DK, 2016. — 258 p. — ISBN10: 1465443932. — ISBN13: 978-1465443939 Bicycle showcases classic and cutting-edge bicycles and traces the evolution of cycling from the nineteenth century to today. From BMX and mountain biking to track and road racing, this comprehensive full-color guide features the latest high-performance bikes and cycling technology, as well as key models from...
Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2014, 125 p., ISBN: 978-3-319-05538-1, ISBN: 978-3-319-05539-8 Bicycles have been a common device to enhance physical fitness level in gyms and training centers along with solid use in competitive sport. For that reason, biomechanics of cycling has grown as a research field with many publications addressing different perspective...
Human Kinetics, 2017. — 568 p. — ISBN13: 978-1450497329. Finally, the authoritative resource that serious cyclists have been waiting for has arrived. The perfect blend of science and application, Cycling Science takes you inside the sport, into the training room and research lab, and onto the course.
Human Kinetics, 2013. — 224 p. — ISBN: 1450429300. From customized workouts to authoritative advice, Fitness Cycling provides the most effective workouts for achieving peak physical conditioning. As a cyclist and physician for one of the sports leading teams, author Shannon Sovndal provides a detailed approach to cycling that will help you increase strength, speed, stamina, and...
Yale University Press, 2004. — 458 p. In this, the definitive history of the bicycle, David Herlihy recounts the saga of this far-reaching invention and the passions it aroused. This lively and engrossing history retraces the extraordinary story of the bicycle — a history of disputed patents, brilliant inventions, and missed opportunities. Herlihy shows us why the bicycle...
Mountain biking skill. Lopez Brian, McCormack Lee (Brian Lopes, Lee McCormack). 2nd edition, in English. Human Kinetics, 2010, 264 p. e-book, Includes index. Choose Your Weapon2. Become One With Your Bike. Make Great Power. Brake Better to Go Faster. Carve Any Corner. Wheelie and Hop Over Anything. Pump Terrain for Free Speed. Drop Like a Feather. Jump With the Greatest of...
Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc., 1994. — 196 p. Experts have long recognized bicycling as one of the best forms of aerobic exercise. Almost anyone of any age can cycle for fitness, and anyone in good health can become a proficient rider with practice. Thanks to the efficiency of the bicycle, cycling is an excellent way to build cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness. One of the...
VeloPress, 2018. — 344 p. — ISBN: 9781937715823. Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in the world and his proven cycling training program has helped hundreds of thousands find success in the sport. Joe has completely rewritten this new 5th Edition of The Cyclist's Training Bible to incorporate new training principles and help athletes train smarter than ever. The Cyclist's...
Hatherleigh Press, 2018. — 224 p. — ISBN: 1578267706. A workout collection for both fitness cyclists and multi-sport athletes. Whether cycling for fun and fitness or training for a century ride, The Cycling Workout Handbook is your comprehensive training resource from top multi-sport athlete and coach Terri Schneider. The Cycling Workout Handbook includes training programs with...
Rodale Books, 2014. — 652 p. — ISBN: 978-1-62336-165-5. Introduction: The Call of the Open Road Finding the Right Ride for You The Bike is the Sum of Its Parts Bike Buying Guide : Finding Your Soul Mate The Fit Gearing Up to Success Road Riding Skills : Being one with the Bike Well,How so you do ? Road Etiquette Nutrition: The Care and Feeding of You Cyclist Training: Tuning...
Human Kinetics, 2009. — 200 p. — (Sports Anatomy). — ISBN: 978-0736075879. See what it takes to maximize cycling power, speed, and endurance! Cycling Anatomy will show you how to improve your performance by increasing muscular strength and optimizing the efficiency of every movement. Cycling Anatomy features 74 of the most effective cycling exercises, each with clear,...
Bloomsbury Sport, 2018. — 176 p. Phil Burt and Martin Evans have worked with the world's best cyclists, including the Great Britain Cycling Team, devising and implementing highly effective off the bike training plans. Now, in Strength and Conditioning for Cyclists you can benefit from their wealth of knowledge and experience and apply it to make you a stronger, faster and more...
