Mountain Biking Southern California (Paperback)

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Fasten your helmet and hold on tight! Mountain Biking Southern California will take you on the rides of your life. Authors Mark Ross and Brad Fine researched 69 of the best mountain biking opportunities in the southern half of this sunny state. From the Mexican border to the High Sierra, Mountain Biking Southern California takes you on a tour of the sweetest trails near sandy beaches and alpine forests. Swoop down fast, adrenaline-pumping singletrack or cruise along a scenic dirt road. Mountain Biking Southern California is the most complete and up-to-date guidebook available and includes information by Dr. Harvey Ross on how to maintain your energy level, stay hydrated, and keep those legs pumping on grueling rides.

Mountain bikers of all abilities will enjoy the classic assortment of rides included in this guide. Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find the trailheads and follow the routes, helping you stay on track with accurate distances keyed to easy-to-follow maps and ratings for physical and technical difficulty.

From the Back Cover

Taking you on 69 of the best rides from the coastal bluffs of Morro Bay to the deserts of San Diego, this book encompasses a variety of trails appealing to riders of all ability levels and includes at-a-glance features such as distance and technical difficulty as well as an elevation chart and map for each trail.

Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (May 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560448075
• ISBN-13: 978-1560448075
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #390,537 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A colorless, forgettable, unremarkable guidebook., January 5, 2000

By A Customer

This book is quite disappointing. The maps are okay, the elevation profiles are helpful, but otherwise it's utterly bland--and one thing mountain biking shouldn't be is bland. There's no sense of what makes these mountain bike routes special (and if you've ever ridden in Southern California, you know how special the riding is). I think there are other guidebooks about Southern California that give you a lot more bang for your buck. There's no reason to settle for something as lazy, mundane, and obviously-tossed-together-just-to-make-some-cash as this.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great variety of trails., January 6, 2001

By A Customer

I found this book to very informative and opened up a lot of new riding experiences for me. As a Ventura/Los Angeles local, I got bored with the same old trails. This book provided me a good foundation to begin exploring a world of new trails, all within a few hours of my own home. The best part is that with one book, I was able to find trails in towns like Moro Bay, Santa Barbara, Big Bear and San Diego where I can now take weekend trips and know where to ride. The trail descriptions gave me a strong sense of the terrain and level of dificulty and I found them to be very accurate.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, August 30, 2009

By	Nicholas Gambino "Avi8trnick" (Riverside, Ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Great book, very informative. The authors give a great deal of info on many different trails, from directions to the trail, descriptions of the trail, ratings on difficulty level, to cost of using the trails. Great book, a must buy for mountain bikers looking for some new places to ride in SOCAL.