From the author of the cult favourite Pro Cycling on $10 a Day and Ask a Pro, the story of one man's quest to realize his childhood dream, and what happened when he actually did it.
Phil Gaimon retired from laziness and computer games in 2004 and began riding a bike to lose weight. Now, after a long career as a pro cyclist, including two years in the WorldTour, he's dedicated himself to sharing joy-through books, a cookie-themed Fondo in Malibu, Strava hunts on a YouTube channel, and podcasts.
"A Ball Four for cycling, Draft Animals [is] full of
observations about cycling’s less glamorous side." —Jason Gay, The
Wall Street Journal
"As a cycling fan, I was completely captivated by
Gaimon’s book, and I churned through all 320 pages in one
day...[Gaimon] has tremendous insight into this very strange period
in the sport’s history and recounts the emotional and
psychological fallout from each success and failure...Draft
Animals is a blatant attack on cycling’s culture of silence."
—Velonews
"Draft Animals is written with raw honesty. . . More than
anything else, [Gaimon] makes you want to go jump on a
bike right now." —Sports Illustrated
"An easy read that had me laughing and crying . . . At the end
of the book, Gaimon had changed my opinion on what I thought it was
like to be a professional rider and he had done so in an eloquent
and engaging way." —Cyclist
“[Gaimon] shares the emotional roller coaster of long-distance
relationships and the stresses of securing contracts with race
teams. Highly recommended for anyone interested in cycling, this is
a candid account from an outspoken cyclist who pursued his career
with passion, a sense of humor, and integrity.” —Booklist
"I enjoyed reading Draft Animals. It's a colourful and
personal take on life in the professional peloton, and Phil Gaimon
writes with an easy and honest style. If you take one thing away
from the book, it's that nothing's really black and white: some
people cheat at sport and are otherwise genuine and pleasant human
beings, some people are completely righteous in their attitude to
fair sport and inscrutable in their personal and business
relationships, and the resulting mess is hard to navigate."
—Road.cc
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