Author: Richard Ballantine Year: 1975 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Sports, Bicycling
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ISBNs: 9780330267663 0330267663 |
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From the back cover:
"A complete and fully illustrated maintenance and repair guide. Every kind of bicycle described and evaluated. Who needs what and how to get your money's worth. Where and how to buy your new or used machine. Fitting your bicycle to you - a little-understood and vital art. Everything you want to know about touring on both sides of the Atlantic. Bike sizes, placement of seat and handlebars, including the 109 formula gearing. Riding: the basics of position, stroke and cadence. Mastering traffic. Information on racing. Accessories you do and don't need.
'The very best, the only good book in fact ever written for the serious amateur cyclist' (New York Times)."
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