Complete Book of Long Distance Cycling: Build the Strength, Skills and Confidence to Ride as Far as You Want by Edmund R. Burke, Ed Pavelka, Ben Hewitt
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- Pub. Date: October 2000
- 288pp
- Sales Rank: 135,279
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: October 2000
- Publisher: Rodale Press, Incorporated
- Format: Paperback, 288pp
- Sales Rank: 135,279
- ISBN-13: 9781579541996
- ISBN: 1579541992
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
The Complete Book of LONG-DISTANCE CYCLING
Ride Strong, Ride Long. . .Whether Your Goal Is 30 Miles or 3,000
From two of the country's top cycling experts comes the most comprehensive guide ever to achieving the strength, skills, and strategies you need for long-distance riding. Whether you're training for day rides, centuries, or cross-country trips, The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling helps you choose the right equipment, train step-by-step, and map out your riding strategy so that you can go the distance.
Discover how to:
Make the most of every hour on your bike
Build your mileage base efficiently
Customize your training to suit your personality and physical capabilities
Build extra training time into your hectic schedule
Avoid injuries and the dangers of overtraining
Achieve the mental edge you need to ride farther and faster
Train for both road and off-road touring
Choose cycling gear that goes and goes
Eat for the long haul<\m>nutrition before, during, and after your rides
To help you achieve your riding goals, The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling gives you complete, step-by-step training programs for riding a half-century, century, double century, and beyond.
You'll also find strategies and techniques for special situations, such as riding in bad weather and riding at night. Published by the world's leading authority on bicycling, this informative guide is a must-have for all cycling enthusiasts.
"In The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling,
Ed Pavelka and Ed Burke give you an education that took me 30 years to learn. Read it, remember it, and ride it." Lon Haldeman,ultramarathon cycling champion
Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D., a leading expert on training and nutrition for bicyclists, worked with the U.S. national cycling team at the Olympic Training Center for more than 20 years. An endurance rider, he is currently professor and director of the exercise science program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Ed Pavelka was executive editor of Bicycling magazine for 10 years and of Velo News for 8 years. He has written 20 bicycling books and holds two world records in ultra-marathon cycling. He is director of Internet content for Performance Bicycle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Biography
Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D., a leading expert on training and nutrition for bicyclists, worked with the U.S. national cycling team at the Olympic Training Center for more than 20 years. An endurance rider, he is currently professor and director of the exercise science program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
Ed Pavelka was executive editor of Bicycling magazine for 10 years and of Velo News for 8 years. He has written 20 bicycling books and holds two world records in ultra-marathon cycling. He is director of Internet content for Performance Bicycle in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Customer Reviews
You'll Ride Away A Winner With This Book!by Anonymous
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October 25, 2008:
This is one of the most COMPREHENSIVE books on long-distance cycling I've ever read and I recommend it to anyone who is going to do any amount of long distance cycling. While you can get SOME of the info off the internet, you can't get it all by far, and why would you want to try when you can get it all in this handy book? Let me tell you about some of what the book covers.
The book does a nice job of going over the most efficient positions to bike in. To me, this is the best way to avoid an injury. But if you do get an injury, the book goes over in some pretty good detail, what the most common injuries are and how to treat them (I also recommend The 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution if this terrible foot problem causes you cycling problems). I've read a lot about injuries from various sources and the advice is right on the money.
Biking equipment is also covered in a lot of detail, as well as the different types of bikes out there to help you sort out what you need. There's a lot of stuff out there made for cyclists and this could save a lot of people a lot of time and money.
Other interesting topics covered include what to eat (nutrition), how to train for various distance rides (the book breaks this up into up-to-100 miles rides, 100 to 200 mile rides, and 200 mile rides), specific cycling problems males/females may have (such as prostate irritation), riding in various weather conditions, and even how to stay in shape when you can't ride in the off-season!
As you can see, its a quite thorough book and I can't recommend it enough for those who are looking for a good long-distance cycling resource.
I Also Recommend: 5-Minute Plantar Fasciitis Solution.
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