Product Description

Smart, instructive, and beautifully designed, every book in the Trailside Guide series contains the essential information readers need to master outdoor activities and have fun in the process.

Norton proudly reissues these best-selling guides with fully revised "Sources & Resources" sections (including where to find the Web sites, gear, services, books, clubs, and organizations that make for foolproof outings); updates to reflect the latest in gear technology, wilderness medicine, and first aid; and advances in techniques.

You can take it with you: Trailside Guides are designed to be used on the trail. Their handy size makes them easy to take along on outdoor adventures.
Picture this: Trailside Guides show you how it's done. Each book has more than 100 color photographs and dozens of informative, full-color technical illustrations you'll refer to again and again.
Buying Guide: Each Guide has all the information readers need to make informed decisions about what gear is available, and what they should buy.
Step-by-step: Tutorials take readers through every aspect of a given outdoor activity. Each Guide covers planning and preparing for a trip, getting in shape, technique, safety, and first-aid tips, and how to have more fun along the way!
Easy to use: Trailside Guides provide information quickly. Every book contains detailed illustrations, information-packed sidebars, and a complete index and bibliography.
Technique tips: Any physical activity is more fun when it's done right. Trailside Guides are written by experts and contain lucid explanations that help the reader quickly achieve proficiency.

It's a big world out there. Get into it with the Trailside Guides. Color photographs and drawings throughout.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #782464 in Books
• Published on: 1995-07-20
• Released on: 2002-12-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Ingram
A companion book to the Trailside PBS-TV series covers all aspects of buying and riding a bicycle, from road and trail touring to riding around town, with a full survey of the latest bike designs. TV tie-in.

Customer Reviews

Great resource, hopelessly dated
I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone getting started in mountain, road, or recreational bicycling. However, if you're new to the sport, you should know that you can only keep up with the latest in bike engineering and product development by studying this month's crop of bike magazines. Bicycling changes too rapidly.
By the time any well-written bike book hits the stores, it's completely out of date and this good ol' book is six years old. Bicycle shifting mechanisms, wheel science, advances in frame geometry and materials, nutritional and training advice, safety devices, and developments in suspension have all become branches of rocket science and, to some extent, victims of corporate marketing and fickle fashion. Some things never change, though. Your feet still go up and down and the wheels go 'round. In that sense, much of the information in this book is timeless. But when the authors get down to their technical recommendations and start commenting on "the latest trends" you've got to try not to chuckle. They were working on the best information they had at the time. The best bicycling magazines come from England. david bogie, boise ID
my other car is a Cannondale

Great resource, hopelessly dated
I enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone getting started in mountain, road, or recreational bicycling. However, if you're new to the sport, you should know that you can only keep up with the latest in bike engineering and product development by studying this month's crop of bike magazines. Bicycling changes too rapidly.
By the time any well-written bike book hits the stores, it's completely out of date and this good ol' book is six years old. Bicycle shifting mechanisms, wheel science, advances in frame geometry and materials, nutritional and training advice, safety devices, and developments in suspension have all become branches of rocket science and, to some extent, victims of corporate marketing and fickle fashion. Some things never change, though. Your feet still go up and down and the wheels go 'round. In that sense, much of the information in this book is timeless. But when the authors get down to their technical recommendations and start commenting on "the latest trends" you've got to try not to chuckle. They were working on the best information they had at the time. The best bicycling magazines come from England. david bogie, boise ID
my other car is a Cannondale

And you thought all you had to do was pedal!
Great primer. If you need to review the essentials, or if you are rediscovering the childhood glory of cycling, then this is a great place to start.Information is very easy to understand and apply.