Outside Adventure Travel: Mountain Biking (Outside Books) [Paperback]

Rob Story (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 2001 | Series: Outside Destinations

Outside Books introduces a unique series of international sport/travel guides: your favorite adventure sports, our top picks—worldwide—of where to pursue them.

Adventurers seeking the adrenaline rush and physical rewards of world-class mountain biking set against stunning and exotic landscapes, look no further. Rob Story, regular contributor to Outside, knows where in the world to go for the best fat-tire, single-track experiences imaginable, from Thailand to the Hawaiian Islands, from Cape Town to Sun Valley, from the Olympic Peninsula to the Atlas Mountains of North Africa. While much of the best riding is found in the United States, Story spices his top 25 trips with foreign riding in some unlikely and untrammeled spots. No matter where he sends mountain bikers, their concerns are addressed, from where to find gear, to which outfitters to trust, to honest appraisals of trail difficulty.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (March 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393320715
• ISBN-13: 978-0393320718
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #508,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Individual Sports > Cycling > Excursion Guides

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5.0 out of 5 stars makes you want to ride, February 9, 2002

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reverend rich white (Big Bear Lake CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outside Adventure Travel: Mountain Biking (Outside Books) (Paperback)

As he does in the pages of bike magazine, Rob writes to those that really ride. This book could be a vacation planner for the adventurous. If you own a mountain bike and love to take it places...this book is a must have. I can't finish a chapter without wanting to get out and ride.

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, October 15, 2001

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Robert (Beacon, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outside Adventure Travel: Mountain Biking (Outside Books) (Paperback)

As an avid mountain biker, I found this book to be inspiring and motivating, even if I will probably never ride half of the featured destinations (although I'm determined to try!). The writing is excellent, blending vivid descriptions of the terrain with a little history and geography, giving the reader a complete and appealing picture of each region. The pictures are beautiful and plentiful, and there are many resources listed for each trip including prices, difficulty ratings, bike shops, lodging, and additional information. Overall, an awesome book I'll probably read and refer to many, many times in the future.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Soul of Mountain Biking, July 16, 2001

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Rodney E. Graham "Rod" (Tustin, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outside Adventure Travel: Mountain Biking (Outside Books) (Paperback)

Now I know what happened to BIKE magazine's soul. It has been reincarnated into something Da Vinci would be proud of. Okay, maybe I'm getting a little carried away with the hyperbole, but calling this a guide book certainly doesn't do it justice. In fact, if you are looking for just a guide book don't waste your money. Everybody and his brother makes a guide book, but no one has ever come closer to expressing what it means to ride than Rob Story has within these pages. Like the early years of BIKE magazine, this just makes you want to go out and explore the unpaved world.

While not a guide book, it has everything else to get you started on your own epic adventure. It lists the "must do" rides in any given area. In addition to rating the physical difficulties of the rides, a clever addition is rating the mental stress factors involved with the trips. Also appreciated is the non-bike related recommended reading of the area, along with trail guide books, and outfitting services. Again like the magazine, the photos are some of the best you'll see anywhere, regardless of the subject matter.

One of the great features is the diversity of the ride locations. There are a life times worth within, and they make you dream, drool, and connive of the ultimate exotic mountain biking vacation. While this may put some people off, the best part is that the majority of the rides are totally doable by anyone with a serious mountain biking habit.

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