A complete guide to mountain biking provides a detailed overview of America's best trails, training advice, equipment selection and maintenance, race results and records, professional tips, and listings of national and regional tours, races, and festivals. Original. 25,000 first printing. IP.
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This book has the look and feel of a mail-order catalog: glossy magazine pages with copious illustrations of colorful mountain bikers in their spandex uniforms on the slopes of some steep but gorgeous mountain in California or Nevada. The Mountain Biker's Almanac purports to be the first comprehensive resource ever published on the relatively recent sport of mountain biking. (According to one of the essays, the sport got started in the early 1970s by a group of off-road bicyclists in California.) Published by an advertising agency/publisher specializing in the bicycle industry, practically every other page of the almanac has an advertisement. However, if one can get by the snappy ads, there is valuable information assembled between its covers.
The book has seven chapters whose titles for the most part give not a hint of what is included; the chapter titled "Blood, Sweat & Cheers" includes two essays, one an introduction to mountain-bike racing and the other on disciplines of mountain biking. One section includes trail maps and brief descriptions of 54 rides extracted from mountain-biking resource guides for 30 states. Western U.S. states are heavily represented. This section could prove helpful for the acquisitions librarian trying to build a collection of mountain-biking trail guides. Other useful sections include records of major international mountain-bike contests and a directory of bicycle manufacturers, accessories, tools, and food and drink suppliers. This section also includes a bibliography of magazines, books, videos, CDs, and associations as well as a compilation of touring companies, resorts, and destinations in a state-by-state listing. A section titled "E-Book" includes more than 120 World Wide Web sites and is followed by a glossary. Throughout the essays, safety and responsible mountain biking are emphasized.
Public libraries located within one of the mountain communities that attract mountain bikers will find the Mountain Biker's Almanac worth purchasing.
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This 1996 almanac covers everything about the sport; from manufacturer's and supplier's listings for bikes and accessories to race records and schedules, bike park listings, and resorts. An excellent, if not visually packed, collection of mountain bike celebrations. -- Midwest Book Review
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