic reference book on F1.

They attempt to show a picture of every car/driver combination that's ever competed in the World Championship, and a portrait of every driver - and apart from a few very obscure ones in the 50s, they succeed pretty well. (About 30 missing out of something like 3500 driver/car combinations, many of these F2 tail-enders who only ran in one GP and none later than the early sixties).

The book's organised year by year, with a nice photographic survey of the year's championship, and then pics of the driver/car combinations in championship order. If Fred Bloggs drove three different models of car in 1966, then they show you Fred in each of the three. You can't accuse them of being less than comprehensive. Now, there's not much new you can show about most of the famous ones, but this book really comes into its own the further down you get - it's all here, private owners of customer or ex-works cars, extra works entries, one-offs, no-hopers, chancers, special-builders... there's pics of everything from AFM to Zakspeed in here. Most of the pics are very good, but some of them, probably out of the need to use substandard material to cover everything, have been fairly crudely digitally enlarged.

Possibly not of interest to pure Bernie-era F1 fans, but anyone interested particularly in the 60s and 70s when there were all sorts of weird and wonderful characters popping up in bizarrely-coloured cars (check out the chocolate brown and orange Brabham John Watson used to drive!) for odd races in strange privateer cars this is the book. It's also a great photo-essay on how the F1 car has evolved over the past 50-odd years.

Somewhere between coffee-table and anorak, with appeal to both ends of the spectrum.

I've spotted two errors. Pete Lovely's 1971 Lotus 69/49 hybrid is described as having a 4-cylinder Cosworth engine; in fact it used a DFV V8. On the same page (!) obscure one-off March rent-a-driver Max Jean is mis-listed as Jean Max, although this mistake is very common!

An aficiando's dream, 04 Feb 2004
It is a very thorough piece of work. It allows you to see complete Formula One grids have looked like over the years at a glance. Each driver/car combiation picture comes with an accurate note of the races competed in. It is great to be reminded of combinations like John Watson in a JPS Lotus. The reviews of the seasons offer some sensational pictures including an emotive one of Jackie Stewart whispering in Gilles Villeneuve's ear on the Imola podium in 1982. The reviews are brief and the lack of teams from some years due to non qulaification is frustrating but overall it is an impressive referance book.

Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.


Brilliantly readable and indespensible, 02 Nov 2007
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased to receive this.

Traffic free cycle trails?, 16 Aug 2008
Traffic-free Cycle Trails: More Than 400 Routes Around Britain

I liked this book its easy to understand and gives a good clear veiw of the terain that you are planning on cycling, it also shows whether it is hard standing or whether it is grass and also says where the route is down or up hill. Where you have to cross a busy main road is listed and it also gives a clear referance to other booklets for futher information. Overall a good standing buy.

What the book lacks is maps but the book makes up for this in other ways like the illistrations of where to start and what to look out for along the route, in some ways the book also proves that you are on a cycle path by showing pictures of people cycling the route.

For someone like me who has just recovered from a heart attack and not rode a bike for twenty years it shows how much the enviroment has improved where as twenty years ago cycle tracks and paths were only being talked about.

The book showed many cycle tracks where I live that I was unaware of as I live in Gloucester, I highly recomend this book

Very useful guide., 01 Apr 2008
I have found this guide very useful for planning family rides. It is particularly good when visiting an area for the first time, because there is no easy way to find these routes if you don't know the area. It's obviously a good idea to take a proper map on any ride in case the route isn't obvious.

A comprehenisive guide to UK cycle routes, 05 Dec 2007
We cycle a lot as a a family but I never realised Britain had so many easy, car-free trails. This book has some great ideas about where to go close to where we live (many of which we knew) but was really useful on holiday in Devon where we didn't have a clue about local trails. The new edition mentions lots of websites where you can often download maps. It has given us loads of ideas for summer rides with the kids and we take it with us whenever we go on holiday in the UK. I really don't see how the book could contain maps for 400 routes as the previous reviewer suggests. This is just the kind of book we need to encourage more family riding.Thoroughly recommended.

Much better books out there, 16 May 2005
Not useful enough! Virtually impossible to find the start of the routes. No maps. No sensible pointers on how to start the trails. Probably ok if you have a good map of the area, but if you have that you probably don't need this book at all.

