Phil Cavell is joint founder of the pioneering Cyclefit organisation which runs worldwide education programmes and provides bike-fitting services to professional cycling teams and athletes. He is the author of the bestselling The Midlife Cyclist.

Offers not just insight into what drives us to ride, but also a vocabulary for understanding when that drive becomes too much ... I deeply admire his ability to bridge science and lived experience.

• PrologueIntroduction1. The Thing2. Go. No Go.3. Machines That Went Ping4. Deplete Me Not into Temptation5. The Awkward Squad6. The Black Box Cyclist7. Killer Winners8. Escaping the Algorithm9. The Warm-Down LapAppendixThe Load CurveThe Recursive Black Box by Robin PriorThe Metaphysics of Free Will by Dr Peter AttertonNeurodiversity and Performance Cycling – Manifesto v1Afterword

Phil Cavell is joint founder of the pioneering Cyclefit organisation which runs worldwide education programmes and provides bike-fitting services to professional cycling teams and athletes. He is the author of the bestselling The Midlife Cyclist.

Offers not just insight into what drives us to ride, but also a vocabulary for understanding when that drive becomes too much ... I deeply admire his ability to bridge science and lived experience.

• PrologueIntroduction1. The Thing2. Go. No Go.3. Machines That Went Ping4. Deplete Me Not into Temptation5. The Awkward Squad6. The Black Box Cyclist7. Killer Winners8. Escaping the Algorithm9. The Warm-Down LapAppendixThe Load CurveThe Recursive Black Box by Robin PriorThe Metaphysics of Free Will by Dr Peter AttertonNeurodiversity and Performance Cycling – Manifesto v1Afterword

Phil Cavell is joint founder of the pioneering Cyclefit organisation which runs worldwide education programmes and provides bike-fitting services to professional cycling teams and athletes. He is the author of the bestselling The Midlife Cyclist.

Offers not just insight into what drives us to ride, but also a vocabulary for understanding when that drive becomes too much ... I deeply admire his ability to bridge science and lived experience.

• PrologueIntroduction1. The Thing2. Go. No Go.3. Machines That Went Ping4. Deplete Me Not into Temptation5. The Awkward Squad6. The Black Box Cyclist7. Killer Winners8. Escaping the Algorithm9. The Warm-Down LapAppendixThe Load CurveThe Recursive Black Box by Robin PriorThe Metaphysics of Free Will by Dr Peter AttertonNeurodiversity and Performance Cycling – Manifesto v1Afterword