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With this guidebook, fat tire enthusiasts can discover 40of the best mountain bike rides in the Palmetto State. Ride throughtunnels of massive live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, or bring yourbinoculars and keep an eye out for some of South Carolina's widevariety of wildlife.From the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountainsto the sandy beaches of the coastal Lowcountry, this book will guideyou through the state's finest public greenways, wildlife refuges,city and state parks, and state and national forests.Mountain bikersof all abilities will enjoy the assortment of rides included in thisbook.Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find the trailheadsand follow the routes-helping you stay on track with easy-to-read mapsand ratings for physical and technical difficulty. ... Read more

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Comprehensive and user-friendly
Nicole Blouin's book has all you need:excellent maps, accurate directions, and comprehensive, user-friendly information.The Falcon Guide series is superb, and Blouin's book is a worthy addition. ... Read more

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Here are 25 of the best tracks and trails aroundAlbuquerque. From the Rio Grande Bosque to the Sandia Peak Ski Area,Mountain Biking Albuquerque serves up a tasty sampling as diverse as theNew Mexico landscape. Detailed descriptions make it easy to find thetrailheads and follow the routes, helping you stay on track withaccurate distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for physicaland technical difficulty. This handy pocket-sized guide will help youchoose a ride that's appropriate for your fitness and skill level andwill be an indispensable companion for all your fat-tire fun. ... Read more

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Thin Air Paradise
This guide is exactly what you need to get to the trail head.A few of the roads have chaged here and there, but over-all, the information is very good.Summer chairlift riding in the Sandia Peak Ski Area is the best, ride #15.The northeren and southern foothills, trails 20 and 21 are really great afterwork rides. Especially the southern foothills.

Falcon Guide Reveiw By a Avid Mountain Biker
From cover to cover this guide allows you to follow it's contents easily and affectively. You won't be wasting your ride time figuring out where to go. The maps are easy to read, giving you just the right information. Thereare graphs that show you distance in relation to elevation, a real helpfultool in guaging if this ride will be what you want. It also discribesterrain and gives a scale of difficulty to aide in the decision making. Ienjoy carring this book with me when I ride because it is so easy to use. Iwould highly recomend this and other Falcon guides to any avid mountainbiker like myself. ... Read more

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Top technical tips and insights from legends and icons of the mountain biking world. This comprehensive book starts with a run through the various MTB disciplines, gives guidance on equipment & set-up, fitness & nutrition, how to handle berms, drop offs & switchbacks and even covers survival techniques, coming back from injury and competitive strategies. Each chapter contains step by step guidance and is supported by unique insights from today's best riders, including Steve Peat, Sam Hill, Gee Atherton, Tracey Moseley, Christoph Sauser and Cam McCaul. Supported by quality photography and images featuring awesome action shots.Never before have so many top professional riders been featured in one book. Combining their tips with the author's inspirational coaching makes this a truly unique mountain biking skills book. ... Read more

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Features 40 rides. ... Read more

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Home to more miles of the North Country Scenic Trail than any other state, Michigan's diversity will appeal to even the most seasoned mountain biker. What this state lacks in elevation, it makes up for in rugged, hilly terrain, Great Lakes shoreline, and forest-shrouded trails. This book includes 67 rides, most of which are on singletrack, showcasing the best of Michigan.
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Great overall guide
This is the only mountain biking guidebook that I could find that covers the entire state of Michigan. An excellent resource. ... Read more

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From the vast flatness of the Northwest to the foothills of the Appalachians in the Southeast, and from scenic overlooks of the Ohio River in the Southwest to vistas of Lake Erie in the Northeast, Ohio offers much for your eyes to behold. These visions are most appreciated and remembered as you whip across smooth singletrack, surge down steep valley walls, and crank up never-ending hills that comprise the mountain biking terrain in the Buckeye State. Let Adam Vincent, an Ohio native and seasoned cyclist, take you on off-road tours that you will not likely forget.

