The Great Cycle Challenge

Flying Fergus #2

by Chris Hoy, Clare Elsom (Illustrator)

The second in Sir Chris Hoy's fantastically fun, magical cycling adventure series. Fergus is a boy with a big imagination and a very special bike. He is also the first member of the Hercules Hopefuls cycling team, set up by Grandpa Herc to fight off their arch rivals, Wallace's Wheels. Fergus's friend Daisy would love to join the team too, but she doesn't have a bike - her mum thinks everything fun is dangerous. Maybe Grandpa Herc and Fergus can do up a bike from scratch for Daisy, with parts from Grandpa's junk shop? Now it is just Daisy's mum they need to persuade... Meanwhile Fergus takes a magical trip to Nevermore, where he and Princess Lily discover a magical compass bell once owned by Fergus's dad. Can the bell provide a clue to the whereabouts of Fergus's long-lost Dad?With fantastic illustrations from Clare Elsom.

Genres: Childrens

105 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 25, 2016

About the author

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

On 18 April 2013, Hoy announced his retirement from competitive cycling. He said he was very proud to have taken part in the transformation of the sport.

Abridged from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Tonkica · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

Lovro Horvat je sasvim običan dječak koji sanja o tome da postane najbolji biciklist na svijetu. Dar koji je htio za svoj nadolazeći rođendan bila je Munja, najnoviji trkaći bicikl. No, kako to obično biva, za rođendan je dobio stari hrđavi bicikl, koji su si, za razliku od Munje, njegova mama i djed mogli priuštiti.

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[Nicola · Rating 2 out of 5]

Miss 6 enjoys the series more than I do. I find Fergus to be quite whiney and mopey. I do like that the girls get to be a bit more active in the second book and that ultimately there is a positive moral to the story.

Miss 6 and I like to explore different books and authors at the library, sometimes around particular topics or themes. We try to get different ones out every week or so; it's fun for both of us to have the variety and to look at a mix of new & favourite authors.

[Book · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sir Chris Hoy, a known former cyclist who became the first British Olympian claiming three gold medals at one games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, decided to embark in writing.

The result is beautifully written series that introduces boy character named Fergus – and ordinary boy from neighborhood with an extraordinary imagination.

“The Great Cycle Challenge“ is a second book in series after the debut named “The Best Birthday Bike” in which reader had chance to meet this guy who wants so hard to get a super bike for his birthday. But given how expensive “Sullivan Swift” is, and his mother and grandfather are not able to afford such gift, Fergus have to use father‘s old bicycle. But when Fergus will try this bike, he is going to find out some unbelievable and magical truth…

I can highly recommend both this and the previous book in series that encourage imagination and though may seem somehow old-school yet there are full of positivity and great lessons for young readers. And also I must not forget about the great illustrations made by Clare Elsom – they are simple beautiful.

[Freddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very goodbook