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Title: Mountain Bike Like a Champion
ISBN: 1579540813
Author:
Ned Overend
Ben Hewitt
Ed Pavelka
Publicate Date: 1999-08-01
Publish: 1999-08-01
List Price: $18.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Good but not great
Ned offers a lot of great tips and invaluable advice on how to best tackle your local mountain on bike without getting too much into the science and nitty gritty of it.
It is small enough to read in on session, which is perfect for those who easily get bored with reading for hours.
The only criticism I have is that it could have included some pictures/photos to make it more engaging.
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2: The Best Book About Mountain Biking
I love this book. I have owned it for about a month and have read it cover to cover and re-read about half of it at least a couple times. Some books just focus on basic skills and techniques, but this book is more holistic in its approach, putting biking into proper perspective. Ned includes dozens of enjoyable stories and examples from his own biking career that really add color to the overall make-up of the book. Ned's book is very inspiring, and it will make you want to ride your bike and improve your skills. It will also encourage you to not ride your bike when the time is not right to ride. Ned seems to understand of living a balanced life, a good reminder for some of us who can be a bit obsessive about our hobbies.
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3: Really Good Book
Boy, you know you got a gem when it devotes one whole chapter on balance. That is like the most fundamental skill of cycling and if you can't do that right you should take up tennis or something. Most people can do tricks and hops but I venture to say not too many can do a track stand (bike stationary) for more than minute. This is more for XC as the guy writing it is pro XC racer. But these skills are fundamental for every discipline of cycling.
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4: Motivating
I really don't know if someone can improve your skills by reading a book. If you think so, Brian Lopes book is a better choice. Ned's book, however, is a really motivating tool. You will want to ride 100000000000000000 km after reading the book. As a mountain biker for almost 5 years, i must assume that the book is beginner's oriented.
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5: NED'S CHAMPION AND HIS BOOK IS HIS COMPENDIUM
If you feel like reading a book may boost your skill to ride a bike, well don't look any further: grab Ned's masterpiece and absorb it to your deepest neurons. Why? Because Ned's Ned. He takes you through five milestones or temple's columns: Balance, pedaling in circles, shifting frequently, vision and braking. Of course the book has a lot more to tell you, but if you master these five, you'll be light-years ahead. Do not believe that reading will take you to the next level of skill, but READING AND PRACTISING YES. Buy Ned's book and carefully follow his hints, practice them till boredom and you'll be flabbergasted of how farther you can get. I did it and my friends are now behind me....
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