Hit the trail with the assurance and daring of a pro biker. Get the adrenaline rush of flying under your own power. And take Mountain Biking along. It's packed with all the nuts and bolts of mountain biking: Equipment (Homemade, Beware, Must Have); Techniques�with real-life examples. Author Bill Strickland writes from his own experience�and he takes you along. 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. Table of Contents: Foreword by Susan DeMattei / Acknowledgments. 1. WELCOME TO MOUNTAIN BIKING 2. GEAR WITHOUT FEAR: How TO Buy Cool Bikes and Equipment. Let the Biker Beware / Attention, Off-Road Shoppers! / Gear and Clothing without Fear and Loathing / Pedal Principles / To Repair is Human. 3. BECOMING AN EARTHSURFER: Basic Mountain Biking Skills. The First Fifteen Minutes / Loose Rules / Position of Power / Finding a Line / Braking News / Get Over It / Get a Grip / Going Up / The Decent Descent / Turn, Baby, Turn / Life in the Balance / Fuel for Thought / Shred Lightly / Go Your Own Way. 4. SHRED U: Higher Studies in Getting Honed. An . . . ticipation / Not Missing Links / Rise and Shine / Radical Descents / Lunge Time / Air Apparent / One Good Turn / Narrow Minded / Unbraking / Funky Terrain / Speed Thrills / Spin Cycle / Crash Course. 5. RIDING ON THE EDGE: Expert Skills and Beyond. Personal Style / Jumping for Joy / How to Not Jump / Maximum Braking / When Feet Are Faster. 6. THE BALLISTIC BALLET: Training and Racing. Your First Race / Anatomy of a Plan. 7. RIDING FOR ADVENTURE. The Small and the Classic / Getting Your Bike There. 8. OUT THERE: Why Mountain Biking Matters. Appendix: Resources About the Author: Bill Strickland is a contributing writer and staff member for Mountain Bike magazine, was managing editor for Bicycling magazine, and has written about mountain biking for Bicycling, Mens Health, Mens Journal, Verge, and Blue magazines. No stranger to tough rides, he once rode eight days across France and Belgium�about 100 miles per day. Published by McGraw-Hill/Ragged Mountain Press. Softcover. 128 pages. 105 b&w illustrations.

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