Introduction
A cycling hill climb with a difference. In Britain, the road racing season ends with hill climbs raced all over the country, as riders end their competition for the year by hauling themselves up steep hills. For Jonas Zemke, these small hills are not big enough. Noticing a race up the biggest hill of them all, the highest volcano in the known universe, Olympus Mons on terraformed Mars, he embarks upon a quest to conquer this most extreme of challenges. However, life works in strange ways and through various twists of fate is plunged into other challenges that go way beyond the difficulty of any bicycle race.
Word count: 53,700, paperback 141 pages.
Presenting Bike Racing into the Red by Simon Coates, the first fictional cycling road race story published anywhere in the world for 40 years!
Availability and pricing
Paperback -
Note about postage: books will be sent as standard first class mail, so delivery
will be a few days in the UK. I don’t offer an option for insured postage due to
the high cost, however if you require this please contact me, editor@galactic-
SPECIAL NOTE -
The book is also available to buy from selected bookshops across Teesside and North Yorkshire (see home page for details).
EBook -
Foreword from Paul Curran
I was delighted to have the services of Paul Curran (pictured right), two-
Paul is now owner of a bicycle shop, Paul Curran Cycle Sport in Stockton, which stocks a wide range of bikes, components, clothing and accessories, you can get to it here:
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Introducing the greatest physical challenge of all, the Olympus Mons Volcano Climb, to be held on the unrelenting slope of the biggest and most challenging mountain climb in the known universe.
Date: 4th November 2300, start time 7:00am
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Course code MOM400
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This is what some people have said about Bike Racing into the Red
'The concept of a time trial up Olympus Mons is brilliant, writing such a detailed first hand account of riding this event could only come from a racer with Simon's pedigree'
'if you love bike riding, racing and a twist in the story this is great, could not put it down, read it cover to cover in 1 hit.'
'I found it so interesting and informative and the personal challenges that the protagonist faces in preparing for the race of his life kept me turning the pages'
‘The story is inspiring’
‘Whether or not you are a cyclist this book is well worth reading and the idea of riding in such an alien environment is thought provoking’
Click on the image of the book cover above to go to the Amazon page for all the reviews.
Fancy a go at the ultimate hill climb, the 240 miles hill climb of Olympus Mons? In true British Time Trial tradition, there is a sort of start sheet for this truly insane event, click here!
Fancy a sneak peek of the story? Then you need Sneak Peek, a fantastic site set up by fellow author Paul White. Just click on the link below to go to the page for the Bike Racing into the Red. Featured is the section when Jonas begins the awesome climb of Olympus Mons!
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Check out the tiny version of Bike Racing into the Red! Click on the image below for more details.