This completely updated 4th Edition includes recommendations and daily itineraries for 11 states, 4,000 miles worth of the best hotels, motels, campgrounds, eateries, and roadside attractions. The essential up-to-date guide for your great cycling adventure across America.

"WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO BICYCLE ACROSS FRANCE?" WE COULD JUST THROW ALL OUR GEAR ON THE BACK OF OUR BIKES AND TAKE OFF FOR POINTS UNKNOWN." That was a dream the author and his wife had twenty-five years ago. See what happens when they try to make that dream come true. Two middle-aged Americans set out on their own: finding their bikes in flea markets and used bike shops, finding accommodations as they arrive in tiny hamlets and large cities, learning how to order food with no knowledge of French and uncovering the art and culture of the areas they ride through. The dream becomes a physical and intellectual challenge that took six years on four separate trips to accomplish. During that time they learned not only about France but a lot about themselves and their ability to deal with travel adversities. Each day had a new challenge and they learned to deal with the good and the bad while on their two wheel Odyssey.

More and more people are getting on their bikes and discovering what city cycling's all about. It may be cycling to work, it may be cycling to get your groceries and other stuff, or it may be cycling for fun - going out to meet friends and socialize. You don't need to be a hardened, experienced cyclist to use your bike in the city. But you might feel like you could use a little help and guidance, and that's what this book is all about. First up is a point-by-point look at the pros and cons of cycling in the city (with the emphasis very much on the positive, as you'd expect, but not ignoring the less appealing stuff). Next comes a comprehensive guide to what you'll need and where to get it - types of bike, their components and the extras they may have, accessories, clothing and more - along with sound advice on what you really need and what you can get along just fine without. The next section provides you with all the help you'll need to get the most out of your bike and the whole city cycling experience. After that, there's a few thoughts on where your pedals might take you once you've got past the first few turns; things you might like to do to get even more out of cycling. Last but not least, there's a glossary of the terms used, which you can use as a reference when you're reading the book - and which will help you know what they're talking about at the cycle store The author is a true veteran of city cycling, with over twenty years experience of riding bikes in various large, busy cities. The Urban Cycling Handbook gives you the benefit of all this experience, printed in full color and written in an easy-to-read style.

6 Week Bike Fit is a weight training program specifically developed for cyclists. Cycling is a whole-body workout, and to obtain maximal cycling fitness, weight training is a must. Inside is a weight training program with step-by-step instructions and pictures that will transform you into a stronger, faster, leaner and more confident cyclist in just 6 weeks.

This book is wildly funny. I lost track of how many times I laughed out loud. - Kathleen, Amazon Reviewer Author Al Macy is a character and a tightwad with a unique sense of humor. He and his wife squirreled away enough money to retire early, do interesting things, and take unusual trips. As he puts it: "Every day I wake up with nothing to do, and by the end of the day, I've only gotten half of it done." During his working life, Macy was a neuroscientist, computer game programmer, jazz trombonist, chef, CEO, piano player, clam digger, and technical writer. The book is a journal of a car/bicycle/camping trip from California to St. Louis and back, but Macy promises that "if it starts sounding like one of your brother-in-law's boring slide shows, I will stop this book, and we'll turn around and go home. I mean it." Interspersed with the journal chapters, you'll find thought-provoking life tips, stories from the past, and descriptions of Al's wacky inventions. You'll hear poignant anecdotes about what happened when doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumor in his wife's brain and how everything they owned burned. Here's an example of one of those chapters: Chapter 47 - Puking in a Thunderstorm Here's a mishap that illustrates the saying "You're on an adventure when you wish you were home wishing you were on an adventure." In 1982, Lena and I were visiting her folks in Sweden, and we went on a ryggsacksfotvandringtur. To speak Swedish, all you do is take a bunch of English words, screw around with them, and squeeze them together. For example, in the big word in the last sentence, the only real foreign part is "rygg" which refers to one's back. Other than that it's just "Back - sack - foot - wandering - tour," meaning "wandering around on foot with a pack on your back," or "backpacking." Apparently we have 1,019,729.6 words in English (.6 really?). In Swedish, the total depends on how you count them. Is "ryggsacksfotvandringtur" one word, or just five words stuck together? Most Swedish dictionaries have around a half-million entries, but if you count words that are Velcroed together, it has many more. Speaking of Velcro, it was discovered when Georges de Mestral went for a fotvandringstur, and noticed the burrs that stuck to his pants. The word "Velcro" was added to our dictionary in the year nineteen something-or-other. I've learned that the phrase "Velcro forehead" refers to the overly dramatic gesture of tilting your head back and holding the back of your wrist against your forehead ("Oh, woe is me "). Can you tell that I'm worried that this chapter is too short, and I am desperately looking for stuff to add? So anyway, where was I? Oh, yeah, Lena and I were on a shortbackpackingtripinthemountainsofsweden. On our route to the more desolate sections, we passed houses that had sod growing on the roof. And when I say sod, I don't mean the neat, well-mowed stuff you buy at the nursery. I mean long messy grass, other small plants, cuckoo birds, and gophers. And these weren't museum displays put up for tourists, people were really living in these things. It's where we get the saying "People who live in sod houses should throw stones, but no stones from the roof, please." This was a great place to foot wander, but when we were the farthest from the car, Lena got sick (really sick), and both Lena and the heavens opened up at the same time. It gave me a case of Velcro forehead, and my main memory of that trip is of continually taking tiny plastic snack bags of vomit out and dumping them in the streams of water surrounding the tent. Luckily Lena's Scandinavian constitution won out over the bugs, and the next morning she was all better and ready to drag me home, out of the wilderness. So, we had a generalgoodtimedespitethepukingadventure. If that kind of humor appeals to you, you need to buy this book. And if you're still on the fence, please use the Look Inside feature or download a free sample to your

