Bicycling Fuel: Nutrition for Bicycle Riders [Paperback]

Richard Rafoth (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1993

What you eat is what you are, and the right diet will help your cycling. Much research has been done on the effect of diet on performance in cycling and other sports. Yet there is hardly a subject about which more preconceived notions and outright wrong information are propounded. Medically correct, yet easy to understand, this book explains what to watch out for when determining which diet is right for you, and how your diet will help you enjoy cycling to the fullest, whether for recreation, touring or competition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Motorbooks International; 3 Rev Exp edition (July 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933201540
• ISBN-13: 978-0933201545
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,095,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Eating Right for the Right Ride, September 21, 2003

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M. Bennett "distance_cyclist" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bicycling Fuel: Nutrition for Bicycle Riders (Paperback)

Most cyclists I know have a standard diet for racing and riding irregardless of the distance and intensity. I belonged to the "One diet fits all group" as well. I was more interested in learning how to loose weight by cycling than pre- and post racing diet habits. Nevertheless it was very intersting to learn about proper nutrition to boost performance.

The book starts off dealing mainly with basic education about nutrition, such as what are fats, protiens, carbohydrates etc., The authors thuroughly explain how the body creats energy, metabolism and which foods should be eaten for immeadiate energy boost or foods the body digests slowly for long distance racing. Do the energy bars really give you the added kick to stimulate your performance? Well not really and they provide the same amount of energy as any normal carbohydrate snack such as cookies etc.,

The book is divided into 4 specific sections of nutrition for:
1.) the recreational cyclists
2.) the endurance cyclists
3.) the elite cyclists
4.) the mountain bikers

It is overall a good book, it goes into detail wtihout being flooded with specific occupational dieticians jargon. I was looking for a book that would give more insight into "How to lose weight by cyclying" which this wasn't but it did bring up several facts and nutritional habits that I was not aware about.