Bicycling: Touring and Mountain Bike Basics (A Trailside Series Guide) [Paperback]

Peter Oliver (Author), John Viehman (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2003

Smart, instructive, and beautifully designed, every book in the Trailside Guide series contains the essential information readers need to master outdoor activities and have fun in the process.

Norton proudly reissues these best-selling guides with fully revised "Sources & Resources" sections (including where to find the Web sites, gear, services, books, clubs, and organizations that make for foolproof outings); updates to reflect the latest in gear technology, wilderness medicine, and first aid; and advances in techniques. You can take it with you: Trailside Guides are designed to be used on the trail. Their handy size makes them easy to take along on outdoor adventures. Picture this: Trailside Guides show you how it's done. Each book has more than 100 color photographs and dozens of informative, full-color technical illustrations you'll refer to again and again. Buying Guide: Each Guide has all the information readers need to make informed decisions about what gear is available, and what they should buy. Step-by-step: Tutorials take readers through every aspect of a given outdoor activity. Each Guide covers planning and preparing for a trip, getting in shape, technique, safety, and first-aid tips, and how to have more fun along the way! Easy to use: Trailside Guides provide information quickly. Every book contains detailed illustrations, information-packed sidebars, and a complete index and bibliography. Technique tips: Any physical activity is more fun when it's done right. Trailside Guides are written by experts and contain lucid explanations that help the reader quickly achieve proficiency. It's a big world out there. Get into it with the Trailside Guides. Color photographs and drawings throughout

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About the Author

Peter Oliver has skied just about everywhere and written about it for Skiing magazine and other publications.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (February 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393313379
• ISBN-13: 978-0393313376
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,570,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An wonderful book to get a full overview of cycling., March 7, 1998

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This review is from: Bicycling: Touring and Mountain Bike Basics (A Trailside Series Guide) (Paperback)

A very well written and superbly illustrated book to get introduced to the world of bicycling, both road and mountain. If this will be your first or only book on the subject, you cannot go wrong with it. A wonderful gift to go with your first bicycle.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, hopelessly dated, August 29, 2001

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David B. bogie "bogiesan" (Boise, Idaho USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bicycling: Touring and Mountain Bike Basics (A Trailside Series Guide) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone getting started in mountain, road, or recreational bicycling. However, if you're new to the sport, you should know that you can only keep up with the latest in bike engineering and product development by studying this month's crop of bike magazines. Bicycling changes too rapidly.
By the time any well-written bike book hits the stores, it's completely out of date and this good ol' book is six years old. Bicycle shifting mechanisms, wheel science, advances in frame geometry and materials, nutritional and training advice, safety devices, and developments in suspension have all become branches of rocket science and, to some extent, victims of corporate marketing and fickle fashion. Some things never change, though. Your feet still go up and down and the wheels go `round. In that sense, much of the information in this book is timeless. But when the authors get down to their technical recommendations and start commenting on "the latest trends" you've got to try not to chuckle. They were working on the best information they had at the time. The best bicycling magazines come from England. david bogie, boise ID
my other car is a Cannondale

3.0 out of 5 stars Great resource, hopelessly dated, August 29, 2001

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David B. bogie "bogiesan" (Boise, Idaho USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bicycling: Touring and Mountain Bike Basics (A Trailside Series Guide) (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone getting started in mountain, road, or recreational bicycling. However, if you're new to the sport, you should know that you can only keep up with the latest in bike engineering and product development by studying this month's crop of bike magazines. Bicycling changes too rapidly.
By the time any well-written bike book hits the stores, it's completely out of date and this good ol' book is six years old. Bicycle shifting mechanisms, wheel science, advances in frame geometry and materials, nutritional and training advice, safety devices, and developments in suspension have all become branches of rocket science and, to some extent, victims of corporate marketing and fickle fashion. Some things never change, though. Your feet still go up and down and the wheels go `round. In that sense, much of the information in this book is timeless. But when the authors get down to their technical recommendations and start commenting on "the latest trends" you've got to try not to chuckle. They were working on the best information they had at the time. The best bicycling magazines come from England. david bogie, boise ID
my other car is a Cannondale