With the ever expanding popularity of cycling over the last few years, LEJOG, Land's End to John o'Groats for those experiencing a puzzled frown, has become an ever increasing challenge for budding cyclists. After a trekking expedition to the Himalaya with a school group, shortly before I retired, I decided to use LEJOG as a means of raising money for CAN (Community Action Nepal) after I retired. However, I had no desire to gaze at endless miles of tarmac each day, surrounded by earth shattering juggernauts and impatient motorists, exposing my lungs to saturation with noxious fumes. So I decided to attempt the whole challenge on Sustrans routes, shown by those little blue signs with a bike on which seem to be popping up everywhere and are also now being developed at an encouragingly healthy rate. Avoiding busy roads and using only country lanes, canal tow paths and disused railway tracks I planned the adventure to last three weeks carrying everything I needed to be self-sufficient apart from the luxury of a bar meal in the evening and a flat pitch on a designated campsite with hot showers. My journey through the British countryside turned out to be more of an adventure than anticipated, from confrontations with a herd of 'Escape to Freedom' cows to attacks by the most savage of all animals - the Scottish midge. Meeting many different characters throughout my journey generated many humorous episodes. When cycling long stretches it was easy for my mind to deviate from the task in hand to recall past memories of the places I'd just cycled through, recollecting incidents that made me laugh out loud even twenty or more years after they occurred. There were days and occasions when I hit rock bottom and felt like giving in but I found that, thankfully, the vast majority of people I asked and who offered assistance were only too keen to help and encourage me on my way. Unfortunately there were still a few, no matter how exhausted I looked, who seemed to relish in making me feel even more dejected - which fortunately for me made me even more determined. LEJOG is well within the capabilities of most people who are reasonably fit and inspired and the adventure experienced entirely on British soil is well worth the effort if you have a spare three weeks. I hope that I can inspire you with this book.

The Bicycle Cowboy When you have sung all the songs you can remember, debated the world's problems, prayed about everything you can think of, well the truth is, hours on a bicycle turn into days and then weeks, and you begin to look for ways to entertain yourself. One beautiful morning while riding my bicycle between Mile City and Plevna Montana, I saw deer, antelope, horses and a lot of cattle. As I rode along I noticed herds of cattle gathered next to the fence that lined the road. The cattle always looked at me, during those cool early hours of the morning, as if I was supposed to do something for them. That's when I got the idea - They are waiting to be fed Then I thought again - But wait They have miles and miles of pasture grass and an abundance of water, why would they be waiting for someone to feed them. Another thought came to mind - Maybe they are curious about this person riding by on a bicycle. That was an 'aha' moment. They might think I'm on a horse. Maybe they think I'm there to herd them to another place. Then I got the idea - What if I could herd the cattle up the fence line as a cowboy would do on a horse. I began to whistle, holler, and shout: "Get up Yaw " Well lo and behold the cattle began to moo, move, and then run as I circled back behind the herd and then alongside until I was leading them over the hills, through gullies and streams until they came to a fence. I thanked them for the fun and continued riding while they stood there bewildered. That's when I decided I was - The Bicycle Cowboy; after all, how many other people have herded cattle on a bicycle?

