Product Description

More people are taking to the roads or exploring the wilderness on bicycles. This text provides advice on preventing and treating all kinds of bicycling-related aches and pains. It explains how to diagnose problems, offers solutions and alerts readers to conditions that require medical attention.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #117866 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent background about your body and cycling training
This book does not deal with training programs. Its sole focus is on riders health, what makes a good cyclist,vo2 max, power etc what role each plays in performance how to improve these in general terms Finally it deals in depth with how to take care of your health with FAQ and advice. An excellent book if you are any way curious about what training is really about. A huge amount of information for the beginner or most experienced rider.

Interesting read for a serious cyclist or cyclists with an interest in science
Any cyclist reading this book would get something out of it, but I think it is mainly aimed at intermediate to advance club riders who want or need to understand more about how their bodies work. The writing is quite textbook like and those without a science background are likely to struggle to make the most of some of the more scientific sections but the sections on nutrition and medical conditions related to cycling (including what you can do to prevent and treat such conditions) are likely to be more readily accessible.

Definitely worth a read for cyclists for the medical problems section alone, but not an easy read and many people are likely to find sections not relevant to them or not accessible to them.