Mantaray: Lots of interesting info. Makes a good reference manual.
Canada on Sep 03, 2018
David A. Baer: The concluding section of Tori Bortman’s THE BICYCLING BIG BOOK OF CYCLING FOR BEGINNERS makes the claim that ‘teaching, bicycles, and writing are Tori Bortman’s passions’. By the time the reader encounters this line, the truth of it has become clear.
Bortman has provided beginner (and, I would say, those who prefer the face-saving term '*advanced* beginner') cyclists with a jargon free, highly readable companion for the first thousand miles on thin rubber tires.
These pages contain no in-house tech talk meant to bolster anyone’s credentials and squeeze out the newbies. Instead, a gifted teacher who really wants her students to love the sport as much as she does builds our understanding from the ground up, step by step, brick by brick, ride by ride.
I’m finishing my first thousand miles and cannot think of a more amiable companion that THE BICYCLING BIG BOOK OF CYCLING FOR BEGINNERS and the ambitiously empathetic voice it channels to rookie riders whose gasping lungs and pumping legs are just beginning to know their strength.
United States on Aug 12, 2017
WhyNotTryIt: This is a great book for a beginner bicycle. Although I have always enjoyed bike riding, I guess you would say that I am trying to take it the next level. I found that there is so much more to taking up bike riding whether it is on a trail, the road, pavement, or through the woods. When researching for bikes and accessories, it was overwhelming. This book truly makes the search and the unknowns so much easier and covers so many topics. I thank Tori Bortman, the author of the book, for putting together a great guide for us novice riders. But I'm sure more experienced riders benefit by much of the book as well.
United States on Sep 13, 2016
Elbeau: As someone who recently returned to biking, perhaps a bit more than casually, I wanted to be educated but not preached to. This book wonderfully accomplished that. One of the things I have learned is that, with virtually every hobby and sport, there is a natural progression. For example, many new riders (myself included) find the seats of many bikes, even or especially upscale ones, are ridiculously hard and uncomfortable and will opt for padded seats of various kinds. There is a common, but not universal, progression away from padded, soft seats toward the harder ones as one's skills and experience increase. I know this and I am pretty sure I will be one to follow that course. But what I don't need -- and what will do me no good -- is for an experienced rider to tell me padded seats are bad, heavy, wrong, etc. I may eventually get used to them, like them or even believe you. But right now, a padded seat will keep me riding. So, the point of all this is that Bortman, clearly an experienced, expert rider realizes this and, while she makes her personal preferences known, she acknowledges that there are other points of view and other stages of the game. So, me being a beginner, she...
United States on Jun 10, 2016
LH: Bought for hubby for Christmas, he likes it. Not many pictures in it but quite good tips and advices.
United Kingdom on Jan 25, 2016
Bruce: This is a well written book with loads of advice but as the title says it's for beginners, so if you have experience on the bike you won't find this helps you much.
United Kingdom on Sep 22, 2015
George Fanthome: Didn't find it very useful
India on Aug 24, 2015
Andrew P. Houk: The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Beginners really is what it says; a book for beginners who may know nothing or very little about a bike. I used to ride my bike as a kid, commuted (and abused) my bike in college, then had no time for it until my knees needed a knee friendly exercise like cycling. I spent countless hours googling topics, reading forums, reading magazines, and buying things I didn't need. I could have saved a ton of money if I would have just started with this book. It arms you with the information you need to be able to go out and ask intelligent questions at the bike shop or club ride and get off on the right foot. It also provides enough details on all subjects so you can choose where to go do more research on your own.
The one downside of the book is that Tori recommends purchasing your bike at a local bike shop new and doesn't cover the possibilities of purchasing a used bike. For some of us even a new "budget" bike is too much money to put into a new sport without knowing if we will like it or not. Bikes depreciate like a car, as soon as you leave the shop with it the resale value takes a hit. that means you can get a used bike for much less than...
United States on Aug 02, 2014
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United Kingdom on May 10, 2020