Good in theory, bad in practice, 25 Dec 2004
This book features pictures of most of the 750+ F1 drivers, during races or practice sessions, and the various different cars they drove throughout the years. What this book does not feature is pictures of the F1 drivers who did not qualify for a race. Plus it does not feature drivers who started the race, as they were too obscure to have pictures of them, readily available. Another negative comment is that each of the pictures are exactly 4.75cm by 3.4cm in size each! Really, really tiny and of little use, although, if you decide to count how many pictures there actually are, you could understand that it's cheaper for everyone if they were made small. Quite a few of the pictures are also extremely pixellated. The book must have been rushed to have ended up looking like this. Slightly disappointed, but there are some real gems in there.

Superb photographic reference, 13 Feb 2004
Now this is a weird one. Respected journos Simon Arron (at Motorsport News and Autosport for many years) and Mark "brother of Warren and the bloke who should have Nigel Roebuck's job" Hughes (also of the Beano) have teamed up to produce the ultimate photographic reference book on F1.

They attempt to show a picture of every car/driver combination that's ever competed in the World Championship, and a portrait of every driver - and apart from a few very obscure ones in the 50s, they succeed pretty well. (About 30 missing out of something like 3500 driver/car combinations, many of these F2 tail-enders who only ran in one GP and none later than the early sixties).

The book's organised year by year, with a nice photographic survey of the year's championship, and then pics of the driver/car combinations in championship order. If Fred Bloggs drove three different models of car in 1966, then they show you Fred in each of the three. You can't accuse them of being less than comprehensive. Now, there's not much new you can show about most of the famous ones, but this book really comes into its own the further down you get - it's all here, private owners of customer or ex-works cars, extra works entries, one-offs, no-hopers, chancers, special-builders... there's pics of everything from AFM to Zakspeed in here. Most of the pics are very good, but some of them, probably out of the need to use substandard material to cover everything, have been fairly crudely digitally enlarged.

Possibly not of interest to pure Bernie-era F1 fans, but anyone interested particularly in the 60s and 70s when there were all sorts of weird and wonderful characters popping up in bizarrely-coloured cars (check out the chocolate brown and orange Brabham John Watson used to drive!) for odd races in strange privateer cars this is the book. It's also a great photo-essay on how the F1 car has evolved over the past 50-odd years.

Somewhere between coffee-table and anorak, with appeal to both ends of the spectrum.

I've spotted two errors. Pete Lovely's 1971 Lotus 69/49 hybrid is described as having a 4-cylinder Cosworth engine; in fact it used a DFV V8. On the same page (!) obscure one-off March rent-a-driver Max Jean is mis-listed as Jean Max, although this mistake is very common!

An aficiando's dream, 04 Feb 2004
It is a very thorough piece of work. It allows you to see complete Formula One grids have looked like over the years at a glance. Each driver/car combiation picture comes with an accurate note of the races competed in. It is great to be reminded of combinations like John Watson in a JPS Lotus. The reviews of the seasons offer some sensational pictures including an emotive one of Jackie Stewart whispering in Gilles Villeneuve's ear on the Imola podium in 1982. The reviews are brief and the lack of teams from some years due to non qulaification is frustrating but overall it is an impressive referance book.

Invaluable Resource, 24 Nov 2003
This book provides invaluable insights into the science and technolgy of cycling. It provides interesting information on the power required to propel different types of bikes and on the power outputs achievable by various categories of rides. It also describes the various technologies used in standard cycles as well as more esoteric variants (e.g. cycle powered boats and planes). If you are interested in the science of cycling thus is an essential purchase.

Fascinating scientific, 20 Apr 2001
I am neither a scientist nor an engineer, but I was listening in Physics at school (to 18+) and I am a cyclist - and I read this virtually cover to cover with fascination. If people were pushing bikes at 63mph when this was published - just how fast are they going now?

It is an excellent example of the kind of text that might get a child cyclist interested in science.

Good book but a bit esoteric, 09 Jul 1998
This book is a must read for anyone that fancies themself a scientist and is interested in the subject of bicycling.

However, it is a bit dry and boring for others. As an engineer I found it interesting and informative.

Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.


Brilliantly readable and indespensible, 02 Nov 2007
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased to receive this.

