Acknowledgments

As is customary, I owe a huge debt to my wife, Sarah. With this book, as with the last, she has supported me through missed deadline after missed deadline with minimal complaint. She hopes this is the last book I will write. Marriage being all about compromise, I’ve promised her this is the last one that will take me years (not months) to write. Wish me luck.

I also have to thank my mum and Robert for their unwavering support and, in particular, tolerance of receiving questions on grammar at all hours of the day and night (they’re GMT, I’m GMT+10).

I’ve ridden thousands of kilometers during the writing of this book, many of them with my (younger and fitter) friend Dave Treacy. On those days when I’ve not been stopping every few kilometers ...

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