A master instructor shares his comprehensive, down-to-earth approach to having fun, getting fit, developing a positive attitude, and meeting the great outdoors.
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"The Mountain Bike Experience will leave the cyclist with a new sense of respect and responsibility for the land and the environment. A must-read for cyclists, based on fun and love for the land we live, walk, and ride on. "-Mark Bettinger, the Sierra Club
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The following text covers off-season biking.
If you live in an area with four seasons, it's wonderful to watch the year go by on a mountain bike. You see each cycle unfold and blend into the next. When the leaves turn to gold and skis and snowboards come out of the closet around the country, my mind turns to ... riding my bike at night in subfreezing temperatures, on bulletproof ice. Winter, especially, offers exhilarating riding -- if you prepare properly. When snow and silence blanket everything, the terrain becomes incredibly beautiful.
In a more practical vein, winter riding keeps you in shape by extending your season. Come spring, you won't have to start your training from scratch. Your rides won't be as long, and you probably won't ride as often as during the warm months, but at least you'll retain much of what you accomplished the previous season. Many road bikers take to mountain biking in the winter to maintain their training schedule. Since mountain bikes travel at much slower speeds than road bikes, there's less windchill.
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Begining Mt Bike Rider,
By Elzie D Speir Jr (Jackson, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mountain Bike Experience: A Complete Introduction to the Joys of Off-Road Riding (Paperback)
I have been a long distant tour rider for years, just purchased a Mt Bike 11/21/01 purchased this book for some insite as to this type of riding, upon receiving it read all of it in one setting enjoyed it very much, rendered much help.Elzie Speir
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A very entertaining informative book about loving biking,
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This review is from: The Mountain Bike Experience: A Complete Introduction to the Joys of Off-Road Riding (Paperback)
I read through this book and the author gives some really good insights to mountain biking. The book is based a how-to-have-fun basis.
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