Author: Armstrong, Lance Title: It's Not About the Bike Subject: Biography / Sports Rank (out of 10): 8 Year Read: 2003 Recommended By: Many People My Comments: I expected this book to be as riveting as "Into Thin Air" but I was a bit disappointed. It’s still very worth the read and you learn a lot about cancer and competitive cycling. It also makes some unintended comments about the problems in the US health care system. If Lance Armstrong wasn’t a world-class cyclist, and thus very wealthy, he’d be dead. I wonder how many people in the US lose the battle with Cancer because their insurance companies cancel their policies based on the small print. Official Reviews: chapters.indigo Review Lance Armstrong has won the Tour de France for the third consecutive year! This book is an inspired story of one individual's will, determination and triumph over remarkable odds. Twenty-four-year-old Armstrong was the number one cyclist in the world when he was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain. In It's Not About the Bike, Armstrong describes how he began an aggressive form of chemotherapy and had surgery to remove the cancer. After months of treatment, he began to train again. Weakened emotionally and physically, Armstrong cites his close family, good friends and strong marriage as catalysts that prompted him to defeat the tumor. Just three years after treatment, Armstrong would again finish the gruelling Tour de France while his wife would give birth to a son. This book follows the physical, emotional and spiritual recovery of a remarkable individual.