Bloomsbury Sport, 2017. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1472919878, ISBN: 978-1472919892 (EPUB), ISBN: 978-1472919885 (epdf). This expert guide to competitive ultra-distance cycling is all riders need to cycle a very long way, fast. Ultra-distance events are among some of the greatest challenges a cyclist can face, with riders spending hundreds of miles in the saddle over a 24-hour...
Rodale, 2015. — 288 p. — ISBN: 978-1-623362-99-7. Bicycling Big Book of Training is an encouraging, focused training book that will speak to beginner and intermediate cyclists without making them feel like novices. It covers all the information the reader needs to begin an effective training regimen. The book is divided into five sections that are then broken into miniguides...
Menasha Ridge Press, 1994. – 162 p. If you’re looking for the ultimate mountain bike guide for the totally honed, welcome to William (Not Bill) Nealy’s world. Nealy’s expertise (acquired through years of crash and burn) enables him to translate hard-learned reflexes and instinctive responses into easy-to-understand drawings: drawings that will make you a much better rider....
Bloomsbury Sport, 2016. — 233 p. — ISBN10: 1472921704. — ISBN13: 978-1472921703 Take an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create a world-class cyclist. James Witts invites you into the world of marginal gains to discover the innovative training techniques, nutrition strategies and cutting-edge gear that are giving today's elite cyclists the competitive...
2nd ed. — VeloPress, 2012 — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1937716202 (e-book). The Time-Crunched Cyclist reveals the fastest way to get fit for road racing, century rides, cyclocross, Gran Fondos, mountain bike events, and multi-day cycling tours. With elite cycling coach Chris Carmichael's innovative, time-saving approach, busy cyclists will develop fitness, speed, and power in just 6...
Chicago Review Press, 2011. — 440 p. — ASIN: B005XCUYF6 The essential A-Z compendium of everything there is to know about the bicycle, this sports reference is full of amazing facts and enthralling anecdotes. A world of death-defying feats and obscure mechanical oddities, the nature of cycling is both heroic and geeky, and the perils of vicious dogs are given the same attention...
Buonpane Publications, 1999. — 103 p. — ISBN: 0-9649835-3-2. My many years as a race mechanic for both amateur and professional racers on road and track helped me to put old and new methods and ideas concerning wheel building to the test under the toughest conditions imaginable.
DK Publishing Inc., 2006. — 160 p. Want to tighten that torso in time for summer? Or simply want to get into the great outdoors? Get fit and fast in just 8 weeks with a variety of cycling programmes ideal for any fitness level. The government is actively promoting cycling in 2005 as a clean, healthy mode of transport, so whether it's spinning or off-road you're into, this guide...
Human Kinetics, 2009. — 231 p. — (Sports Anatomy). — ISBN: 978-0736075879. See what it takes to maximize cycling power, speed, and endurance! Cycling Anatomy will show you how to improve your performance by increasing muscular strength and optimizing the efficiency of every movement. Cycling Anatomy features 74 of the most effective cycling exercises, each with clear,...
Cicerone Press, 2016. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1852847463. This guidebook to mountain biking routes in North and North West Scotland describes 25 MTB routes north of the Great Glen, Covering a large geographical area, including Fort William, Rannoch Moor, Glen Spean, Ben Nevis, Sutherland, Torridon and Skye, the routes give a real flavour of the variety of different bike riding...
VeloPress, 2018. — 344 p. — ISBN: 9781937715823. Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in the world and his proven cycling training program has helped hundreds of thousands find success in the sport. Joe has completely rewritten this new 5th Edition of The Cyclist's Training Bible to incorporate new training principles and help athletes train smarter than ever. The Cyclist's...
Rodale Press, 1979. – 276 p. Why another book on cycling? Since the bicycle boom in 1973, dozens of books about bicycling have appeared, but few of the books answered the questions many people were asking. The C.O.N.I. book, Cycling (Rome: F.I.A.C., 1972), came as close as any, yet it leaves more questions about bicycles unanswered than it has been able to answer. More and more...