Traffic free cycle trails?, 16 Aug 2008
Traffic-free Cycle Trails: More Than 400 Routes Around Britain

I liked this book its easy to understand and gives a good clear veiw of the terain that you are planning on cycling, it also shows whether it is hard standing or whether it is grass and also says where the route is down or up hill. Where you have to cross a busy main road is listed and it also gives a clear referance to other booklets for futher information. Overall a good standing buy.

What the book lacks is maps but the book makes up for this in other ways like the illistrations of where to start and what to look out for along the route, in some ways the book also proves that you are on a cycle path by showing pictures of people cycling the route.

For someone like me who has just recovered from a heart attack and not rode a bike for twenty years it shows how much the enviroment has improved where as twenty years ago cycle tracks and paths were only being talked about.

The book showed many cycle tracks where I live that I was unaware of as I live in Gloucester, I highly recomend this book

Very useful guide., 01 Apr 2008
I have found this guide very useful for planning family rides. It is particularly good when visiting an area for the first time, because there is no easy way to find these routes if you don't know the area. It's obviously a good idea to take a proper map on any ride in case the route isn't obvious.

A comprehenisive guide to UK cycle routes, 05 Dec 2007
We cycle a lot as a a family but I never realised Britain had so many easy, car-free trails. This book has some great ideas about where to go close to where we live (many of which we knew) but was really useful on holiday in Devon where we didn't have a clue about local trails. The new edition mentions lots of websites where you can often download maps. It has given us loads of ideas for summer rides with the kids and we take it with us whenever we go on holiday in the UK. I really don't see how the book could contain maps for 400 routes as the previous reviewer suggests. This is just the kind of book we need to encourage more family riding.Thoroughly recommended.

Much better books out there, 16 May 2005
Not useful enough! Virtually impossible to find the start of the routes. No maps. No sensible pointers on how to start the trails. Probably ok if you have a good map of the area, but if you have that you probably don't need this book at all.

Good in theory, bad in practice, 25 Dec 2004
This book features pictures of most of the 750+ F1 drivers, during races or practice sessions, and the various different cars they drove throughout the years. What this book does not feature is pictures of the F1 drivers who did not qualify for a race. Plus it does not feature drivers who started the race, as they were too obscure to have pictures of them, readily available. Another negative comment is that each of the pictures are exactly 4.75cm by 3.4cm in size each! Really, really tiny and of little use, although, if you decide to count how many pictures there actually are, you could understand that it's cheaper for everyone if they were made small. Quite a few of the pictures are also extremely pixellated. The book must have been rushed to have ended up looking like this. Slightly disappointed, but there are some real gems in there.

Superb photographic reference, 13 Feb 2004
Now this is a weird one. Respected journos Simon Arron (at Motorsport News and Autosport for many years) and Mark "brother of Warren and the bloke who should have Nigel Roebuck's job" Hughes (also of the Beano) have teamed up to produce the ultimate photographic reference book on F1.

They attempt to show a picture of every car/driver combination that's ever competed in the World Championship, and a portrait of every driver - and apart from a few very obscure ones in the 50s, they succeed pretty well. (About 30 missing out of something like 3500 driver/car combinations, many of these F2 tail-enders who only ran in one GP and none later than the early sixties).

The book's organised year by year, with a nice photographic survey of the year's championship, and then pics of the driver/car combinations in championship order. If Fred Bloggs drove three different models of car in 1966, then they show you Fred in each of the three. You can't accuse them of being less than comprehensive. Now, there's not much new you can show about most of the famous ones, but this book really comes into its own the further down you get - it's all here, private owners of customer or ex-works cars, extra works entries, one-offs, no-hopers, chancers, special-builders... there's pics of everything from AFM to Zakspeed in here. Most of the pics are very good, but some of them, probably out of the need to use substandard material to cover everything, have been fairly crudely digitally enlarged.

Possibly not of interest to pure Bernie-era F1 fans, but anyone interested particularly in the 60s and 70s when there were all sorts of weird and wonderful characters popping up in bizarrely-coloured cars (check out the chocolate brown and orange Brabham John Watson used to drive!) for odd races in strange privateer cars this is the book. It's also a great photo-essay on how the F1 car has evolved over the past 50-odd years.

Somewhere between coffee-table and anorak, with appeal to both ends of the spectrum.

