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Six day races record breaking rides and renegade leagues are at the heart of this fascinating short fiction collection that explores women s competitive cycling in the late Victorian era Each of the stories contained in this meticulously researched collection focuses on a distinct racing event and the individual ladies who competed in them like the indomitable Tillie Anderson who mustered every muscle and every ounce of strength to prove that women had a place in the world of cycling Overcoming constant scrutiny judgement chauvinism exploitation and even danger these racers pedaled their way into annals of feminism freedom and cycling history A Will within a Wheel Women Racers of the 1890s Of Wheels and Wills I ve read quite a few non fiction books about the history of cycling but I often find the sections covering the early days of the initial bike boom to be a bit dry and lifeless T. A will within a wheelchair in nj R Ormond takes an interesting approach to this challenge by focusing on the lives of some of the sport s early stars bold women who competed in high profile cycling races around the world The characters are well fleshed out giving you a vivid sense of their lives as they navigated competition rivalries underhanded race promoters and the challenges of being elite female athletes at a time when cycling was one of the hottest spectator sports and the Women s Suffrage movement was growing. Free the will philosophy While I was expecting a well researched book on this period of cycling history I was not expecting the novel to be so enjoyably literary Despite telling a story that spans much of the globe with dozens of characters and subplots Ormond finds space to pull out the small details that bring everything to life His descriptions of the racing scenes felt real and immediate reminiscent of Tim Krabb s The Rider another classic in the genre of cycling novels Even for someone with no background in competitive cycling the novel works as a story of women pushing against the limits of their own potential and the expectations of a rapidly changing society 9781039182059 Following women s racing after the launch of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Wondering about the REAL history of the women s race If so T. Spin the wheel of sports R Ormond s book A Will within a Wheel is for you Tracing the roots of women s racing in a series of races in the 1890s across the globe from London to Minneapolis and St Petersburg Ormond brings to life the upstart beginnings of women s racing and the larger than life characters and rivalries An eye opening and jaw dropping expos of women s racing in sport and in life Brilliantly researched and beautifully illustrated by the author 9781039182059 I won this in a giveaway and I m very grateful to receive the package with the sticker print book and letter I really enjoyed this book Loved the added illustrations throughout The book itself was engaging and not dry at all Writing was easy to follow along and I learned new things which is a plus for me I m excited to see where the author will go with the next instalment about this subject because I m curious to learn I felt that I wanted in depth information on the women specifically but I think the next book will hopefully focus even on the details of their lives Solid 4 9781039182059