A colourful ride through a season of cyclocross, cycling’s off-road, cult discipline
Ever since seeing flickering coverage of the 1984 World Road Championships from Barcelona, Paul Maunder has loved all aspects of cycle racing. He won his first race – an Under-12s cyclocross around a farmyard near Oxford, for which he won three chocolate bars – but thereafter struggled to maintain such dominance. He has studied fiction with the former Poet Laureate, been awarded a fellowship by Faber, and is a regular feature contributor to Rouleur and Peloton magazines.
He paints a picture so vibrant you feel the mud under your feet and
taste the beer and frites
*Soigneur*
Rainbows in the Mud is successful in telling the story of
cyclocross through the characters, places and races… Paul Maunder’s
journalistic eye and skill with the written word helps bring the
mud of Belgium alive
*CX Magazine*
[Paul Maunder] has written a book on the winter sport's attraction
and idiosyncrasies. It details the obsessive fans, the
carnival-like, beer-swilling atmosphere and revered riders
*Cycling Weekly*
Maunder presents a heartfelt introduction to a sport that could
soon establish itself as a serious rival for several other
spectator sports, giving us yet another thing for which we should
thank the Belgians.
*Bristol Post*
Check out Paul Maunder's book "Rainbows in the Mud." Some of the
finest writing you'll see in the sport of bicycle racing.
*Katie Compton, Cyclocross champion*
Maunder gives a firsthand enthusiastic insight into the two
distinctly different flavours of 'cross to be experienced' in its
belgian/dutch heartlands as well as the more participatory version
on show across the pond
*thewashingmachinepost*
If you can't make it to any races on the continent this season,
this book will give you a great sense of what it's like to be
there. Then you'll want to go so badly, you'll probably book a
ferry/plane. I give this book five friets out of five.
*Cyclocross Handbook*
Rainbows in the Mud by Paul Maunder is a must-read for a look into
the world of cyclocross.
*Women's Fitness*
In this entertaining book, Paul Maunder spends a year soaking up
the sport’s rich culture and intoxicating blend of intense, brutal,
tactical racing and carnival atmosphere.
*Bikes Etc*
Atmospheric and evocative musings on what it is about ‘cross that
captures the attention
*The Podium Cafe*
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