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A fully illustrated instruction guide to mountain biking, produced in association with SSM Freesports, one of the world’s biggest freesports media and marketing companies.
An instructional with a difference…
Combining vibrant design with authoritative content, The Ultimate Guide to Mountain Biking is a must for all mountain bikers, from the relative beginner to the experienced practitioner.
Top riders Steve Geall and Robin Kitchin offer practical advice and tips on how to improve your skills: going uphill, cornering, braking, catching air and tricks; choosing the best bike. The style of the authors is very much a holistic approach to the sport – how riding gives you the opportunity to be at one with nature.
Unlike traditional instructionals, this book accurately conveys the culture and personality of mountain biking in a relaxed and entertaining style. Written by experts from within the sport, it is authoritative without being dull, as the authors share their experience and passion for the sport, addressing the reader as a fellow insider.
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An instructional with a difference…
Combining vibrant, youth-oriented design with authoritative content, The Ultimate Guide to Mountain Biking is a must for all mountian bikers, from the relative beginner to the experienced practitioner.
Top mountain bikers Steve Geall and Greg Minaar offer practical advice and tips on how to improve your skills, employing the latest techniques to create a holistic approach centred on a sound mental approach and correct body equilibrium. Photo-collages present the technique in a flowing, easy-to-understand manner, whilst creating a highly attractive, image-conscious design.
Unlike traditional instructionals, this book accurately conveys the culture and personality of mountian biking in a witty, entertaining style. Written by experts from within the sport, it is authoritative without being dull, as the authors share their experience and passion for the sport, addressing the reader as a fellow insider.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Format:Paperback
I read the other guys review on here and went to the library to get this book. Its a coffee table book with nice pictures and thats it. Ive since read loads of +ve reviews on Ned Overends Like a champion book which i think is a little older but ive orderred that one which ill review later.
This one offers no real insights or tech tips beyond what the beginer may need.
This one offers no real insights or tech tips beyond what the beginer may need.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have one thing to say about this book. IT IS ONLY THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ. If you are a fan of mountain biking, and want some more info, this book is for you. Anyone into extreme mountainbike racing should not be without this book. Also, Steave Geall is just amazing, and if you want any info, the best info you probably be able to get, is from the uk's smoothest and best dirtjumper. One amazing book here. GET IT.
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1 review
a pretty paint job but it needs more gears to make it go
20 Feb 2011
Long on great photos, short on everything else. Although this might be the perfect book for bike shops to give to prospective buyers to get them breathing heavy and dreaming of catching air. The book generates the most power when just flipping through it, thereby letting you imagine that you too might be able to ride in such glorious locations or with this sort of athletic aplomb. It will definitely stir you to get out there and ride.
But what it won't do is give you much instruction or insight into technique. The magazine-like spreads usually have only a few paragraphs of text so the authors are constrained as to how much they can explain.
There's another reason behind the scarcity of text - in publishing circles, this is what's referred to as a packaged book. Therein, an enterprising designer lays out a few spreads and a table of contents and the publisher tries to sell the foreign language rights to as many other publishers around the globe. By leaving lots of white space, the layout can accommodate even mega-syllabic German translation. This is the only way publishers in small countries can afford costly four-color printing as all the various editions are ganged together to print in the same run. But for any US reader, this is why we get the British "colour" and "tyre" because we Yanks don't even qualify for a copy-edit to correct this imperial curiosities.
All that said, on a cold and sleety day like this, the book served quite nicely for a 20 minute escape, stirring dreams of days forthcoming when I can reading the line of a single-track trail with handlebars in my hands instead of reading lines of type with a book in my hands.
But what it won't do is give you much instruction or insight into technique. The magazine-like spreads usually have only a few paragraphs of text so the authors are constrained as to how much they can explain.
There's another reason behind the scarcity of text - in publishing circles, this is what's referred to as a packaged book. Therein, an enterprising designer lays out a few spreads and a table of contents and the publisher tries to sell the foreign language rights to as many other publishers around the globe. By leaving lots of white space, the layout can accommodate even mega-syllabic German translation. This is the only way publishers in small countries can afford costly four-color printing as all the various editions are ganged together to print in the same run. But for any US reader, this is why we get the British "colour" and "tyre" because we Yanks don't even qualify for a copy-edit to correct this imperial curiosities.
All that said, on a cold and sleety day like this, the book served quite nicely for a 20 minute escape, stirring dreams of days forthcoming when I can reading the line of a single-track trail with handlebars in my hands instead of reading lines of type with a book in my hands.
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