Mountain Bike

Year: 1999 Format: 13x19 Pages: 192 Photos: col When, in 1974, the American Gary Fisher patented the first mountain bike, he certainly didn't imagine that that strange and squat bicycle compared to the elegant super-light road bikes would revolutionize the market . And it would also have changed our way of dealing with nature, of coming into contact with the woods, the paths, the open air. It was from America that mountain biking began to invade the world, becoming a social phenomenon that accompanied us throughout the nineties. However, many still haven't fully understood what a mountain bike really is. They would like to find a natural, ecological sport but they don't know which activity to give preference to. And then this book will take you by the hand to the total and in-depth knowledge of an off-road bike: from the differences between the frames to the different types of brakes, from the tires with various compounds to the pedals with different fixing systems, and to all the details necessary to be able to purchase the bike best suited to your needs. And then? And then the preparation begins; first with warm-up exercises, stretching, then with road training and finally with driving technique lessons. All in 100 progressive exercises that will make you an expert biker. Insights into the different specialties of mountain biking, clothing and nutrition and many other aspects of this extraordinary sport enrich the volume, without neglecting the history of the most innovative bike of the century.