 | Bicycling Science, 3rd Edition
By: The Mit Press Price: $ 24.95 $ 15.58 Reviews: 24 Average Rating: 4.0
The bicycle is almost unique among human-powered machines in that it uses human muscles in a near-optimum way. This new edition of the bible of bicycle builders and bicyclists provides just about everything you could want to know about the history of bicycles, how human beings propel them, what makes them go faster, and what keeps them from going even faster. The scientific and engineering information is of interest not only to designers and builders of bicycles and other human-powered vehicles but also to competitive cyclists, bicycle... |
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 | The Mountain Bikers Training Bible
By: Velopress Price: $ 19.95 $ 11.25 Reviews: 17 Average Rating: 4.5
Mountain biking presents unique challenges, and noted expert Joe Friel addresses them all in his latest book. Covering every aspect of training, he helps riders maximize their experience and minimize problems. |
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 | Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100
By: Da Capo Press Price: $ 16.95 $ 6.78 Reviews: 23 Average Rating: 4.5
Cycling is one of the most popular and fastest growing activities in the nation—today more than 56 million recreational cyclists bike regularly in the United States. Now leading cycling journalists Roy M. Wallack and Bill Katovsky have assembled into one essential resource everything cyclists needs to know to bike for a lifetime. These experts present groundbreaking information on medical research, training techniques, nutrition, and technology and equipment trends that impact the sport at every level. They also assess the risks and... |
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 | Bicycling Magazines New Cyclist Handbook
By: Rodale Books Price: $ 9.95 $ 3.72 Reviews: 3 Average Rating: 4.5
Proven wisdom and techniques to help new cyclists get on the road to better fitness and safe, skilled riding.Now completely revised and updated with the latest advances in the sport, this comprehensive handbook will help any new cyclist ride with confidence and avoid common pitfalls. Learn how to choose the right bike, ride safely in traffic, treat and prevent injuries, train for a century, and perform basic maintenance. Packed with quick tips from the pros at Bicycling magazine, this volume provides everything the new cyclist... |
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 | Blazing Saddles: The Cruel and Unusual History of the Tour de France
By: Velopress Price: $ 16.47
In this fascinating book, award-winning sports writer Matt Rendell covers every corner of "La Grande Boucle," from the eccentric couture of the first Tour winner (white blazer, black trousers, wool socks) to the earliest method of cheating (riding the train). Blazing Saddles recounts the famous rivalries and riders that contested the Tour, setting the score straight with complete records of every podium finisher. Rendells vivid storytelling is complemented with more than 100 classic black-and-white photographs, portraying cyclings... |
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 | The Bicycle Wheel 3rd Edition
By: Not Avail Price: $ 24.99 Reviews: 16 Average Rating: 4.5
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 | The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride
By: Rodale Books Price: $ 15.95 $ 3.42 Reviews: 46 Average Rating: 4.0
Its hard to argue with success; its even tougher to emulate it. But if you want to train like a Tour de France winner, you couldnt do much better than learning the tricks of the trade from two-time champion (1999 and 2000) Lance Armstrong. In The Lance Armstrong Performance Program: Seven Weeks to the Perfect Ride, Armstrong teams up with his coach, Chris Carmichael (whom the U.S. Olympic Committee named 1999s Coach of the Year), to offer the ultimate insiders guide to becoming a better rider, based on the regimen... |
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 | Atomic Zombies Bicycle Builders Bonanza
By: Mcgraw-hill/tab Electronics Price: $ 24.95 $ 14.34 Reviews: 34 Average Rating: 4.5
* Provides detailed, step-by-step instruction showing how to build your own customized bicyles on a shoe-string budget * Thoroughly illustrated--includes 50 blueprints and 200 photos * Includes ideas, techniques, advice, and practical tips for the creative builder * One of the authors creations will be included in the Guinness Book of World Records for the tallest bicycle |
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 | Weight Training for Cyclists: The Ultimate Training Series from VeloPress (The Ultimate Training Series from Velopress, 2)
By: Velopress Price: $ 14.95 $ 8.44 Reviews: 11 Average Rating: 4.0
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 | Major: A Black Athlete, a White Era, and the Fight to Be the Worlds Fastest Human Being
By: Crown Price: $ 24.00 $ 11.99 Reviews: 4 Average Rating: 4.0
At the turn of the 20th century, hundreds of handsome, lightning-fast racers won the hearts and minds of a bicycling-crazed public. Scientists studied them, newspapers glorified them, and millions of dollars in purse money was awarded to them. Major Taylor aimed to be the fastest of them all. A prominent black man at a time when such a thing was deemed scandalous, his mounting victories, high moral virtue, and bulletlike riding style made him a target for ridicule from the press and sabotage by the white riders who shared the track with... |
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