Knack Cycling for Everyone: A Guide to Road, Mountain, and Commuter Biking

Knack Cycling for Everyone is the book for those looking to get introduced, or reintroduced, to today's world of cycling. It is a step-by-step, comprehensive guide that evaluates all bicycles available today, helps you determine the kind of bike that's right for you, and shows you the accessories you do and don't need to ride comfortably. For beginners to intermediates, it includes numerous how-to descriptions, replete with informative photos and tips, on all styles of riding--road biking, mountain biking, commuter cycling, and touring. There are chapters on training, long-distance riding, riding with children, riding with groups, and rules of the road.

Leah Garcia is an elite, professional moutain bike racer. She is the founder, president and creative director of Naturally Caffeinated(R), Inc. (www.naturallycaffeinated.com), a Boulder, Colorado, firm that produces health and wellness lifestyle programming for corporations and video-on-demand entertainment technology suppliers. Jilayne Lovejoy is a pro mountain bike racer. In 2003 she founded the Title Nine Women’s Cycling Club in Boulder, Colorado. Mark Doolittle is a veteran photographer whose work has appeared in Knack Weight Training for Women. Visit him at doolittlephoto.com.