From this book you can expect exhaustive and comprehensive trail descriptions, from beginner to advanced, GPS-quality, digitally designed relief maps detailing each ride and accurate route profiles showing the ups and downs of each ride. In addition detailed directions get you to the ride without getting you lost. Detailed mile-by-mile directional cues are also provided with difficulty ratings, elevation gain, trail contacts, and much more. ... Read more

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A useful book for the first time mountain biker in Ohio
A useful book for the first timer to mountain biking in Ohio. Ohio sensibly divided into regions. Each region forms a chapters so routes which are close together geographically are also close together in the book. The edition (2000) we bought (second hand) is a bit dated, some of the routes have changed or been extended and new routes not in the book have been built. Having said this the book gives a good indication of where mountain bike routes can be found in Ohio and having identified these locations more up to date information can be obtained by researching the locations else where i.e. on the internet. On some of the routes in the book the sketch maps and list of instructions were all we required to complete the route but on other routes a good local map was essential.

It's about time!
Finally someone has done a through guide book of ohio. The information in this book could be a little more up to date, but that is a little hard to due with trail expansions and closures.I'mextremely happy to see the book because I met the author while riding at mickeys mountain, in norteast ohio, with two friends. Although the author put some of the pictures with different trails . I'm on page 137, in the front. Needless to say I was stoked to see my photo in print. ... Read more

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Mountain bikers, beginner to expert, all share a common need - a place to ride. Mountain Biking New Mexico gives fat-tire enthusiasts the skinny on where to ride. Here are seventy-eight of the best rides in the Land of Enchantment, from the lowlands of the Rio Grande Valley to the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Take your pick from scenic road routes, hot singletracks, lung-popping climbs, and demented downhills.

Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find the trailheads and follow the routes. You stay on track with accurate distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for physical and technical difficulty.

This hand guide will help you choose a ride that's appropriate for your fitness and skill levels. It's an indispensable companion for all your fat-tire fun. ... Read more

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lots of roads
This is one in the ubiquitous Falconguide series, and it has the same virtues and vices of all of them.Virtues: good info on the region, OK maps, OK trail info, good energy.Vices: the author seems to think that mountain biking is done on dirt roads.Almost all of the rides are on roads, and there seems to be a concerted effort to not talk about popular single-track rides--most of the ST's listed are out-of-the-way oddities.If you want to ride classic single-track, this book is next to useless. ... Read more

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Decent Entry-Level MTB Book
Coming in at 118 pages, and a smaller size book, this is what it is.No, it's not a mountain bike master level course, but you really need a video for that.This is a great basic rundown for a new mountain biker or teenager looking to get into the sport, but who doesn't want to read War and Peace about it.It has a basic rundown of many skills people use every day but don't realize they are using them.I would suggest this book, but not as a stand-alone, I would pick up this, Ned Overends book, and a D.I.Y. MTB repair book if you want to get a good feel for MTB basics and mid-level skills.You should also check out videos as well though.

Really Bad
It's really hard to find a good mountain biking book these days.Everyone is trying to learn the infamous bunny hop but even for books with illustrations, it is still hard to follow.Well, try a book with no photos - that's this book.Really bad and hard to follow.The writing is really boring.Skip.From what I read, I say skip the books - mountain biking really requires a live-action DVD to really teach you how to ride.

Not so good
This book was not as useful as Mastering Mountain Bike Skills
by Brian Lopes. Descriptions not as in depth and not many pictures to show what the author was actually talking about. ... Read more

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A decent, but often confusing guidebook.
I think Fine Edge makes some great recreation topo maps for mt. biking,but I was frequently disappointed by this book.It's written by groups ofdifferent authors, and as a result, it's way uneven. Some regions featuregood, clear writing, others are almost shockingly bad.(Palm Springscyclists will hate it.)I'm kind of ashamed to admit it, but some of theroute descriptions and maps got me lost, too.Maybe it was my fault, but Idon't think so.For a company based in Bishop that makes such goodrecreation maps, the maps here seem especially lame.Bottom line: I'd buythis book for some of the regions, but not the others. ... Read more

