A buddy of mine has a book coming out in May:
"Humorous explication of the passionate, insular, and often strange culture of cyclists, its acknowledged and unspoken codes of behavior and etiquette and the lingo that every seasoned biker seems to know and every newbie needs to learn, by veteran cyclist Mike Magnuson, author of Heft on Wheels and regular contributor to Bicycling, whose work appears in The Best American Sports Writing 2010."
I think he described it to me as a good coffee table book. If you are familiar with cycling, there are bound to be a few characters you recognoze. I have my copy pre-ordered from Amazon
here.
By the way,
Heft on Wheels is a good read - yeah, that's Mike on the cover.