A selection from the picture archive of Ron Good, outstanding cycling photographer, from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Covers major events such as the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958, the Milk Race, National Championships and Isle of Man racing from the 1950s featuring Fausto Coppi.
Superb character shots of many champions and many lesser riders.
Nostalgic group of pictures of racing in South Wales, including incredible cyclo-cross shots.
A great photographic record of a man’s life work.
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From the mid-1950s until just past the year 2000, Ron Good was out on the road photographing bike racing, from major international road races to local time trials in his native South Wales. Through fifty years his picture archive grew into a wonderfully vivid record of cycle sport in this country, and this book offers some of the riches of his work. If you remember the legendary Fausto Coppi coming to race in England, if your remember the 1958 Empire Games in Cardiff, if you remember Ray Booty, Norman Sheil, Les West, Bill Bradley, Hugh Porter, Colin Lewis, Phil Griffiths, Bill Nickson, Sid Barras, Joey McLoughlin, and a host of other great riders from yesteryear, and if you remember when the world was black and white, as it is in these superb monochrome photographs, then this is definitely the book for you. Illustrated with over 200 action shots of the stars in the big races, but also with fascinating pictures of the South Wales scene of sixty years ago, this book is an invaluable tribute to the skills of an outstanding sports photographer.
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