I've spotted two errors. Pete Lovely's 1971 Lotus 69/49 hybrid is described as having a 4-cylinder Cosworth engine; in fact it used a DFV V8. On the same page (!) obscure one-off March rent-a-driver Max Jean is mis-listed as Jean Max, although this mistake is very common!

An aficiando's dream, 04 Feb 2004
It is a very thorough piece of work. It allows you to see complete Formula One grids have looked like over the years at a glance. Each driver/car combiation picture comes with an accurate note of the races competed in. It is great to be reminded of combinations like John Watson in a JPS Lotus. The reviews of the seasons offer some sensational pictures including an emotive one of Jackie Stewart whispering in Gilles Villeneuve's ear on the Imola podium in 1982. The reviews are brief and the lack of teams from some years due to non qulaification is frustrating but overall it is an impressive referance book.

Invaluable Resource, 24 Nov 2003
This book provides invaluable insights into the science and technolgy of cycling. It provides interesting information on the power required to propel different types of bikes and on the power outputs achievable by various categories of rides. It also describes the various technologies used in standard cycles as well as more esoteric variants (e.g. cycle powered boats and planes). If you are interested in the science of cycling thus is an essential purchase.

Fascinating scientific, 20 Apr 2001
I am neither a scientist nor an engineer, but I was listening in Physics at school (to 18+) and I am a cyclist - and I read this virtually cover to cover with fascination. If people were pushing bikes at 63mph when this was published - just how fast are they going now?

It is an excellent example of the kind of text that might get a child cyclist interested in science.

Good book but a bit esoteric, 09 Jul 1998
This book is a must read for anyone that fancies themself a scientist and is interested in the subject of bicycling.

However, it is a bit dry and boring for others. As an engineer I found it interesting and informative.

Top Rider - Top Book, 31 Dec 2007
A five star book that tells the story of Kork's racing life. Well writen and with lots of good photos. It seems that 30+ years ago you only needed talent to be the best as the book tells the story of a poor guy come good, buying his own secondhand bikes and spares to engineer a racing machine . I was privilaged enough to see him ride in the GP meetings at Silverstone in the 70's and have to say the book is as good as his results. Only thing a bit wierd is the format - A4 landscape that does not fit very well on the book shelf.

Great Autobiography, 31 Dec 2007
Real insight into the career of a top GP rider from the long gone days when someone with talent and determination could be competetive in GP's with a couple of over the counter Yamahas and a Transit van to travel in.One of the best written bike racer biographies I've read and really does seem to have been written by Kork and not ghost written. Lots of interesting photos too. Only gripe is the size and format of the book which won't fit in any normal bookcase!

Motorsport Book of the Year, 27 Sep 2008
Exceptional and comprehensive account of the Goodwood Revival starting from the circuits early days, and before through to its re-opening in 1998 and the annual festival of nostalgia that is the Goodwood Revival. Captures the atmoshpere, the action through summary race reports, records of starters and finishers and some excellent photography that woud normally grace more expensive books. Recommended.

Good Book Reviewed, 25 Sep 2008
Anyone who has visited Goodwood will know that it is the attention to detail which separates these events from others. This philosophy no doubt stems from Lord March himself and this book is a perfect reflection of it.

Doug Nye, the author, is not only a very highly regarded expert on historic motor sport but also an entertaining writer, making this a book which is enjoyable to either dip in and out of, or to settle down and read. Doing the latter will require strong arms as this is a heavy book.

The large page size lends even the act of casual browsing an air of significance, neatly echoing the events themselves and the sense of occasion that is woven into every aspect of the Goodwood experience. The design and use of images is very clean and clear, all accurately capturing the atmosphere of Goodwood Revival.

There are old and new images, including a very welcome selection of artwork (race programmes, tickets, badges etc) from both the original period and the past decade.

Broken into sections covering the history of the track, Freddy March (grandfather of the present Lord March and the man who was behind turning the disused WW2 airfield into a race circuit) and the ten Revival events, the book gives much more information than can be found in existing material - programmes, web sites, etc - but not so much as to be daunting or impenetrable.

The second half of the book is devoted to a run through of each race, year by year, with entry lists and results. Dotted throughout are short essays by various drivers, notables and others now associated with the Revival, giving their own views on the events and the genuinely unique atmosphere created there each year.

