- Published: 4 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781446418741
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
The Hour
Sporting immortality the hard way
- Published: 4 January 2011
- ISBN: 9781446418741
- Imprint: Vintage Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Constantly absorbing, very funny... Michael Hutchinson pulls off a real blinder
Daily Telegraph
Has the rare quality in any sports-writing of propelling the reader into the intensity of the sporting moment itself
David Horspool, Times Literary Supplement
He is likeable and builds up the tension...with some skill
Metro
Hutchinson proves as good a writer as he is rider (praise indeed) - congenial, funny and insightful ... A very fine way indeed to spend an hour, any hour
Matt Seaton, Guardian
In this warm, gently wise book, Hutchinson tells of his attempt at the Hour, the history of the record, and the men who have claimed it ... Whether he added his name to that illustrious list is unimportant ... because, as with all great quest stories, this is not about the destination, but the journey
Angus Batey, The Times
Sometimes painful, often hilarious... One of the most insightful and entertaining accounts of the cycling world to make it into print
Cycling Weekly