Michael Hutchinson - "As if Bill Bryson had taken to two wheels" - The Financial Times.

We are delighted to welcome Michael Hutchinson, multiple time-trial champion, acclaimed author, Cycling Weekly columnist and general man-about-cycling as our guest at Clapham Library on Clapham High Street, on Tuesday May 3.

Not just a multiple time-trial champion and commentator but also a former stand-up comedian, Michael is a highly entertaining speaker with a gift for presenting his vast knowledge and experience in a very approachable way. The story of his life in cycling is sure to make for an congenial and revealing evening.

No man has won more national time trial titles than Michael's tally of 56 - a total that includes 13 consecutive victories in the 50-mile time trial. He has been a holder of the UK record for 10-, 25-,30-, 50 and 100 miles, with his 50-mile record (1 hour 35 mins 27) standing for six years, from 2008 to 2014.

Michael's attempt on the world hour record in 2003 inspired him to write 'The Hour: Sporting Immortality the Hard Way', telling the full, colourful history of the record as well as reflecting on his own part in it. The book won him the Best New Writer title at the British Sports Book Awards.

Michael is also the author of 'Faster - the Obsession, Science and Luck Behind the World's Fastest Cyclists' and 'Re: Cyclists - 200 Years on Two Wheels. A History of Cyclists and cycling'.

Michael Hutchinson coached Alex Dowsett in his attempt on the world hour record in Mexico in November - and also has a many-sided role of being the Ireland team's technical director for the Tokyo Olympics.

Early Bird tickets are £12 (Concessions: £10). Special offer: the first 20 tickets will be £10 each.

Copies of Michael's books will be available for sale and there will be a chance to ask your own questions. 

The evening will be hosted by Duncan Steer, former Procycling writer and regular host of cycling chat events, with previous guests including Carlton Kirby, Emily Chappell and Matt Rendell. 

You can hear previous cycling author events and podcasts at The Cycling Book Club: https://radiodaysevents.com/the-cycling-book-club/

Praise for Michael Hutchinson's books

The Hour: "Hutchinson proves as good a writer as he is rider (praise indeed) - congenial, funny and insightful... A very fine way indeed to spend an hour, any hour." Matt Seaton, The Guardian

"Has the rare quality in any sports-writing of propelling the reader into the intensity of the sporting moment itself." David Horspool, Times Literary Supplement

Faster: "Takes an inhuman sport and makes it deliciously, wonderfully, wickedly human." Ned Boulting

"If you want to turn yourself into a Merckx or a Froome, read Faster." The Guardian