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If you want to ride like a pro, you should learn from a pro! In Mastering Mountain Bike Skills, Third Edition, world-champion racer Brian Lopes and renowned riding coach Lee McCormack share their elite perspectives, real-life race stories, and their own successful techniques to help riders of all styles and levels build confidence and experience the full exhiliration of the sport.
Mastering Mountain Bike Skills is the best-selling guide for all mountain biking disciplines, including enduro, pump track racing, dual slalom, downhill, cross-country, fatbiking, and 24-hour races. It absolutely captures the sport and offers everything you need to maximize performance and excitement on the trail. Learn how to select the proper bike and customize it for your unique riding style. Develop a solid skills base so you can execute techniques with more power and precision. Master the essential techniques to help you carve every corner, nail every jump, and conquer every obstacle in your path. Last, but not least, prepare yourself to handle every type of weather and trail condition that the mountain biking world throws at you.
Whether you’re a recreational rider looking to rock the trails with friends, are a seasoned enthusiast, or are aspiring to be a top pro, Mastering Mountain Bike Skills will improve your ride and dust the competition. Don’t just survive the trail—own the trail, and enjoy the thrill of doing it.
From the Publisher
Brian Lopes, mountain bike legend, multiple world champion, and Hall of Fame inductee.
The Premier Publisher for Sports & Fitness.
Full-color images Real-life race stories from Mountain Bike legend
Learn from world-champion racer Brian Lopes and riding coach Lee McCormack!
More than 125,000 copies sold.
Mastering Mountain Bike Skills offers everything you need to maximize your fun and excitement on the trail. Learn how to select the proper bike and customize it for your unique riding style. Develop a solid skills base so you can execute techniques with more power and precision. Master the essential techniques to help you carve every corner, nail every jump, and conquer every obstacle in your path. Last, but not least, prepare yourself to handle every type of weather and trail condition that the mountain biking world throws at you.
Cross-Country Pump Tracks Dual Slalom Downhill Enduro
Full-Color, High-Definition Images And Composites Clarify Step-by-Step Instructions
Enter the Turn
Entering a corner at speed: Looking through, getting low, shifting to the outside foot, and starting to lean the bike.
Flying off a Drop
While this rock is rollable, Mr. Lopes has decided to generate extra pop and land somewhere special.
Pump-Manual Hop
1. Absorb the first roller. Let the front wheel float.
2. Pump-manual violently with extra upper-body pull.
3. Fly to a sweet landing.
Lay Your Bike Flat
Uncork this baby next time you jump through a turn with way too much speed.
1. Lean and turn across the face of the jump.
2. Turn your front wheel down.
3. Push your bike down.
4. Straighten your bars for landing.
5. Land front wheel first. Nice.
Publisher : Human Kinetics; Third edition (July 24, 2017)
Language : English
Paperback : 328 pages
ISBN-10 : 1492544493
ISBN-13 : 978-1492544494
Reading age : 18 years and up
Item Weight : 2.34 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.6 x 11 inches
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