The story of the 1989 Tour de France, imagined as happening entirely within Wales, interwoven with events in the lives of the Linton and Michael brothers as happened in Wales, Paris and New York. There have been, as a google search will reveal, a number of attempts to research and transcribe the remarkable events described. For the main part, little attempt has been made to either visit the Cynon Valley or any of the other places mentioned. A major exception is the Belgian writer Jan Boesman with whom I cycled around Aberaman in 2010. This observation reveals much about cycling's history and legacy, too many people think they know 'everything' on the basis of heresay. Arthur Linton's epic race from Bordeaux to Paris is a prime example, the final 40 km of the route are very challenging and include hills in the Chevreuse valley classified as 'Categorie 3' by today's Tour de France organisers. That so much time could be made up by one rider on another, as Arthur managed on his ride, after over 300km of riding is hardly surprising, it has to be experienced to be realised.