Bicycle Touring: How to Prepare for Long Rides (Paperback)

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Product Description

Tells you how to prepare for a long bicycle tour, no matter what your age, financial situation, or physical fitness. Includes advice on the selection of a bicycle and other equipment, information on cycling clubs, maps and other research sources.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Wilderness Press (July 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0899971741
• ISBN-13: 978-0899971742
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,010,636 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very densely packed book, May 6, 1999

By	Brian Van Den Broeke ([e-mail]) (Union City, CA) - See all my reviews

Not a page is wasted in Steve Butterman's 88 page book "Bicycle Touring: How to Prepare for Long Rides." The book quickly and plainly answers a lot of the basic questions that people have when thinking about a long bicycling trip:

What will I need to bring? How do I plan my trip? What kind of shape do I need to be in? What about dangerous road conditions? How will people treat me? How much will it cost? What will I eat? What about weather? What about mountains/hills? How will I keep clean? ... and many, many, many more.

The author gives you the do's and don'ts for buying the equipment for your ride, planning the ride, and actually doing the ride. Although this book does not include specific route information, it does have scores of referrals to people who do that sort of thing for a living.

You will walk away from this book knowing about things about long rides that you wouldn't have even thought about otherwise. It is a must-read for anyone that is thinking about a bicycle touring adventure.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you need. Nothing you don't. And no SUVs!, May 19, 2000

By	M. J. Mccaffrey "Matt OneLANE" (Conn., United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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Butterman tells you how to prepare for long rides without writing a long book. This guide to getting yourself out for a tour has just the essentials: equipment, very basic repairs, a practical repair kit, training, and clothing. Touring is not about fashion! So, Butterman stays with practical choices. If nothing else, you'll know that it's possible to tour on a bicycle without spending a fortune. And that's the joy of long-distance cycling.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one!, January 22, 1999

By A Customer

Interested in getting started in bicycle touring but confused as to which book will give you the most for your money? Look no further. Paradoxically, of the dozen books I've purchased over the last two years on bicycle touring, this was the cheapest, yet by far the easiest to understand and most informative. Ounce for ounce, page for page this book provides the reader with all he/she needs to know about not only preparation but what to expect when touring. Mr. Butterman if you ever read this, thank you for a job well!