En Cyclo Pedia: Everything you need to know about cycling, from the essential to the obscure

En Cyclo Pedia is a joyful A–Z dive into the language, legends and quirks of cycling culture. Johan Tell — award‑winning writer, lifelong bike nut and all‑round cycling romantic — unpacks the stories, slang and strange traditions that make the cycling world what it is.

Alphabetical, beautifully illustrated and packed with hundreds of entries, this is a guide that jumps from iconic Tour de France climbs to underground Alley Cat races, from cult heroes to must‑know bike‑shop lingo. It’s the kind of book only a true cycling obsessive could write — curious, funny and full of the details that make riders feel instantly at home.

Tell takes you on a global ride through the soul of cycling: visiting the Bianchi factory in Milan, tracing the fixie’s roots in New York, sipping coffee in Barcelona’s bike cafés and rattling over the cobbles of Flanders. Every page celebrates the oddities, passions and shared language that bind cyclists together.

Whether you’re a seasoned rider or just love the culture that surrounds the bike, this is the ultimate A–Z map of the wonderfully idiosyncratic world of cycling.