Pegasus Books, 2018. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1681776187, ISBN: 978-1681776903 (ebook). Guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of cycling, the author of Lanterne Rouge explores the glorious — and painful — allure of cycling up mountain peaks. Written with verve and enthusiasm, A Higher Calling explores why mountains have such a magnetic appeal to cyclists the world over. But Max...
Hatherleigh Press, 2018. — 224 p. — ISBN: 1578267706. A workout collection for both fitness cyclists and multi-sport athletes. Whether cycling for fun and fitness or training for a century ride, The Cycling Workout Handbook is your comprehensive training resource from top multi-sport athlete and coach Terri Schneider. The Cycling Workout Handbook includes training programs with...
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 2013 — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-0007282081 (ebook). The first book to cover in detail every major climb ever used in the Tour de France, including detail on the actual route (with maps and profile), length, height, list of winners and route descriptions of how to emulate the King of the Mountains and get from the bottom to the top. Every year the Tour...
The European Economic and Social Committee, 2011. — 79 p. — ISBN: 978-92-830-1615-1 Multilingual dictionary for cycling terminology in European languages, Arabic, Chinese. Japanese, and Russian.
Transworld Publishers, 2011 — 351 p. — ISBN: 978-0593066980, ISBN: 978-1409045083 (EPUB). The story of a second epic and record-breaking endurance adventure by the author of the bestselling and award-winning The Man Who Cycled the World. In 2008, Mark Beaumont smashed the world record for cycling around the world, by an astonishing 81 days. His race against the clock took him...
Bloomsbury Sport, 2014. — 416 p. — ISBN: 978-1408846810 (paperback), eISBN 978-1408846827. The Tour de France may provide the most obvious fame and glory, but it is cycling's one-day tests that the professional riders really prize. Toughest, longest and dirtiest of all are the so-called 'Monuments', the five legendary races that are the sport's equivalent of golf's majors or...
Rodale Books, 2015. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1623364465; eISBN 978–1623364472. The smell of lavender at a roadside picnic, waiting for the Tour de France to race past. The Pacific Ocean view from the 10,000-foot summit of Hawaii's Haleakala volcanic crater (after 5 hours of uphill riding). A fresh Fat Tire ale hitting your lips at the new Belgium brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado....
Arctic Glass Press, 2015. — 220 p. — ISBN: 978-0692496329. Jill Homer was just another naive young woman who followed a man to the Last Frontier — but it was Alaska that won her heart. This memoir is a love story about the wonderful, humorous, and sometimes harrowing experiences that await when a woman throws her heart to the wind just to see where it lands. After taking a job...
Greystone Books, 2011. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1553658177 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1553658184 (ebook). For Paul Howard, who has ridden the entire Tour de France route during the race itself — setting off at 4 am each day to avoid being caught by the pros — riding a small mountain bike race should hold no fear. Still, this isn’t just any mountain bike race. This is the Tour Divide....
2nd ed. — Eye Books, 2009. — 350 p. — ISBN: 978-1903070543. Alastair Humphreys left England in August 2001 to cycle round the world. After more than 1500 days and 46,000 miles spanning 5 continents and 60 countries, he arrived home having spent his student loans (which funded the entire trip). His journey, as well as a quest for adventure, helped to raise the profile of the...
2nd ed., Mountaineers Books, 2013 — 240 p. — ISBN13: 978-1594858192. Mountain bikers from around the world test their mettle on this 2,745-mile route each year * Ultra cycling, including this route through the Rockies, are increasing in popularity * 245 miles have been added to the route since the first edition was published and are now covered in this new update Mostly dirt...
Mountaineers Books, 2012 — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1594855061. 75 truly classic cycling routes range from family-friendly paved bicycle paths to epic mountain pass climbs Full color with maps, photographs, and lively turn-by-turn descriptions From a 50-mile route around Orcas Island or a family trip along Seattle’s flat Burke-Gilman Trail, to a breathtaking climb up to Washington...
