It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Edition: Rei Rep
- Author: Lance Armstrong, Sally Jenkins
- Publisher: Berkley Trade
- Release Date: September 2001
- ISBN-10: 0425179613
- ISBN-13: 9780425179611
- List Price: $16.00
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryPeople around the world have found inspiration in the story of Lance Armstrong--a world-class athlete nearly struck down by cancer, only to recover and win the Tour de France, the multiday bicycle race famous for its grueling intensity. Armstrong is a thoroughgoing Texan jock, and the changes brought to his life by his illness are startling and powerful, but he's just not interested in wearing a hero suit. While his vocabulary is a bit on the he-man side (highest compliment to his wife: "she's a stud"), his actions will melt the most hard-bitten souls: a cancer foundation and benefit bike ride, his astonishing commitment to training that got him past countless hurdles, loyalty to the people and corporations that never gave up on him. There's serious medical detail here, which may not be for the faint of heart; from chemo to surgical procedures to his wife's in vitro fertilization, you won't be spared a single x-ray, IV drip, or unfortunate side effect. Athletes and coaches everywhere will benefit from the same extraordinary detail provided about his training sessions--every aching tendon, every rainy afternoon, and every small triumph during his long recovery is here in living color. It's Not About the Bike is the perfect title for this book about life, death, illness, family, setbacks, and triumphs, but not especially about the bike. --Jill Lightner |
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Through Hell and to the Podium of the Tour de France
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I was truly fascinated with this book, and for different reasons. I went in to this one knowing only that Armstrong won the Tour de France a gazillion times and that he survived cancer. With every turn of the page I was fascinated with the life that he had lived to that point.
What blew me away the most was learning that he was a world class athlete before he was diagnosed with cancer and that he hadn't even competed often or well in the Tour de France at that point. We see a string of podium finishes and a lucrative career, but for the most part Lance was an unknown quantity in the United States. So Lance had to build his story. Learning that he was a great runner and swimmer as well surprised me, and to learn that he was placing against grown adults when he was 16 took me back. You read about child prodigies but I certainly didn't think Lance was one. Then the meat of the story: cancer. The title of his autobiography says it all. The bulk of the book focuses on his bout with cancer and what it did to his life before, during and after. This is what made Lance into the person that he is today.
He was literally broken down and torn apart. This was another great aspect of this biography because he was able to shed light on cancer, something most people don't know about, myself included, and to make people aware of what not only he went through but what other cancer patients were going through as well. This was the eye opening part and, in fact, was what I most interested in reading about once I got in to it. I mean I really enjoyed reading his day by day account of his first Tour de France victory, but his story was much more captivating as you read about him struggling against impossible odds.
This bio is certainly "Not About the Bike" and is more about cancer and what it did to him. The main focus certainly kept my interest and book ending it with his riding career made this bio a nice and polished account of an accomplished man. A definite recommend, for the cancer experience more than his biking credentials.
5 stars.
Coleman's Ap bio review
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Its Not About the Bike
I thought it was a pretty good book. I thought lance Armstrong's arrogance and egotistic views were a little much at times but it was a very emotional book, all about his hardship fighting cancer and how badly he wanted to survive. I thought the story about him going from a nobody to a legend interesting. The chemotherapy and Lance having to get surgery done had to have been really hard not only on him but also on his mom and all of his friends. All in all it was a good book it really opened my eyes on the hardship of cancer and how scary it would be to have to face it. I thought Lance was very persistent he was always in a good mood and ready for the next trial and tribulation.
Thoma's Book reveiw for AP Biology
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I liked the book, because the part about the cancer was interesting. At first i saw Lance Armstrong as some sort of superhuman. But after i read the book I saw him a normal guy. His description of chemo and the hospital stay was enlightening, but kind of scary. HE obviously has a lot of passion and that really comes through in the book. I found his arrogance somewhat refreshing for moments of comic relief when he was on the verge of death. I would recommend this book for someone who does not like sports books, but does like to be told and incredible story.
Hope on the Rise
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I am an 18 year breast cancer survivor. I was recently diagnosed with uterian cancer (stage 1c). If you are curently going through treatments you can relate to Lance's battle. This is the third time I've read this book and each time I am encouraged as brings me hope. I suggest this as a must read for all cancer survivors and those in the current battle with them. Every oncologist should read and recommend this book. Every family member there to support a cancer patient should read this book. Every mother should read this book. Every wife should read this book. His struggles and battles are mine and yours. His fears and shortcomings you will relate to. The best part of this book is the rise to hope as you experience his physical shortcomings in his remission. His fear of cancer returning is honest. My only wish is that I could get a signed copy for my oncologist. His physical and emotional battles you will relate to.
Alice Dollarhide
San Bernardino, CA
Great story, great book
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I'm a big Lance fan so it's no surprise that I loved this book. However, I was surprised at how good the writing is and how well the story flows. Very remarkable story. Couldn't put it down.
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