The Complete Practical Encyclopedia of Cycling: Training, Bike Maintenance and Racing - Everything You Need to Know About Cycling for Fitness and ... ... Sport and Competition, and the Greatest Races - Hardcover

Edward Pickering

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754818497 ISBN 13: 9780754818496

Publisher: Lorenz Books, 2009

Synopsis

After an overview of the history of the bicycle, this book discusses all the essentials such as choosing a bike, basic skills, maintenance, and safety issues. The second part moves up a gear, with a section about equipment for touring, how to camp and the lowdown on all types of bikes. There is a chapter on sportive bikes and techniques for road bikes. For the more adventurous, the last part of the book presents extreme touring, competitive performance cycling, the challenge of trail and mountain bike racing, and training schedule for advanced racing. With expert advice and over 800 stunning photographs and artworks, including step-by-step features, this book is the essential all-[urpose guide for beginners and more advanced cyclists.

About this title

About the Author

Edward Pickering is an experienced racing, sportive, leisure and commuting cyclist and journalist who works for Cycling Weekly and Cycle Sport magazines. He has also written for various cycling publications, including the Lance Armstrong souvenir magazine, and for the New York Times. He specializes in the coverage of international road racing, and has followed and reported on six Tours de France, as well as most of the other makjor races. He discovered cycling at the age of five, and then rediscovered it at the age of 16, since when he has cycled and raced on three continents.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lorenz Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754818497
• ISBN 13: 9780754818496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256