A fascinating and funny investigation into cyclists'' incessant pursuit of speed by one of the sport''s top professionals.For professional cyclists, going faster and winning are, of course, closely related. Yet surprisingly, for many, a desire to go faster is much more important than a desire to winSomeone who wants to go faster will work at the details and take small steps rather than focusing on winning. Winning just happens when you do everything rightits the doing everything right thats hard. And thats what fascinates and obsesses Michael Hutchinson.With his usual deadpan delivery and an awareness that its all mildly preposterous, Hutchinson looks at the things that make you fastertraining, nutrition, the right psychologyand explains how they work, and how what we know about them changes all the timeHe looks at the things that make you slower, and why, and how attempts to avoid them can result in serious athletes gradually painting themselves into the most peculiar lif