About this item
Bicycling Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills is a comprehensive guide to road cycling skills and safety from the most trusted name in cycling, Bicycling magazine. This completely revised edition includes contemporary expert sources, fresh photography, and cutting-edge information on cycling technology, nutrition and supplementation, training, riding techniques, safety, and performance. It also features advice on riding in various weather conditions, at certain times of the year, and on various types of roads.Bicycling Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills also includes specific workouts, bike-selection advice, apparel suggestions, nutrition information, and an entire chapter on medical concerns. Backed by the authority of the most trusted name in cycling, this is a book no road cyclist should be without.
About the Author
An avid cyclist, Jason Sumner has been writing about two-wheeled pursuits of all kinds since 1999. He's covered the Tour de France, the Olympic Games, and dozens of other international cycling events. He also likes to throw himself into the fray, penning first-person accounts of cycling adventures all over the globe. Currently Sumner is the features editor for the websites RoadBikeReview.com and Mtbr.com, and is also the author of Bicycling: 1,100 All Time Best Tips and the cycling guide book "75 Classic Rides: Colorado." He's also a marginally talented amateur bike racer, and once rode 220 miles in one day to celebrate a friend's fiftieth birthday. When not writing or riding, the native Coloradoan can be found enjoying time with his wife Lisa and daughter Cora.