I find Goodwood merchandise is always good quality, but often expensive. This book, especially at the price from Amazon, is very good value for money and I happily recommend it to anyone with an interest in the event or historic racing in general.


Brilliantly readable and indespensible, 02 Nov 2007
Ok, Richard is a buddy of mine, but even so this is a long overdue book from someone who has written about many of these routes in EVO magazine. The sections are easy to consume, excellently illustrated and provide perfect reference to set off and follow the routes yourself. Buy it! Don't think twice, just do it. And if you're looking for a present for the man in your life, then he'll be very pleased to receive this.

Traffic free cycle trails?, 16 Aug 2008
Traffic-free Cycle Trails: More Than 400 Routes Around Britain

I liked this book its easy to understand and gives a good clear veiw of the terain that you are planning on cycling, it also shows whether it is hard standing or whether it is grass and also says where the route is down or up hill. Where you have to cross a busy main road is listed and it also gives a clear referance to other booklets for futher information. Overall a good standing buy.

What the book lacks is maps but the book makes up for this in other ways like the illistrations of where to start and what to look out for along the route, in some ways the book also proves that you are on a cycle path by showing pictures of people cycling the route.

For someone like me who has just recovered from a heart attack and not rode a bike for twenty years it shows how much the enviroment has improved where as twenty years ago cycle tracks and paths were only being talked about.

The book showed many cycle tracks where I live that I was unaware of as I live in Gloucester, I highly recomend this book

Very useful guide., 01 Apr 2008
I have found this guide very useful for planning family rides. It is particularly good when visiting an area for the first time, because there is no easy way to find these routes if you don't know the area. It's obviously a good idea to take a proper map on any ride in case the route isn't obvious.

A comprehenisive guide to UK cycle routes, 05 Dec 2007
We cycle a lot as a a family but I never realised Britain had so many easy, car-free trails. This book has some great ideas about where to go close to where we live (many of which we knew) but was really useful on holiday in Devon where we didn't have a clue about local trails. The new edition mentions lots of websites where you can often download maps. It has given us loads of ideas for summer rides with the kids and we take it with us whenever we go on holiday in the UK. I really don't see how the book could contain maps for 400 routes as the previous reviewer suggests. This is just the kind of book we need to encourage more family riding.Thoroughly recommended.

Much better books out there, 16 May 2005
Not useful enough! Virtually impossible to find the start of the routes. No maps. No sensible pointers on how to start the trails. Probably ok if you have a good map of the area, but if you have that you probably don't need this book at all.

Good in theory, bad in practice, 25 Dec 2004
This book features pictures of most of the 750+ F1 drivers, during races or practice sessions, and the various different cars they drove throughout the years. What this book does not feature is pictures of the F1 drivers who did not qualify for a race. Plus it does not feature drivers who started the race, as they were too obscure to have pictures of them, readily available. Another negative comment is that each of the pictures are exactly 4.75cm by 3.4cm in size each! Really, really tiny and of little use, although, if you decide to count how many pictures there actually are, you could understand that it's cheaper for everyone if they were made small. Quite a few of the pictures are also extremely pixellated. The book must have been rushed to have ended up looking like this. Slightly disappointed, but there are some real gems in there.

Superb photographic reference, 13 Feb 2004
Now this is a weird one. Respected journos Simon Arron (at Motorsport News and Autosport for many years) and Mark "brother of Warren and the bloke who should have Nigel Roebuck's job" Hughes (also of the Beano) have teamed up to produce the ultimate photographic reference book on F1.

They attempt to show a picture of every car/driver combination that's ever competed in the World Championship, and a portrait of every driver - and apart from a few very obscure ones in the 50s, they succeed pretty well. (About 30 missing out of something like 3500 driver/car combinations, many of these F2 tail-enders who only ran in one GP and none later than the early sixties).

The book's organised year by year, with a nice photographic survey of the year's championship, and then pics of the driver/car combinations in championship order. If Fred Bloggs drove three different models of car in 1966, then they show you Fred in each of the three. You can't accuse them of being less than comprehensive. Now, there's not much new you can show about most of the famous ones, but this book really comes into its own the further down you get - it's all here, private owners of customer or ex-works cars, extra works entries, one-offs, no-hopers, chancers, special-builders... there's pics of everything from AFM to Zakspeed in here. Most of the pics are very good, but some of them, probably out of the need to use substandard material to cover everything, have been fairly crudely digitally enlarged.

