Cycling category: 1003 books

Have you ever found an incredibly good deal on a bike, or seen an old bicycle that you really wanted to have but didn't like the color or the paint was all chipped? Or if you just wanted to make your bike more original (by painting it neon colors). Don't lose hope. Here is how to paint an old bike...

This book contains routes for both off and on road enthusiasts, graded for length and level of difficulty. Each route includes a detailed map, points of interest and refreshment stops, and a lively description of the terrain to be encountered. All cyclists, young or old, mountain biker or tourer,...

As Martin Krieg works to actualize the Greenway envisioned in 1994 in “Awake Again”, the true story about his comeback from a long coma, paralysis and clinical death and subsequent two bike rides across America, this book is set against the national Mayor's Rides we have run not long after...

Best Bike Rides Boston describes 40 of the greatest recreational rides in the Boston area. Road rides, rail trails, bike paths, and single-track mountain bike rides all get included. Most rides are in the 5 to 30 mile range, allowing for great afternoon outings and family adventures.

Alastair Humphreys spent four years traveling around the world on his bicycle, a journey that covered 46,000 miles and five continents. During his trip he gave motivational talks and received thousands of emails to his website in which people asked what kept him going through the low-points on his...

During a cycle tour in France in 2012, Marie’s legs started talking to her.  A year later, pedalling up a long hill in Corsica, The Legs piped up again.  ‘And how long is it for this time? Two months? And we’re going where? Oh, just to the Atlantic. Fine. No problem.’ With...

Best Bike Rides Washington D.C. describes 40 of the greatest recreational rides in the Washington D.C. area. Road rides, rail trails, bike paths, and single-track mountain bike rides all get included. Most rides are in the 5 to 30 mile range, allowing for great afternoon outings and family adventures.

Plunge down steep, rugged singletrack, relax along leisurely lakeside trails, or travel off-road through Virginia’s scenic horse and wine country with Mountain Biking Virginia. Local mountain biker Martín Fernández shows both novice and experienced cyclists how to get out of the gridlock and into...

This guidebook covers 20 mountain biking routes set throughout the length and breadth of the North Downs, from Farnham in the west to Dover in the east, as well as a route along the Downs Link, which joins the North Downs Way with the South Downs Way. They range from 18.5km to 59km in length and up...

Geen koers was dit jaar mooier dan Gent Welvelgem. Allemaal omdat de onvoorspelbare invloed van het weer op het koersverloop ervoor zorgde dat de wielerliefhebbers op het puntje van hun stoel zaten. Zo ook Thijs Zonneveld. Want als hij ergens enthousiast van wordt zijn het wielrenners en zijwind....

De Tour de France, het sportevenement waar vele wielerliefhebbers ieder jaar naar uitkijken, start in 2015 in Utrecht, en trekt via België naar Frankrijk. Handboek Tour de France is het perfecte Tourboek, voor de voorpret, voor bij de tv, voor mee op reis. In dit compacte naslagwerk brengen Michael...

Wekelijks trekken ze er alleen of in groepjes op uit. De een legt zijn dikke buik op de stang van zijn lichtgewicht racefiets, de ander zoeft met geschoren benen op enorme snelheid over dijken, fietspaden en heuveltjes in de omgeving. Ze hebben één ding gemeen: ze zijn allemaal wielertoeristen en...

* A well-loved, classic tale of adventure * Read this and you'll find yourself recommending it to friends again and again This is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000 miles global bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries...

Hidden in and around the Detroit and Ann Arbor area are some great roads, trails, and bike paths that are fun to explore. Best Bike Rides Detroit and Ann Arbor describes 40 great recreational rides in the metro areas. With most rides between 5 and 35 miles—including road rides, rail trails, bike...