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Mountain bikers, beginner to expert, all share a common need - a
place to ride. Mountain Biking Denver and Boulder gives fat-tire
enthusiasts the skinny on where to ride. Here are forty-nine of the
best rides in the Denver-Boulder area. Take your pick from scenic
jeep roads, technical singletrack, chest-heaving climbs, and fast
descents. Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find the
trailheads and follow the routes. You stay on track with accurate
distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for physical and
technical difficulty.
This handy pocket-size guide will help you choose a ride that's
appropriate for your fitness and skill levels. It's an
indispensable companion for all your fat-tire fun.
From the High Road to Taos to the dunes of White Sands National
Park, experience the incredible landscapes of New Mexico on two
wheels. Grab this guidebook, put on your helmet, and hit the road
on forty carefully designed tours, which vary in length from 15
miles to 100 miles and cover a whole range of abilities and fitness
levels.
Inside you'll discover: detailed profiles of each ride, including
traffic conditions, terrain, and length; vivid descriptions of
points of interest; listings for local restaurants, hotels, bike
shops, and rest rooms along the way; USGS-based maps and elevation
profiles.
Whether you are an experienced cyclist, an emerging enthusiast, or
someone looking for a perfect family ride, you'll find routes in
New Mexico that are perfect for your ability and interest.
From the Tidewater coastal plain and the rolling hills of the
Piedmont to the peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains, enjoy the
dramatic diversity of Virginia on two wheels. Grab this guidebook,
put on your helmet, and hit the road on forty carefully designed
tours, which range in length from 9 miles to 102 miles and cover a
wide range of abilities and fitness levels.Inside you'll discover:
detailed profiles of each ride, including traffic conditions,
terrain, and length; vivid descriptions of points of interest;
listings for local restaurants, hotels, bike shops, and rest rooms
along the way; USGS-based maps and elevation profiles. (6 x 9, 240
pages, b&w photos, maps, charts)
"I was on a lonely stretch of road. There were no lights other than
the moon and stars, and I had not encountered any traffic in at
least 10 minutes. Far ahead of me a figure stepped out of the brush
and stood on the shoulder of the road. The figure was still far out
of my headlight range, but was visible as a stunning and marvelous
silhouette in the bright moonlight."
Mountain bikers, beginner to expert, all share a common need - a
place to ride. Mountain Biking Northern California gives fat-tire
enthusiasts the skinny on where to go. Here are sixty-seven of the
best rides in Northern California, including coastal loops from
Monterey to the Oregon border and mountain trails of the southern
Cascades and the Sierra Nevada. Take your pick from scenic road
routes, hot singletracks, lung-popping climbs, and demented
downhills. Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find the
trailheads and follow the routes. You stay on track with accurate
distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for physical and
technical difficulty. This handy guide will help you choose a ride
that's appropriate for your fitness and skill levels. It's an
indispensable companion for all your fat-tire fun. (6 X 9, 312
pages, b&w photos, maps, charts)
Whether you're a novice rider or a championship racer, Bicycling Medicine shows you how to prevent and treat all kinds of bicycling-related aches and pains. Coach Arnie Baker, M.D., explains how to diagnose minor and major problems, offers do-it-yourself solutions, and alerts you to conditions that require a doctor's attention. A special section on bicycling physiology illuminates the demands cycling puts on your body, and thorough discussions of diet, exercise, and nutrition reveal the best ways to keep your performance at its peak.
If you're a beginner or newcomer to the Phoenix mountain biking
scene, or if you're tired of the same old trails, here's a guide to
the 35 finest rides in the desert and in the nearby mountains. This
compact and portable book contains rides in the adjacent Tonto
National Forest as well as in the city and county parks. Beginners
and experts will find something fun to ride. Check out smooth, fast
singletrack, wind through tall pine trees, cruise next to mountain
streams, ride historic roads, and test your skills on technical
terrain. Phoenix has it all! This handy pocket-sized guide will
help you choose a ride that's appropriate for your fitness level
and will be an indispensable companion to all your fat-tire
fun.
