Mountain Biking Flagstaff and Sedona (Paperback)

by Bruce Grubbs (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

In this packable guide you'll find 35 of the best rides in Arizona's mountain country.

From the Back Cover
In this packable guide you'll find 35 of the best rides in Arizona's mountain country. This book will lead you to rides near Flagstaff and Sedona, through stately pine forests and alpine meadows, and in red rock canyons and aspen groves. Bruce Grubbs is an avid hiker, mountain biker, and cross-country skier who has been exploring the American desert for over 30 years. An outdoor writer and photographer, he's written several other FalconGuides. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (March 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560448016
• ISBN-13: 978-1560448013
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,075,632 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the single track?, December 22, 1999

By A Customer

This is a collection of mostly oddball rides done by the author of several of Falcon Press' hiking guides. He seems to prefer too many long rides through the trees on washboardy forest service dirt roads without much of a mountain bike feel to them. You can do most of the rides in a car. There needs to be more attention to what mountain bikers really like . . . carving single track trail with varied surface over interesting terrain (i.e. some rough, some rocky, some steep, some smooth and some easy), views, cool destinations and more loop rides. Nice try for a first edition. However, the author is not really a mountain biker, just a hiker taking a stab at what he thinks mountain bikers would like. Ho-hum.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This is almost all forest roads, May 23, 2007

By	Squirrel Girl (South Riding, VA United States) - See all my reviews

I was getting ready for a moutain biking trip to Sedona +/- Flagstaff. I got this book to prepare. Out of 25 rides listed for Flagstaff, I found 2 that I'd even consider. The rest were all roads. I believe there might be an audience for this, but those folks really just need a Forest Service map and can pedal anywhere there's an unimproved road.

For the rest of us who want to go *mountain biking* -- we're looking for something more.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent vistor's guide to the Flagstaff area, November 28, 2002

By	Carl Dominik (Victorville, CA USA) - See all my reviews

I've visited the Flagstaff area on a regular basis since 1980. We planned a 4-day, late-November vacation around several books ordered from Amazon.com. Only the Grubbs book arrived by the time we left Southern California. Off my 16-year-old son and I headed for Arizona with the book and our matching Specialized Stumpjumpers. We did 3 of the author's rides rides and found the book accurate as to location, distance, and intensity of the rides. For me, a roadie with limited mt. biking skills the book was outstanding. My son, a good racer, enjoyed the time also. We will be back to do more rides from Grubb's book.