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Mountain biking on all the islands from a biker's perspective. Lists all trails accessible and open to mountain bikes by the State of Hawaii's Division of Forestry and Wildlife, Hawaii State Parks, and Hawaii Volcanoes National Parks. Also lists private pastures that may be ridden with approval by landowners. Color photos, digital elevation maps and trail descriptions, plus tips on trail safety, trail etiquette, and preservation. ... Read more

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Excellent... Your one-stop guide to biking Hawaii.
This book really helped me on all my rides in Hawaii. Best of all, the book had sections on all 6 visitable main islands. The maps and trail descriptions were always right on... don't ride in the islands withoutthis! ... Read more

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The first comprehensive trail guide to mountain biking inOhio is back. Written by a mountain biker for mountain bikers, thisbook has all the best singletrack. No tow paths, no hike-n-biketrails; if it's paved, it's not here!

- 36 Rides totaling over 450 miles.
- 36 Detailed Location Maps with precise driving directions to get you to the trailhead worry-free.
- 31 Detailed Trail Maps with trails, roads, streams, and even a milage scale.
- A Standardized Rating of each trail's difficulty so you know exactly which trails you want to ride.
- Contact and Emergency Phone Numbers.
- Important Hints, Helps, and Notes to help you plan and enjoy your ride!
- Compact Size which fits into most every backpack/hydration system including Camelbacks©.

Mountain Biking Ohio is written with an attitude that will make youwant to get out and ride! Don't let anyone tell you that there is nogood mountain biking in Ohio. Mountain Biking Ohio has trails for alllevels of riders, from beginner to expert to gonzo! ... Read more

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Used Book, 1st Edition Buyer
I bought the book used from one of the sellers on Amazon.It was worth what I paid, but this is the 1997 Edition.A lot of info in the book, and maps.Great book to get trail riding ideas from to plan your trip.I don't think I would have paid the advertised price (new) for this book though.

Great Book!
This book should be read by anyone interested in the Ohio trails. The book shows maps, warnings of hunters and anything else that the rider needs to know before the journey is begun. ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD FOR INSTRUCTION

Have fun and ride safely with advice from this comprehensive biking guide

The most comprehensive entry-level guide to mountain bikingavailable, The Complete Mountain Biking Manual covers every aspect of this increasingly popular sport, including equipment, training, off-road skills, competition, safety, repairs, and maintenance.

With nearly 400 vivid full-color photos featuring all of the techniques and gear you need, this indispensableguide offers you practical advice on choosing a bike;setting it up for speed, comfort, and safety; getting fit and stayinghealthy, riding safely; and learning to ride at high speeds.

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A useful book for the beginers
This is a useful book for someone who's not familiar with the bike trails in the covered area (Orange County, CA).For each ride, it has a side-bar with at-a-glance key information (length, configuration, aerobic/technical difficulties, scenery, riding time, access, etc), and a brief description, followed by detailed directions, plus a map and an elevation chart.It is also up-to-date compared with the book by Randy Vogel and Larry Kuechlin.It even mentions the 2007 Santiago fire.I have never taken this book with me on a ride.I just use it to get some basic ideas about the trail and then go to Google Earth to print a map.It would be more useful if (1) the maps include more of the other trails around the featured trails to give the reader better orientation and (2) the maps include markers keyed to the distance in the elevation charts. ... Read more

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From the low desert to the high peaks, from rolling midlands to red slickrock, Arizona offers some of the finest, most diverse mountain biking in the world. A year-round riding season and a staggering array of trails make Arizona a destination for mountain bikers from every corner of the globe. The state is also the home and training ground for some of the most accomplished riders you'll ever meet. If you're ready to get pushed to the limits of body and mind, Arizona is the place to ride and this is the guidebook that will take you there.This guide includes: comprehensive trail descriptions, from beginner to advanced; GPS-quality, digitally designed maps detailing each ride; accurate route profiles show the ups and downs of each ride; detailed directions to get to the ride; mile-by-mile directional cues, difficulty ratings, elevation gain, trail content, local information, and much more. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 384 pages, b&w photos, maps, charts) ... Read more

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Mountain Biking in Arizona
This book is for much more technical areas for mountain biking than we wanted. We wanted gentle trails instead of hard-core trails which is what this book entails.

