Reviews for Kings of the Mountains How Colombia's Cycling Heroes Changed Their Nation's History

The average rating for Kings of the Mountains How Colombia's Cycling Heroes Changed Their Nation's History based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-07-23 00:00:00 Dillon Shelton Unlike so many other sports books – this is not about chaps kicking or hitting balls. Cycling is pretty much Columbia's national sport, and in this engaging exploration of the sport Matt Rendell weaves together national rivalries, history, politics, geography, drug cartels, and economic issues to show how and why chaps on bikes became so important. We need many more of this kind of popular sports writing – not lavishly illustrated Christmas market focussed 'biographies' of overpaid 22 year old brats that tell us nothing except that athletes are overpaid brats.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-07-08 00:00:00 Caroline Reisz Brilliant first few chapters - immediately gripping. Lost it for me in the central stages, too much history and different guerilla groups and politics squashed around the cycling. Despite being very interesting it was hard to keep track of all the acronyms. Massively made up for by the last few self-reflective chapters which brilliantly set the book (and author) in their correct context.