Here are 25 of the best tracks and trails around Albuquerque. From
the Rio Grande Bosque to the Sandia Peak Ski Area, Mountain Biking
Albuquerque serves up a tasty sampling as diverse as the New Mexico
landscape. Detailed descriptions make it easy to find the
trailheads and follow the routes, helping you stay on track with
accurate distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for
physical and technical difficulty.
Bike With Your Dog tells dog lovers how to safely bike with their
dogs and have fun at the same time. For many high-energy dogs, a
walk on the leash is simply not enough. Dogs love to run and biking
enables them to get the exercise they need. This handy guide shows
you how to spend high quality time with your dog, get exercise, and
enjoy the outdoors - all at the same time.
Experience 35 of the best rides in Utah's Color Country! Here
you'll find rides near St. George, Zion National Park, Cedar City,
Brian Head, Cedar Breaks National Monument, and Bryce Canyon
National Park. Bruce Grubbs is an avid hiker, mountain biker, and
cross-country skier who has been exploring the American desert for
over 30 years. An outdoor writer and photographer, he's written
several other FalconGuides. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
1001 Cycling Tips by Hannah Reynolds is a light-hearted and
informative guide to all kinds of cycling. This is no standard
instruction manual - it is much more useful than that. This is a
huge collection of small tips to make a real difference to your
cycling, whether you're into road cycling, mountain biking, have an
ebike, gravel bike or commute to work on your bike - this book will
take you through everything you need to know. The vast range of
topics covered includes everything from choosing your bike, the
essential kit and clothing you'll need and navigation to fitness,
nutrition, bike maintenance at home and on the road, and travelling
with your bike. Hannah's no-nonsense advice and vast knowledge base
will ensure that you have the right tools to enjoy your cycling and
achieve your goals, whether you want to race, climb huge mountains
or enjoy days out on two wheels with the family.
'I am blown away by the level of detail Phil Cavell brings to his
work.' - Elinor Barker MBE, multiple world champion and Olympic
gold medallist 'The Midlife Cyclist is a triumph' - Cycling Plus
'An amazing accomplishment... a simple-to-understand precis of your
midlife as a cyclist - you won't want to put it down.' - Phil
Liggett, TV cycling commentator 'Phil is eminently qualified to
write The Midlife Cyclist. Well, he is certainly old enough.' -
Fabian Cancellara, Tour de France rider and two-time Olympic
champion Renowned cycling biomechanics pioneer, Phil Cavell,
explores the growing trend of middle-aged and older cyclists
seeking to achieve high-level performance. Using contributions from
leading coaches, ex-professionals and pro-team doctors, he produces
the ultimate manifesto for mature riders who want to stay healthy,
avoid injury - and maximise their achievement levels. Time's arrow
traditionally plots an incremental path into declining strength and
speed for all of us. But we are different to every other generation
of cyclists in human history. An ever-growing number of us are
determined to scale the highest peaks of elite physical fitness
into middle-age and beyond. Can the emerging medical and scientific
research help us achieve the holy triumvirate of speed and health
with age? The Midlife Cyclist offers a gold standard road-map for
the mature cyclist who aims to train, perform and even race at the
highest possible level.
The bicyclist is under attack from all directions - the streets are
ragged, the air is poison, and the drivers are angry. As if that
weren't enough, the American cyclist must carry the weight of
history along on every ride.
After a brief heyday at the turn of the twentieth century, American
cyclists fell out of the social consciousness, becoming an
afterthought when our cities were planned and built. Cyclists today
are left to navigate through a hard and unsympathetic world that
was not made for them. Yet, with the proper attitude and a bit of
knowledge, cyclists can thrive in this hostile environment.
Covering much more than just riding a bike in traffic, author
Robert Hurst paints, in uncanny detail, the challenges, strategies,
and art of riding a bike on America's modern streets and roadways.
The Art of Cycling dismantles the bicycling experience and slides
it under the microscope, piece by piece. Its primary concern is
safety, but this book goes well beyond the usual tips and how-to,
diving in to the realms of history, psychology, sociology, and
economics.
