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Take your road cycling to the next level with the newest techniques, equipment and skills from Bicycling Magazine. After the surge of interest in mountain biking, road cycling is in the ascendant again.'
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31 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although the novice cyclist might find some of the chapters a little too extreme, the majority of the book is written in a way that anyone could find helpful.
It it also important to note that the book is quite heavily aimed at the American market (esspecially the sections concerned with riding in traffic etc.)
A nice feature is that the book is not written by just one person, so there are some interesting places where the writers' opinions on certain subjects seem to differ.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book,been a novice and i find it very useful because it explains in detail your every move on t he road which is what you need to know to build confident
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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful
Cobbled together, but a comprehensive guide
20 Aug 2002
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As a long-time car driver who just made the 'switch' to cycle commuting, I had a lot of anxieties regarding safe and intelligent operation of a bicycle on roads shared with automobiles. This book served the purpose admirably and got me riding safe and sane on the streets of Manhattan, something I wouldn't have believed possible a couple months ago.
There are sections on how to equip your bike, how to follow the rules of the road, and tips and tricks bikers need to know to coexist safely in traffic. There are also sections on what to eat and drink, how to train effectively to increase your abilities, and how to get into serious long-distance touring - things which I hadn't originally been interested in but which were fun to read about. I think what I liked best about the book was that it was clearly written by enthusiasts who've spent a lot of time riding and a lot of time thinking about how to convey their skills and enthusiasms to the public.
If I had a criticism, it'd be that the book suffers by being a collection of separate magazine articles not originally intended for publication in this form, so some information is repeated and coherence is sort of loose. But it's not a major criticism and I'd recommend the book anyway.
90 of 94 people found the following review helpful
A first class book for the cyclist who wants to do more.
19 Jan 1999
Format:Paperback
Being new to road biking I wanted a book that covered the basics as well as one that gave guidance as to how I could improve once over the initial stage of riding. This book is very comprehensive in this regard. It is particularly useful in some of the training areas in that it makes suggestions that are not too overly structured, as some books are inclined to do, but at the same time maintain the overall training effect.It reinforces this approach by relating training regimes with real life experiences of riders, rather than adopt a "textbook" approach.I found the book extremely useful and fully recommend it.
72 of 79 people found the following review helpful
rather embarrassing...
14 Aug 2004
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I guess for $11-12 you can take your chances with the book, but I don't believe you will learn much from it unless you are absolutely new to bicycling. But even then do not expect too much. As another reviewer said, many suggestions are rather simplistic and dubious. 'Breathing through your nose' is one of them. And there are such parts as how to avoid a rock on the road. It takes the authors about 120 words to tell you how to do that. If you thought that there is some magic to their advice--there is none, their point can be reduced to "first turn the handlebar to one side, then correct your balance by quickly turning the other way." And there are four pages devoted to listing food you can get in fast food restuarants or convenience stores. I am sure you need a book to tell you that Arby's sells Light Roast Turkey Deluxe and Taco Bell has soft chicken taco without cheese. In general, what they cover on about 200 pages could be explained in 1/4 of that (or less). Further, the book is very uneven, sometimes it treats you like an idiot and sometimes gives you advice that is more appropriate for serious riders (several hundred miles a week). Considering that it has been written by the editors of "Bicycling Magazine," it is rather embarrassing... Again, $11-12 is not much today so try if you want, you may learn a thing or two, but maybe you should explore other titles first.
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