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This volume is published with Sustrans, the transport charity that co-ordinates the National Cycle Network which provides over 6000 miles of biycycle routes throughout the UK. It contains a background to both the charity and their project and advice to bicycling for beginners, in the city and as a family. Divided into ten sections - the West Country; South East; London; east of England; the Midlands; Wales; north of England; Scotland; Northern Ireland; and long distance and holiday routes - each...

Featuring more than 40 of Northern Virginia and Maryland's greatest mountain bike rides. Includes GPS-Quality, digitally-designed shaded relief maps detailing each ride; helpful ride locator maps get you to the ride without getting lost; accurate route profiles show the ups and downs of each ride; fascinating 3-D surface maps with dramatic views of the surrounding terrain; in-depth trail descriptions with difficulty ratings; detailed route directions; schedules, local attractions, eateries, and...

The Best Bike Rides "TM" series offers moderate to serious tours for the avid cyclist with the same profile details as Short Bike Rides "TM" -- including maps, directions, and pit-stop information.

This is a guide to bicycle touring adventures in England, Scotland and Wales. It gives an overview of touring the British mainland, and provides detailed descriptions of 30 different bicycle tours, with route maps, varying in length from two-day trips to a two-week tour. The book includes access and accommodation recommendations, as well as information on bike transport by car, plane and train, and on renting cycles locally.

Offers advice for mountain bikers, including techniques for reading trails, jumping, climbing, mounting, braking, and executing turns.

Paved and off-road bicycling are enormously popular in every state. Now there is a guide to help cyclists recognize and treat the wide range of injury and illness that can happen unexpectedly. From treatment for a broken nose to CPR, Mountain Bikers' Guide to Treating Medical Emergencies is a manual that is easy to use when faced with a medical emergency. The book prepares mountain bikers to prevent illness and injury; recognize illness and injury when it occurs; and remain calm and implement ap...

Author Timm Muth pedaled his bike on more than 2,000 miles of singletrack to bring you the 70 best rides in North Carolina. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic coast, this guide covers it all.

The true story of the toughest bicycle race ever staged, the Circuit des Champs de Bataille (the Tour of the Battlefields)The Circuit des Champs de Bataille (the Tour of the Battlefields) was held in 1919, less than six months after the end of the First World War. It covered 2,000 kilometres and was raced in appalling conditions across the battlefields of the Western Front, otherwise known as the Zone Rouge. The race was so tough that only 21 riders finished, and it was never staged again.With o...

French historian Jean-Paul Ollivier pays tribute to the most famous cyclists in history through arresting full-color and black-and-white photographs, many drawn from the official archives of the Tour de France Society. A dramatic mix of history and anecdote, The Giants of Cycling also provides statistics on each cyclist's racing career. The athletes featured include Anquetil, Bobet, Coppi, Merckx, Indurain, and Hinault, and they're ranked here according to six categories -- Legendary Cyclists, C...

Over the years, the Alpe and its 21 hairpins have been transformed into the ultimate high point of the Tour de France, a place where the unworthy are found out, because they will last maybe three hairpins, five at best, before the Alpe conquers them. The race on the Alpe never disappoints and always separates the strong from the weak. This splendid visual tour reveals the majesty of a mountain that has humbled the most confident cyclists.

The autobiography of football icon Jimmy GreavesJames Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves was one of the greatest footballers to have graced the English game, a goalscorer of legendary prowess. His gripping and characteristically humorous autobiography journeys from Jimmy's childhood in the East End, via his early career at Chelsea and his short and troubled stay at A.C. Milan, to his emergence as one of the great stars of sixties football while at Spurs and an outstanding England forward. Jimmy's record as a...