Essential Touring Cyclist: a Complete Guide for the Bicycle Traveler, Second Edition

Name: Essential Touring Cyclist: a Complete Guide for the Bicycle Traveler, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780071360197

ISBN-10: 0071360190

ISBN-13: 9780071360197

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Richard A. Lovett, Vera Jagendorf

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This guide for novice and intermediate cyclists covers bikes, gear and training techniques. This updated edition also has sections on short tours and touring abroad.

Book details

List price: $24.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 1/8/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



Getting Started



Choosing and Equipping a Bicycle


Types of Bicycles


Gearing


Wheels, Tires, and Tubes


Saddles Toe Clips


Other Components


Accessories


Useful Additions How Much Must I Spend?



Equipping Yourself


Helmets


Gloves


Eye Shields


Shoes


Cycling Shorts


Shirts and Jerseys Jackets and Wind Shells


Rain Gear


Cold-Weather Clothing



Making Friends With Your Bike and Staying Friendly


Before You Buy


Stems and Cranks


Adjustments



Basic Riding Skills


Pedaling Cadence


Riding in Traffic


Traffic Laws


Wind Dogs


Railroad Tracks, Cattle Guards, and Rumble Strips



Day Tours and Training Rides


Training Basics


Spring Training


Base Training


Training for a Tour Training through the Winter


Stretching and Weight Lifting Doing Your First Century



Beyond Day Riding



Organized Tours


Summer Camp on Wheels



Vans and Credit Cards: You Don't Have to Camp or Carry a Lot of Weight Types of Tours



Loaded Touring: You Can Take It All with You


Basic Camp Equipment


Bags


Loading Up


Getting Rid of the Shimmies Other Packing Tips


Light-Touring Rig


What to Carry



Life on the Road


Choosing a Destination


Where to Spend the Night Route Planning: You Say There's a Big Hill Ahead? Finding Your Way through Cities and Towns Showers, Sanitation, and Locks


Food


Water


Group Size



Challenges and Adversities: With Proper Preparation, Both Can Be Fun (Almost)


Hills and Mountains


Poor Visiility: Forest and Fog


Deserts Living--Or at Least Drinking--Off the Land


Bridges, Tunnels, and Freeways Gravel


Construction Zones


Hitching a Ride


Avoiding Confrontations Rain


Night Riding



Getting There: Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Buses, and Ferries Making a Choice



65 Great Tours--and More


Index


Acknowledgments