Minerva Research, 2013. — 144 p. — ISBN: 978-0956320216. The Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) is one of the finest long-distance cycle rides in England, and tackling the route over four days is a marvelous mini-adventure that should appeal to all sorts of cyclists. Every stage of this 205-mile long cycle route, from Southport on Merseyside to Hornsea in East Yorkshire, is described by...
Cicerone Press, 2nd ed., 2016 — 208 p. — ISBN: 978-1852848583. A guidebook describing Britain's famous Land's End to John o Groats or 'End to End' cycle route, a journey of almost 1000 miles from the very tip of southwest England - Land's End - to the northernmost point of mainland Scotland - John o' Groats. Divided into 14 day stages, with each stage covering between 53 and 85...
University of Minnesota Press, 2017. — 248 p. — ISBN: 978-1517903459, ISBN: 978-1452955650 (EPUB). The Great Lakes are a remarkable repository of millions of years of complex geological transformations and of a considerably shorter, crowded span of human history. Over the course of four summers, Thomas Shevory rode a bicycle along their shores, taking in the stories the lakes...
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2013 — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-1408181386 (EPUB). Cyclosportives, or long-distance cycle rides, are growing in popularity all over the world. From the Etape du Tour - where cyclists get to ride a stage of the Tour de France - to the Tour of Flanders or the Etape Caledonia in Scotland, these events are pulling big numbers and attracting a range of cyclists....
2nd Edition. — Human Kinetics, 2019. — 256 p. From steep inclines to slick terrains, Cycling Anatomy, Second Edition, will ensure you are prepared for every challenge that comes your way. Using the same methods that elite cyclists use, you can employ this well-rounded collection of 89 strength and conditioning exercises to maximize cycling power, speed, and endurance to improve...
Pavilion, 2017. — 192 p. — ISBN: 978-1910232569. This book celebrating cycling covers the bicycle’s invention and subsequent historical development, stories of intrepid early cyclists who traveled the world, the 20th-century popularity of cycle touring, and the depiction of bicycles in films, books and art. It examines the sport of cycling, including histories of the Tour de...
Rodale Books, 2013. — 207 p. — (Bicycling). — ISBN10: 1609618319, 13 978-1609618315. Every cyclist wants to get faster. Whether they're a weekend warrior, a crit specialist, or a charity cruiser, speed is the X factor that lets a rider ride strong, feel fresh, and thoroughly enjoy each ride. Get Fast! is the cyclist's go-to guide for gaining speed. In it, author Selene Yeager...
Haynes Publishing UK, ISBN: 9781785212284. Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of cycling. Never again confuse a MAMIL with an MTBER, a fixie with a folder, or a Boris bike with a ‘bonk’. Bask in the admiration of your fellow bike enthusiasts as you pronounce confidently the difference between a hobbyhorse and a Parisienne, and know...
Broadway Books, 2011 — 400 p. — ISBN: 978-0307716651, eISBN 978-0307716668. The inspiring story of one young man's record-breaking solo cycle journey around the world On 15 February 2008, Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. 194 days and 17 hours previously, he had begun his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time. Mark smashed the Guinness...
Random House, 2012. ISBN: 9781446435878. Discover the story of Britain’s ultimate cyclist and his ill-fated race during the 1967 Tour de France, from the bestselling author of "Half Man Half Bike". Tom Simpson was an Olympic medallist, world champion, and the first Briton to wear the fabled yellow jersey of the Tour de France. He died a tragic early death during the 1967 Tour....
Bloomsbury Sport, 2017 — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1472918802, ISBN: 978-1472918819 (EPUB). The Giro d'Italia is the cooler, tougher brother of the Tour de France. First staged in 1909, and only pausing for two World Wars, its hundredth edition takes place in 2017. Inspired by L'Auto's improved circulation figures after establishing France's Grand Tour, the Gazzetta dello Sport saw an...
Yellow Jersey Press, 2017 — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-0224100380, ISBN: 978-1473524156 (EPUB). This is real cycling, where the glory is and where dreams come true. So said Bradley Wiggins when, after years of huge success on the track and in time trials, he reached the summit of Mont Ventoux in the 2009 Tour de France alongside the best in the business. Mountains are where...
