This illustrated book on the art of bicycle touring contains a mix of text, line drawings and photos. It provides information on buying, maintaining, modifying and equipping touring bikes, as well as advice on how to live and travel on two wheels, from budget touring to dealing with adversity.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best book to read before your first bike trip,
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This review is from: The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Course for the Bicycle Traveler (Paperback)
I have travelled about 13,000 miles in the U.S. and Canada. Most of that was solo, and none of it was with a support vehicle. This is the only book I recommend to people about to take a bicycle trip.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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An outstanding reference for preparing for cycle touring,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Course for the Bicycle Traveler (Paperback)
This is the best book on bicycle touring I have found.
It is written extremely well, and succeeds in presenting a
fair amount of technical material without losing your
attention.
The book covers everything you want to know
about cycle touring: choosing a bike, on-the-road repairs,
health and injury issues, training, and touring equipment.
It was the only bicycle book I brought with me on my
first long distance touring adventure, a solo 938 mile trek.
If I only had one reference to prepare for touring, this
would be it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Never done it before? Start here,
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This review is from: The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Course for the Bicycle Traveler (Paperback)
Mr. Lovett starts with the basics, and is careful to include viewpoints not his own. (Most importantly, he includes the words of a female cyclist when discussing topics such as women's safety on the road, hygiene, and clothing selection.) He loves the sport, and it shows in his writing. This is not the advanced treatise that an anonymous reviewer criticized as "written for morons" (how brave!), but Lovett does not claim it to be. It is methodical, and it points the reader to more advanced information when it is needed. This is a good book with which to start your touring library.
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