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Mountain biking is wild, thrilling, brutal, beautiful, and over the edge - the ride of your life - the Ultimate Ride. It has the fringe feel of extreme sports, but just about anyone can do it, just about anywhere. (You don't even need a mountain - honest.) Strickland writes from his own experience - and he takes you along. He's become the mountain biker he would've wanted to ride with as a novice. Could've saved him a lot of troubles, he says. And skin. It's skill-intensive: You'll need plenty of techniques and tricks - stuff that's simple to understand and enact, but not so easy to discover on your own. Bill Strickland can show you what you don't even know you're missing. This book is packed with all the nuts and bolts of equipment and techniques, with real-life examples. It's like the best mountain bike ride: loose, expert, and a little in love with the unexpected.
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This book is packed with the nuts and bolts information of mountain biking. Bill Strickland takes the reader along on the wildest adventures and toughest trails to extreme mountain biking know-how.
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I don't know if his words are a request or a promise, don't know if they're about the beer or the biking (or the combination), or even if they're directed to his god, his body, or the sensible voice inside that tries to stop us from doing things like mountain biking. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
I don't know if his words are a request or a promise, don't know if they're about the beer or the biking (or the combination), or even if they're directed to his god, his body, or the sensible voice inside that tries to stop us from doing things like mountain biking. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Strickland's book is perfectly constructed. It is just the right combination of step-by-step instructions, personal anecdotes, illustrations, and mountain biking philosophy. Rather than writing as a Cycling God, Strickland writes as a person who has Been There, and amuses the reader with many references to his most graceful face-plants and other humiliating experiences. He writes wittily and with a casual style without insulting the reader's intelligence. Truly the Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate Ride.
Format:Paperback
A great source of information for us newies wanting to take our riding a step further. Bill obviously has a real passion for the sport and his style sums up what mountain biking is all about - fun!
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Witty, Marvelously Instructive
21 Jun 1999
Format:Paperback
Strickland's book is perfectly constructed. It is just the right combination of step-by-step instructions, personal anecdotes, illustrations, and mountain biking philosophy. Rather than writing as a Cycling God, Strickland writes as a person who has Been There, and amuses the reader with many references to his most graceful face-plants and other humiliating experiences. He writes wittily and with a casual style without insulting the reader's intelligence. Truly the Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate Ride.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Short , Sweet, Informative
27 July 2002
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
My complaint with most mountain bike "how-to" guides is that they gear the reader toward being a professional rider. That's because they are most often written by professional riders. Seldom has a book been written that just covers the basic questions like "How do I jump a small dirt mound?" or "What is the difference between the different types of rear-suspensions that are available?" This book answers those basic questions without getting into so much detail that the average rider will be bored. The text and illustrations are clear, concise, and entertaining. The outline of the book brings the reader from shopping for their first bike, right up through explaining some of the most basic "expert" techniques. But, again, the book is very much geared toward first time or beginner riders and is intended to gradually step them up through the ranks of bad, to better, to good.
In short, this book covers most all of the basic techniques you will need to be a good novice mountain bike rider. And that's exactly what I want to be.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Really is the ultimate guide
26 April 2000
Format:Paperback
An excellent book! Strickland's style is casual, funny, and fun to read, while still being packed with information. I recommend this book to all fat-tire enthusiasts out there.
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