Pennine Bridleway is a guidebook to this National Trail taking you
on a multi-day off-road cycling adventure from Derbyshire through
the Yorkshire Dales to Cumbria, following the Pennine Hills. This
big ride is split into four sections; each section includes
detailed directions as well as information on points of interest
along the route, bringing the history and landscape of the trail
into context. There are also three loops, including the Mary
Towneley Loop, which can be tackled separately or as part of the
main trail. The guidebook is illustrated throughout with stunning
action photography by professional photographer Joolze Dymond.
Researched, ridden and written by mountain biking expert and
freelance writer Hannah Collingridge, this guidebook features clear
and easy to use Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps, easy-to-follow
directions, details of distance, ascent and difficulty gradings,
bikepacking hints and tips and local knowledge. There is also a
comprehensive Introduction and a detailed Appendix, and a link to
downloadable GPX files.
All across America, people are discovering the pleasures and
benfits of mountain biking. Now, in this lively, practical guide,
an acclaimed mountain biking authority shows you how to get the
most from you fat-tire machine. Read this book and learn: Eight
keys to choosing a mountain bike that fits your frame What to look
for in clothing, shoes, helmets, gloves the secrets to pedeling,
shifting and riding the flats Uphills 12 Things you should know
before attempting any downhills Dealing with terrain changes
An entrancing, sun-drenched bicycle journey, from the beaches of
southern Spain to solar temples in the Outer Hebrides. In this
great feast of armchair travel, John Hanson Mitchell tells of his
fifteen-hundred-mile ride on a trusty old Peugeot bicycle from the
port of Cadiz to just below the Arctic Circle. He follows the
European spring up through southern Spain, the wine and oyster
country near Bordeaux, to Versailles (the palace of the "Sun
King"), Wordsworth's Lake District, precipitous Scottish highlands,
and finally to a Druid temple on the island of Lewis in the
Hebrides, a place where Midsummer is celebrated in pagan majesty as
the near-midnight sun dips and then quickly rises over the horizon.
In true John Mitchell fashion this journey is interspersed with
myth, natural history, and ritual, all revolving around the lure
and lore of the sun, culturally and historically. The journey is as
delicious as it is fascinating, with an appeal for all those who
look south in February and are drawn to dunes, picnics under castle
walls, spring flowers, terraced vineyards, Moorish outposts, magic
and celebrations. In short, to everything under the sun. A Merloyd
Lawrence Book
This guidebook describes 21 mountain biking routes in central and
southern Scotland. It includes the 7stanes trail centre in Dumfries
and Galloway, as well as cross-country routes in the Campsie Fells,
Pentland Hills and Lammermuirs, the Galloway Forest, Tweed Valley,
Cheviots and Lowther Hills. The routes range from 17 to 66km and
are graded from moderate to very hard. Taking between 2 and 7 hours
to complete, they are intended for reasonably fit mountain bikers
with at least some experience. Detailed route descriptions are
accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping, and the selected routes set out
from various points across the area, including Greenock, Glentrool,
Peebles and Milngavie, with good access from both Glasgow and
Edinburgh. The guidebook also gives an overview of what the
region's MTB trail centres have to offer, including the famous
7stanes trail centre, along with advice on equipment, maintenance
and safety. Southern and Central Scotland is renowned for its
superlative MTB trail centres, but the region's rolling hill
country is also traversed by an extensive network of tracks, paths,
forest roads and other trails providing endless possibilities for
'free range' mountain biking.
First in a new series of cycle maps covering the whole country. The
first map covers from Lands End in Cornwall to Plymouth. The maps
are all produced at a scale of 1:100 000 showing important features
including the National cycle Network. Sections on road, off road
and traffic free are all shown in differing colours along with
their route number. Other roads and their classification are shown
enabling you to link rides or explore sections and discover new
routes at home or further afield. Facilities such as toilets, pubs,
accommodation, bike shops, repair stations and railway stations are
all shown. The mapping also has relief shading giving you a clear
picture of the terrain (and steepness of any hills) you will
encounter. Scale: 100 000 (10mm = 1 Km, 16mm = 1 Mile) Folded size:
163mm x 105mm Unfolded: 650mm x 800mm Tear and water-resistant
paper Double sided
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