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Road Biking Colorado: The Statewide Guide

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Michael Seeberg has written an excellent road biking book for all the passes here in Colorado. And the hundreds of color photos are such an excellent source. I have read the book and fully recommend it whether you are a cyclist or not. The infomation and the super pictures are well worth the price. Finally a book with it all! And what a great gift as well.

Finally- a bike guide focused on the pavement not the dirt. Nothing against off road riding, just all the Colorado guides are focussed on trails and dirt even though most riders ride on paved surfaces. Thorough and detailed, I cannot think of a paved ride that isn't included.

This book was great for my vacation to colorado this summer. It went into great detail. So I knew exactly what i was getting into. For example altitude and intensity. He also shared stories of him riding the routes. He also only writes about routes to take on the roads... not the trail, which i was glad because i can find a bike trail map if that is where i wanted to go. I stayed in summit county which does have really great bike trails. I wish he would go from state to state finding all the great biking routes!

This book is great--well organized, good maps and elevation profiles, not to mention the color pictures.

If you like to road bike and go exploring at the same time, this is the book for you!

When I first started road riding I thought: "Why does anyone need a guidebook for it? Theres the road, get on bike, start pedaling." Boy was I dumb. This book was great for me in that it taught me the psychological importance of understanding the length and pitch of climbs BEFORE you start pedaling. What elevation gain over the course of a day means to your mind and body and the misery of riding on high traffic roads. In his descriptions Seeberg addresses all of these issues and then some. His maps and elevation profiles are plenty accurate, accurate enough that you can customize the length and difficulty of any ride. If you don't want to do 100 miles just do the section of the listed ride that appeals to you. I did a a tour of Colorado one summer and this book was pivotal in choosing my route. A great book!

With that said the book certainly doesn't list every route in the state worth doing. But we don't want them all advertised do we?

i have ridden one of the "major" Colorado tours for the last 5 years and have found this guide to be awesome. the text and maps are very accurate and the graphics and paper quality are first rate. i love this book and anybody who is going to ride in Colorado must have this. if it is out of print, bring it back Michael!!

This book shows many routes of 70, 80 or even 90 plus miles, and all of them are point to point with the mileage computed ONE WAY. The author gives no hint of what you are supposed to do after a 90 plus mile ride over tough terrain. Turn around and ride back? Have someone follow you in a car? A much more pratical book is one of the Falcon guide series, which either show a loop route, or, if it is out AND BACK, count the total mileage, not just one way. Duh.