One of the best for AZ mtb trails
Great book.Used it when I moved back to AZ to start exploring new stuff.It is a bit dated, but all guidebooks are to some degree.If you expect a guide book to walk you through every foot of trail and spoonfeed you what pretty trees to look at along the way you might as well spend your time surfing the internet for nice pictures of trails.What fun is exploring if it's all in the book?

I used this book as all guidebooks should be used...to get you to the best trailhead and save you from wasting valuable exploration time.To that end, it is a great resource and I'd recommend it to anyone looking to experience AZ mountain biking.

outdated, inaccurate, not at all helpful
My goodness, book reviews can be deceiving. Especially when an author asks good friends to write positive reviews to help sell a book. One reviewer wrote; "he's (the author) ridden every one (trail) at least twice so the information is very accurate." This is far from the truth. The author wrote about accessing trails where the access was lost to developement years before he wrote the book. He couldn't have ridden the trail even once. The distances listed between turns on existing trails are off by so much you'll find yourself stopping and turning around after you don't see any turn where he says there will be one. Like bikeboy stated in his review, the book is too much filler, the maps are too small to be helpful, the book is too bulky to be carried in a pack, and not a helpful guidebook. No local shops even carry the book because they say it will get you lost. They sell much more accurate local trail guidebooks. My husband and I use guidebooks wherever we travel and this one is the least helpful we have seen.

Far exceeds expectations
Each time I return to this book I recognize how many little extras it includes, such as vertical profiles, several ways to find or select a trail, a good place to satisfy post-ride munchies, or the phone number of a local bike shop in a nearby town for an emergency repair.

As a 4th generation native of Arizona, I thought I knew my way around, but this book has paid off in directing me to a lot of out of the way trails I never would have found or even heard of swapping ideas with local riders.Do not overlook or underestimate the many "honorable mention" rides included in each chapter.

There's another popular book on Arizona mountain bike trails that is sort of a cartoon.Buy that if you want laughs, but buy Mountain Bike America: Arizona if you want a serious reference tool to get the most out of your visits to and around Arizona.

whole lot of nothing
This thing weighs in at a whopping 19 ounces. Way too much paper filler with all sorts of peripheral information about mountain biking in general, but not enough specific details about the best Arizona trails.The maps were done with a GPS, but a gray line drawn by a computer over a b&w topo that covers only 1/4 page just does not get it. You've probably heard the expression that a camel is a horse designed by committee.This is a book written by a knowledgable mountain biker then stuffed into the Falcon/Globe-Pequot format. This fomulaic (sp?) approach to a mountain bike guide just doesn't work.The local guides and maps are cheaper, better and lighter. ... Read more

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Very useful.Good info and nicely written.
Ive used this book several times when i visit my folks in central coast california.Its come in handy and ive discovered quite a few great trails with its assistance.Cant complain. ... Read more

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A master instructor shares his comprehensive, down-to-earthapproach to having fun, getting fit, developing a positive attitude,and meeting the great outdoors. ... Read more

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Begining Mt Bike Rider
I have been a long distant tour rider for years, just purchased a Mt Bike 11/21/01 purchased this book for some insite as to this type of riding, upon receiving it read all of it in one setting enjoyed it very much, rendered much help.
Elzie Speir

A very entertaining informative book about loving biking
I read through this book and the author gives some really good insights to mountain biking.The book is based a how-to-have-fun basis. ... Read more

