High quality, full-colour photo sequences combined with race stories makes this a must-have book for mountain bikers. "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills" is your guide for riding better, faster and more confidently on all terrain. World champion racer Brian Lopes and renowned coach Lee McCormack provide you with key techniques and skills you'll need to take your ride to the next level. This new and improved edition provides detailed, technical instruction for every mountain biking discipline including, trail, gravity, aggro, racing and more. The high-quality photo sequences and demonstrations combined with race stories from Brian Lopes will give you the tools you need, whether you're a recreational rider looking to rock the trails with friends or a rider looking to beat the competition. Let "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills" help you ride with more confidence and have more fun.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Choose Your Weapon; Chapter 2. Become One With Your Bike; Chapter 4. Brake Better to Go Faster; Chapter 5. Carve Any Corner; Chapter 6. Wheelie and Hop Over Anything; Chapter 7. Pump Terrain for Free Speed; Chapter 8. Drop Like a Feather; Chapter 9. Jump With the Greatest of Ease; Chapter 11. Handle Crazy Conditions; Chapter 12. Avoid injuries; Chapter 13. Race Like a Champ.
About the Author
Since his professional debut back in 1993, Brian Lopes has been a constant presence on race podiums worldwide. With over 25 World Cup wins and four World Championship titles in both downhill and dual slalom, Brian holds the most World Cup "wins" of any male racer to date. Lee McCormack is the world's leading technique instructor and coaches riders of all types and levels. He is a journalist who has written for Bike, Mountain Bike Action, Twentysix, Flow and Mountain Biking.
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BUY THIS BOOK NOW!!! If I could only choose one Mountain Bike book out of my library this would be it. Colour photos on every page. Minimal yet informative writing and hilarious to boot! The authors have written this book in a very humorous way and it makes for a very entertaining read. The actual skill descriptions are phenomenal and techniques such as jumping, cornering and landing are broken down step by step with a trouble shooting section after each chapter. There is SO much information in this book I keep having to re-read it. There's also a helpful glossary and a very good chapter on racing that includes racing etiquette and a motivation which I thought was very refreshing. The authors are saying 'if you race to destroy people...you have a problem' There are plenty of pro-rider side bar comments and tips and amazing photos of pro riders doing what they do best. I highly recommend this book. It is very informative and inspirational. Well worth it! The only 'downside' is that there is no information about training plans...this book is about skills, so if you are after a book on how to get your cardiovascular system prepared for the events season you might want to look at 'The Mountain bikers training bible' by Joe Friel instead.
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