Text and step-by-step illustrations provide information on mountain biking. Includes tips on entering a race, emergency repairs, and maintenance checks.
Traces the development of all-terrain bikes, explains what to look for in an ATB, and demonstrates riding techniques for rough terrain, touring, and racing.
expert tips on conquering curves, corners, dips, descents, hills, water hazards, and other all-terrain challenges
Bicycling
1996
Guide to riding a mountain bike, with information on choosing the right bike, riding skills, how to ride in any weather, and tips from professional mountain bikers.
Photographs, advertisements, illustrations, and text trace the history of mountain biking over the last twenty-five years, profiling developments in the sport and some of its most legendary participants.
Provides an introduction to mountain biking, reviewing the history of the sport, looking at different types of bikes, and discussing clothing and gear, biking techniques and competitions, training, and safety.
Knowing that the mountain trails are unsafe for bicycles due to fallen trees and other obstacles, Jonas helps organize a clean-up crew in early spring, but when he hears someone else biking on the trail he cannot resist a ride of his own.