The Tour of Flanders is Belgium's most brutal day in the saddle. The bike-crazed Flemish don't just send riders over cobblestone roads. Nor are they content to break the racers' legs with nearly 20 steep hills. No, the worst of all cycling worlds meet in Flanders with narrow, vertical roads paved with slippery, dangerous cobbles. The hills are so steep they are called "muurs," or walls, and they come one after another, for hours, until the riders are shattered with exhaustion. The Tour of Flanders is so fiendishly difficult that the man who wins it earns everlasting fame. Les Woodland tells the inside story of how the Flandrians became the world's most formidable racers, and of the dream of one writer to create a signature race, one that would showcase the Flemish virtues of toughness, endurance and determination. That dream became the Tour of Flanders, one of cycling's monuments. Come join Les for a fascinating ride in the cobbled hills of Flanders. About the Author: Les Woodland has been cycling for 50 years and has been writing about cycling since 1965, when he wrote his first reports for the British publication "Cycling." Since then he has been a prolific contributor to newspapers, magazines, web sites and radio stations in the U.K., the U.S. and Belgium as well as authoring more than 25 books. Mr. Woodland, who lives in France, speaks several of the languages of cycling: English, Dutch and French.

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Pick the right bicycle for your travels and you'll be sure to come home with those wonderful bicycle touring memories you've been dreaming about. But pick the wrong bicycle and your trip could be over before it has even had a chance to begin.
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Tour de France: The Inside Story The Tour de France is the greatest bike race in the world, but it -began as a humble promotional gimmick for a floundering newspaper. More than 100 years later the Tour still captivates the world and is broadcast to over 180 countries. How did a few men looking for some way to save their struggling business become masters of a giant, successful enterprise? Les Woodland tells the inside story of the Tour de France through the prism of the men who started it, and those who now run it. As he explores the creation and evolution of the Tour, he never runs out of those fascinating illustrative tales that make his books impossible to put down. This book was originally published in a slightly altered form in 2009 as Tourmen: The Men Who Made the Tour de France. It has been updated to reflect the events that have happened since the original publication. About the author: Les Woodland has been cycling for 50 years and has been writing about cycling since 1965, when he wrote his first reports for the British publication Cycling. Since then he has been a prolific contributor to newspapers, magazines and radio stations in the U.K. and Belgium. Mr. Woodland, who currently lives in France, speaks several of the languages of cycling: English, Dutch and French.

An off-bike training program to help you: Ride with more control and power Get stronger in 10-30 minutes per session, with minimal equipment WHAT IS THE F6? The F6 is a six-move circuit to help you: Stay more balanced in gnarly terrain. Both up and down. Carve corners tighter and faster. Pump, manual and jump better. Sprint and climb more powerfully. Ride longer and faster on crazier terrain - with less fatigue and injury. While you're getting stronger on the bike, you'll also be getting stronger for moving day, the airport and other real-life adventures. The F6 is: Simple. But not easy. Quick. Do it in 10, 20 or 30 minutes. Scalable. Anyone can adjust the program to his or her needs. Made for real people who love to ride. Spend a little time learning great movement. Spend the rest of your time shredding Ebook is available here: http: //www.leelikesbikes.com/f6-six-moves-to-build-your-foundation

Cycling Nutrition 102: Fast Weight Loss by expert Cathy Wilson introduces with spunk how to Blast Fat Fast learning PRACTICAL Cycling Nutrition. Developing a Personalized plan touching on . . . * ESSENTIAL Nutrients Your Body Craves * DEFINING Serving Size * ENCOURAGING Effective Health Changes * CONSIDERATION of Preferences and Tolerances * BENEFITS of Eating for Your Body * ADVANTAGES of Cycling Nutrition Plan * MOTIVATION Importance * INSTRUCTIVE Eating Plan Fat interferes with longevity, quality health, sound mind, productivity, fulfilling relationships and POSITIVE self-esteem. Wilson serves up the knowledge and KNOW-HOW to . . . * DEMOLISH Fat * INCREASE Metabolism * SUSTAIN Weight Loss * MAGNIFY Lean Muscle * INDENTIFY Blockages * DISCOURAGE Serious Illness and Disease * MINIMIZE Annoying Aches and Pains * INITIATE Positive Life Changes * GUIDE Toward Reasonable Expectations * POSTIVELY Influence Mindset Cycling Nutrition 102 offers DIVERSE, Practical, Sustainable, Enjoyable and Specialized SOLUTIONS to Your Specific Health Concerns and Queries. You are in charge of you and with an open mind to change and a Dazzling PLAN of attack you WILL Succeed. . . . - Gaining Energy - Getting Smarter - Eating More and Losing More - Overflowing with Confidence and Optimism - Abolishing Sickness CREATING and basking in the glory of transforming your health and wellness dreams into UNBELIEVABLE REALITY Make the decision to get it done. Get Cycling and CHOOSE to do whatever it takes to look and feel Fabulous RIGHT NOW Cycling Nutrition 102: Fast Weight Loss is your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Don't keep your wealth waiting