This little book gives basic information on safe bike riding and competitions for mountain bikes and roadracers, including the basic skills, techniques, tricks and stunts. It covers choosing the right bike for the individual's needs, and gives advice on skills, racing tactics, maintenance checks, training, diet and fitness, and what to look for when watching the experts. Photographs, illustrations and diagrams show how to master and develop tricky movements.

 

This book features in the following series: Handbooks, Usborne Hotshots .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a handbook. A handbook is a single-volume reference book of compact size that provides concise factual information on a specific subject, organized systematically for quick and easy access. Statistical information is often published in handbook form (example: Statistical Handbook on the American Family). Some handbooks are published serially (CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics). This book was published 1996 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Mandy Ross has written lots of children's books, as well as poetry and a couple of plays. Lisa Miles spent her entire career in children's publishing, as both a writer and an editor. She worked in educational publishing for schools, children's trade publishing and also on a variety of children's magazines.