Castle Quay Books, 2014 — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1927355480, ISBN: 978-1927355497 (ebook). Can I do this? I asked myself. I'd been repeating the same question for the last 24 hours. People seem to say, "It's Arvid-of course he can do it." If they knew how many times I struggled with self-doubt, with the question of whether I should bike another kilometre, they would never feel so...
Bantam Press (an imprint of Transworld Publishers), 2014 — ISBN13: 978-0593073346 (paperback), ISBN13: 978-1448171668 (EPUB). After almost a decade of reporting on the exploits of the pro peloton, raconteur Felix Lowe takes to the saddle and sets out to conquer the road from Barcelona to Rome. Powered by local delicacies, painkillers and imaginary fans, Lowe pedals his way...
Brown Dog Books, 2018. — 160 p. — ISBN: 978-1785453335 (print), ISBN: 978-1785453342 (ebook). Eight friends take on the greatest challenge of their lives, to cycle 20 peaks of the Tour de France in seven days. Their adventure will take them beyond what any of them expected, through epic highs, dramatic lows, unforgettable scenery and the toughest days of cycling any of them...
Mountaineers Books, 2012. — 320 p. — ISBN: 978-1594856501, ISBN: 978-1594856518. Bike riding trails that range from family-friendly paved biking paths to epic Oregon mountain-pass climbs Features easy-reference lists to help you quickly find the biking riding trail for your interests and fitness level Full-color guidebook with maps, photographs, and lively turn-by-turn route...
Yellow Jersey Press, 2016. — 352 p. — ISBN: 978-0224100205, ISBN: 978-1473522855 (EPUB). Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike. Asking for trouble and getting it, he sets off from the northernmost Norwegian-Russian border at the Arctic winter's brutal height,...
William Collins, 2018. — 432 p. — ISBN: 978-0008220778, ISBN: 978-0008220785 (ebook). A sole cyclist battling over a pass high in the mountains is one of the most romantic of sporting images. In the past 150 years road cycling has been dominated by a series of iconic people who have redefined endurance and fortitude. Every decade has pushed human limits, until limits were...
Triumph Books, 2011 — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-1600785252. Three-time Ironman finisher Amy Snyder takes the wraps off the best kept secret in the sports world, the Race Across America (RAAM), a bicycle race like no other. Unlike its famous cousin the Tour de France, RAAM is much crazier, more gothic, and even savage: once the gun goes off the clock doesn't stop, and the first rider...
The Sunday Times, 2012. David Walsh was one of the few journalists who dared to doubt the miracle of the cancer survivor who came back to win the toughest race in the sport. As the years went by, the other reporters largely melted away, feeling that if they could not tell the truth about the race and its winner, they didn’t want to write anything about it at all. This book, The...
Frances Lincoln, 2016. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-0711237063 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1781012208 (ebook). The fourth in a series of eight new cycling climbs guides from bestselling author of 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs and Another 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs, Simon Warren. Spanning the width of England, the Midlands contain numerous (literally) breath-taking climbs. The isolation of...
Frances Lincoln, 2016. — 176 p. — ISBN: 978-0711237049. Publishing to coincide with the Tour de Yorkshire, a new race introduced on the back of the success of the 2015 Tour de France starting race, this is the second title in a series of eight UK regional Cycling Climbs guides. With revised and revisited routes from bestselling cycling guides 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs and...
Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2014 — 144 p. — ISBN: 978-1-78101-147-8. From the author who brought you 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs comes another essential guide to vertical pain. This time Simon Warren has turned his attention to the famous climbs of Belgium and the ascents that define the world’s greatest single day bike races. From the rugged cobbles of the Tour of Flanders, to the...
Random House, 2015. ISBN: 9781473524927. One man, one bike, one hour. The inside story of Bradley Wiggins's record-breaking ride. For 60 minutes this summer, the British public stopped what they were doing, switched on their radios, and their TVs, refreshed their Twitter feeds, and followed Bradley Wiggins’s attempt to break one of the sport’s most grueling records: The Hour....
Comments