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Whether touring or training alone or with an organized group, thousands enjoy riding Colorado's mountain roads every year. Drawn to the alpine beauty and egged on by the challenge, they struggle against the grade, against the altitude, and against mile after brutal mile. Unfortunately, cyclists also struggle against a lack of information. Well, struggle no more! Finally, here is a guidebook that gives cyclists what hikers and climbers have had for their activities for years—comprehensive information. Cycling Colorado's Mountain Passes tells bicyclists everything they need to know to ride Colorado's 38 highest paved mountain roads, as well as describing the heart of every mountain road—the high pass. In the book you will find:
- an overview of each pass with pros and cons of the area
- distances, difficulty ratings, elevations, and road grades for each side of the pass
- recommended starting points for one-day rides
- multiple alternate starting points for each pass so you can do an easier ride or just find a good spot for lunch
- information on road and traffic conditions so riders will know what they're getting into before they get there
- listings of near-road camping spots and forest service campsites
- contact information for local chambers of commerce
- where you can expect to find water and other essentials
- a detailed mileage log for both sides of the pass so you'll always know how far you have to go
- general advice on gear you'll need, weather you may encounter, and safety considerations
- grade profiles with multiple start-and-stop options and maps so you can design rides that will let you train for races and marathons

Cycling Colorado's Mountain Passes is an invaluable resource for riders of all skill levels and abilities. If you've been cycling for years and are tired of the same old routes and close-to-home hills, Cycling Colorado's Mountain Passes will open up hundreds of miles of roads to help you plan your rides and weekends to get the most out of cycling Colorado. ... Read more

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Comprehensive & Useful
Though not exhaustive, Cycling Colorado's Mountain Passes by Kurt Magsamen, offers a perfect beginning for anyone seeking information on Colorado's many mountain climbs.This book, 237 pages long, describes 34 passes from all parts of the state.All passes are neatly outlined in the table of contents by area, thereby making them easy to find.The introduction describes the book's organization and general content.This section also includes useful information about safety, time of the year with optimal weather conditions, recommendations for conditioning as well as equipment.For someone new to the state or unfamiliar with cycling mountain passes, the introduction is most useful. There is also a summery of passes by region that includes elevation and difficulty on pages 223-4.A pass-bragging log provides a place for making personal notes.The included index provides quick access to the more detailed information contained in the book elsewhere.

The bulk of the book is devoted to a description of each pass.Each of the described passes is organized to begin with an overview, and followed by a road map, recommended start and stop points as well as alternatives, road and traffic conditions, descent challenges, sleep and supplies, and finally mileage logs.All information included is quite useful especially for someone who is new to the state.I especially like the comments contained in the road and traffic conditions, as well as the insights about where one can find accommodations and food.The graphic display of the mileage log offers a quick look of what one is about to tackle and given the exaggerated vertical scale can appear quite intimidating.More accurate information about mountain grades and overall difficulty is included in the opening paragraphs for each pass.

In general, I find the book is well organized and full of useful information.It is small enough to fit into the back of your bike jersey and at a list price of($$$) should be considered for the book shelf of every biking enthusiast who wants to take on Colorado's mountain passes. ... Read more

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Mountain bikers, beginner to expert, all share a commonneed-a place to ride.Mountain Biking Chico gives fat tire enthusiaststhe skinny on where to ride.Here are 30 of the best rides aroundChico, one of the best bicycling towns in America.Take your pick fromsteep, serpentine singletrack; easy family rides on paved roads; andeverything in between.Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to findthe trailheads and follow the routes-helping you stay on track withaccurate distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for physicaland technical difficulty.This handy pocket-sized guide will help youchoose a ride that's appropriate for your fitness and skill level andwill be an indispensable companion for all your fat tire fun. ... Read more

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great book
This is a excelent guide in many ways: the ride descriptions give you a good idea of what you are up against physically and technically, there is a broad number of rides to choose from, the maps and elevation profiles arewell detailed, and the directions are easy to follow. You must have thisguide if you want to ride in or near Chico. ... Read more