Possibly not of interest to pure Bernie-era F1 fans, but anyone interested particularly in the 60s and 70s when there were all sorts of weird and wonderful characters popping up in bizarrely-coloured cars (check out the chocolate brown and orange Brabham John Watson used to drive!) for odd races in strange privateer cars this is the book. It's also a great photo-essay on how the F1 car has evolved over the past 50-odd years.

Somewhere between coffee-table and anorak, with appeal to both ends of the spectrum.

I've spotted two errors. Pete Lovely's 1971 Lotus 69/49 hybrid is described as having a 4-cylinder Cosworth engine; in fact it used a DFV V8. On the same page (!) obscure one-off March rent-a-driver Max Jean is mis-listed as Jean Max, although this mistake is very common!

An aficiando's dream, 04 Feb 2004
It is a very thorough piece of work. It allows you to see complete Formula One grids have looked like over the years at a glance. Each driver/car combiation picture comes with an accurate note of the races competed in. It is great to be reminded of combinations like John Watson in a JPS Lotus. The reviews of the seasons offer some sensational pictures including an emotive one of Jackie Stewart whispering in Gilles Villeneuve's ear on the Imola podium in 1982. The reviews are brief and the lack of teams from some years due to non qulaification is frustrating but overall it is an impressive referance book.

Invaluable Resource, 24 Nov 2003
This book provides invaluable insights into the science and technolgy of cycling. It provides interesting information on the power required to propel different types of bikes and on the power outputs achievable by various categories of rides. It also describes the various technologies used in standard cycles as well as more esoteric variants (e.g. cycle powered boats and planes). If you are interested in the science of cycling thus is an essential purchase.

Fascinating scientific, 20 Apr 2001
I am neither a scientist nor an engineer, but I was listening in Physics at school (to 18+) and I am a cyclist - and I read this virtually cover to cover with fascination. If people were pushing bikes at 63mph when this was published - just how fast are they going now?

It is an excellent example of the kind of text that might get a child cyclist interested in science.

Good book but a bit esoteric, 09 Jul 1998
This book is a must read for anyone that fancies themself a scientist and is interested in the subject of bicycling.

However, it is a bit dry and boring for others. As an engineer I found it interesting and informative.

Top Rider - Top Book, 31 Dec 2007
A five star book that tells the story of Kork's racing life. Well writen and with lots of good photos. It seems that 30+ years ago you only needed talent to be the best as the book tells the story of a poor guy come good, buying his own secondhand bikes and spares to engineer a racing machine . I was privilaged enough to see him ride in the GP meetings at Silverstone in the 70's and have to say the book is as good as his results. Only thing a bit wierd is the format - A4 landscape that does not fit very well on the book shelf.

Great Autobiography, 31 Dec 2007
Real insight into the career of a top GP rider from the long gone days when someone with talent and determination could be competetive in GP's with a couple of over the counter Yamahas and a Transit van to travel in.One of the best written bike racer biographies I've read and really does seem to have been written by Kork and not ghost written. Lots of interesting photos too. Only gripe is the size and format of the book which won't fit in any normal bookcase!

Don't know much about derailleurs? You will when you've read this, 28 Aug 2007
Wow! Everything you wanted to know AND MORE about bikes of the derailleur era is in here.
I still can't believe the rubbish derailleurs cyclists were subjected to prior to the introduction of the Campagnolo Gran Sport, Fausto Coppi is even more of a hero to me now I know about the horrible gearing systems he had to endure!!!
As someone who was brought up on fricton lever adjusted derailleur gears from the late 70's, I wouldn't know I was born if I had to use the mechs from the 40's & 50's, let alone riders who've never known anything other than STI/Ergo levers!
All the information in the book is superbly presented in chronological order, extremely well written & the pictures & illustrations are very detailed, even the pictures of the French mechs & bikes are good ;-)
Read this book & you'll love your STI/Ergo levers even more.

highly recommended, 12 Aug 2001
The book is full of minute descriptions and illustrations. If you love old french bicycles, the book must be the right one for the better understanding. Very helpful.