Good Vibrations: Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie
“Buy this book! You won’t regret it”
“A truly inspirational read”
“Entertaining, funny, informative , inspiring…”
“If this book doesn’t inspire the reader…nothing will!”
“A great read!”
ISBN: 9781849142137 Published: 23/10/2011
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“Andrew P. Sykes is a talented author with a laconic wit and a keen sense of life’s amusing twists and turns… challenging received wisdom and debagging pomposity wherever he finds it.”
“I thought this book was brilliant, it almost made me wish I had learnt to ride.”
“Thoroughly enjoyed it… You are now ranked along with Murphy, Dew, Beaumont and Enfield on my bookshelf.”
“I really enjoyed his writing style. It’s laid-back and relaxed… it was a pleasure to read. The story-telling was great and the material was inspiring.”
LATEST NEWS: My most recent interview was with Talk Radio Europe . Much shorter than the interview on the BBC in August so if you only have a few minutes spare, watch the video below. The interview starts after a certain Beach Boys track played as an intro… If you have a few more minutes at your disposal, listen to the more in-depth interview I did with the 
by following this link.
This is the home of www.eurovelo5.com and www.eurovelo8.com, two of the fifteen ECF Eurovelo cycling routes that criss-cross Europe. In 2010 I cycled along the Eurovelo 5 from my home town of Reading to Brindisi in southern Italy. As I cycled, I blogged and you can find out how I got along by reading the posts I made at the time. But for an even better retelling of the story, you can read the book that I have written about cycling the Eurovelo 5. Entitled Good Vibrations: Crossing Europe on a Bike Called Reggie, it recounts in light-hearted, dare I say comic style my six weeks of pedalling south. Visit the Good Vibrations section of this website to find out much more about the book including an opportunity to read some extracts & a selection of reviews, and follow this link to listen to an interview I made with BBC Radio where I talk about the cycle and the writing of the book. You can even watch a film which combines the interview with photos and videos taken while cycling along the Eurovelo 5. Here are what some people who have read the book have commented;
“I must say it’s really rather good” Darrell, Manchester“I loved it!” Jennifer
“The author writes with warmth and wit, and does an excellent job of capturing every emotion, every landscape (good and bad) on his journey. Thoroughly recommended!” Mr J.M. Ward “Entertaining, funny, informative , inspiring, a great read for the armchair traveller. It’s a very good book indeed” Richard Moore, star of ITV’s ” Band of Gold, ” McCallum” and “Emmerdale” “Congratulations! It’s honestly really good” John, Yorkshire “Half way through it, a really good read” Tony, The New Forest “If it is inspiration that you are looking for, then look no further!” Alf, Newbury “Your writing is eloquent” Adrian, Portugal “And so it is! (Eloquent writing)” Faith, Oxfordshire
In 2013, I intend cycling along the Eurovelo 8 from Athens to Cadiz, Spain and you will find more information about the route and my plans by visiting the Eurovelo 8 section of the website.
In 2009, to see if long-distance cycling was for me, I cycled the Pennine Cycleway – route 68 of the National Cycle Network – from Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English-Scottish border to Derby in the English Midlands. Find out about that particular adventure by visiting the Pennine Cycleway pages of the site.
Thanks for visiting and if you have any comments or questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch either via the ‘comment’ buttons under each post or via email. My contact details are in the top right-hand corner of this page.
As you are looking around the site, click play below, leave this window open and listen to my BBC interview recorded at the end of August 2011. Enjoy!
Andrew
Hi Andrew
Just seen this page and will be buying your book. Could you answer i question i dont think will be in your book.
My wife and i would like to cycle the route from rome to brindisi or the other way round. I have a boardman road bike 700×23 tyres and my wife has a carrera mountain bike ( halfords ). Do you think these would be suitable for that part of the route or do i need to think touring bikes. thanks rob
hi andrew, myself and my friends are planning to go from london to rome this summer following our successful cycle from dover to lands end last year. i was wondering if you could perhaps give me a run down on the essential details of the route and trip as a whole? e.g accurate distance, any problems you found, overall cost, how you got home, how you trained etc..
any help would be greatly appreciated
many thanks
stuart ewen
Hi Stuart
Thanks for the comment. I’ll also send this comment to you by email as this homepage doesn’t seem to be functionning this morning for some reason
The easiest way to answer all of your questions is for me to say ‘read the book!’. If you do so, most of your questions wil be answered. There is an overview map included in the book which shows the towns where I stopped overnight and at the start of each chapter there are a couple of summary statistics stating how many kilometres I cycled and the number of hours it took me to do so for each cyling day. You’ll also find out about my preparations, problems etc… Obviously the following section of the website also includes much information which will be hopefully of use; http://cyclingeurope.org/eurovelo-5-2010-2/ .
If, after having read the book, you want any clarifications, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Best wishes & good luck with the planning & training!
Best wishes
Andrew
Sorry; just ticking the boxes I did not tick earlier