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Books : The Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike)In association with Amazon.comby: John Summerson  List Price: $17.95 Amazon.com's Price: $12.21 You Save: $5.74 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Perfect PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 796.63 EAN: 9780979257100 ISBN: 0979257107 Label: Brigham Distributing Manufacturer: Brigham Distributing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: July 01, 2007 Publisher: Brigham Distributing Studio: Brigham Distributing Sales Rank: 79630 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The Complete Guide to Climbing (By Bike) is the ultimate guide to cycling climbing and the most difficult hill climbs in the United States. Included in its 224 pages are sections on training for climbing, memorable climbing performances and other climbing resources. The most difficult U.S. climbs are described in great detail including: - Easy to read directions with maps - Accurate climb information including total elevation gain, length and average/maximum grade - Appendices include multiple climb rankings (most difficult, highest altitude attained, greatest elevation gained, steepest, etc) and profiles of the 100 most difficult American hill climbs. This book contains everything cyclists need to know to locate and tackle the toughest climbs in the U.S. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Vertical junkies GuideIf you enjoy the challenge of going vertical on your bike then this book is a must have in your cycling library. Good descriptions with directions, vertical profiles, and some pictures of many great rides in the US. The book can be good motivator to see what is out there and to challenge any rider to go big. Rating: - Very welcome book, if not thoroughIt's about time someone finally got on the road on their bike all over the country, then sat down writing about the great roads in the United States that are a challenge to go up. Many of the climbs, that is. There's no book like this anywhere, and if you're into traveling with your bike, and riding up the big climbs, this is it. The book does however fall short for me in a few ways. First, it's layout is somewhat scattered, like it needed better editing in it's organization, but also ... Read More Rating: - US Climbs BibleI agree with others that this is an excellent addition to the cycling library. Finally a place to find the big US climbs and to find out that they stack up well with those we have watched others climb for yrs. Most (but not all) of the big US climbs are out west which makes senses due to topography. The amount of data on each is quite good and accurate (I have done 20-25 of those listed) and the climbing categories and comparisons are very entertaining. The training sessions and memorable American ... Read More Rating:  - Not even close to "Complete"This book is a decent review of several climbs in the US but it is hardly "complete." The useful information in this book could easily be cut down to a couple magazine articles and it would probably have better flow than the book the authors produced. The authors focus only on the most notorious climbs in the US. If you have a subscription of Bicycle Magazine, you've probably already read about these. The section on "climbing technique" is very rudimentary and only a couple pages long. Again, you'll ... Read More Rating: - Book should be called the Bike Climbers BibleI am old and heavy but I still love going UP. I needed a guide to help find climbs and a true rating of one over the other. THE 100 Toughest USA Road Bike Climbs page is worth the price of the book! I have climbed Mt. Washington (#1) 3 times - Equinox (#7) - WhiteFace (#16) - Evens (#20) - Auscutney (#31) and Burke (#50) from the top 50. They are rated correctly - also Mitchell at #85 and Brasstown Bald at #82 are correct in the ratings after climbing them. Note Brasstown Bald is an inflated climb due ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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