Mountain Bike!: A Manual of Beginning to Advanced Technique
Mountain Bike!: A Manual of Beginning to Advanced Technique
Menasha Ridge Press Mountain Bike By Menasha Ridge PressAt first glance, you may think that Nealy isn’t serious about teaching riding skills. The hand-printed pages–colored with hilarious animations–give the guide a comic-book appearance. But instead of assaulting his readers with dry chapters on technique, Nealy leads his readers on an entertaining tour of the mountain-biking world and how to survive it. He explains how to bunny hop, how to downhill, how to ride powerfully, and how to crash with style. He also includes a “Stupid Bike Tricks” section. One trick, The Invisible Mountain Biker, explains how to jump off of your bike and let it glide, unmanned, across the path of frightened hikers. Note that Nealy advises against heaving your bike into a crowd of hikers. Existing laws prohibit it.
Whether you’re a pro who’s ready to soar through flaming hoops, or the neophyte who’s merely searching for the pedals, Nealy’s guide is bound to be fun–and isn’t that what mountain biking is all about? –Ben Tiffany
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Solid book
Not sure on negative reviews, but this is solid book on mtn biking. Granted some things are not up-to-date, but c’mon, do you need someone telling you that clipless pedals are the latest and greatest? Duh. The skills taught here are fundamental and very practical. What really separate this book from others is that the author tells it all, his bad experiences, good experiences and how we can learn from them. Very, very useful and will help you avoid countless cuts and bruises you would have gotten had you learned them from experience! And it’s so much fun to read because the humor is just hilarious!
5 Stars Funny with Great illustrations and Information!
Love this book! It’s a classic. I have bought it for many friends when they buy their first mountain bike.
It is massively entertaining as well as very informative.
No boring, long winded explainations, just great illustrations and brief text. Both will make you laugh out loud as well as teach you a great deal.
Even if you’ve been mountain biking for 20 years, you will love this book.
Rod C. from Long Island, NY… but don’t hold that against me!
5 Stars This is still what mountain biking is about
This book will never be dated. It captures the essence of what mountain biking is about. You ride for fun - not for getting the teeny-weenie details just right with the clip of today.
I read this book every time I’m depressed or out with an injury - which means 5-6 times a year 
It is still so much fun and the best MTB book ever drawn (and written). If you don’t fall in love with this book - go ride on the roads!
5 Stars Mountain Bike!
In 2008, maybe a little dated as far as things like ‘clip-in’ pedals, but content and technique is spot on, and very humorous. A worthwhile read every year. I’ve given a copy to several mtb. riders. A great book to just thumb through all the time. Excellent!
2 Stars Kids book
Personally I found the style of this book irritating. Its 100% hand written text and cartoons, which don’t provide a lot of detail and the jokes were lame. The information is not incorrect - I just found it didn’t have enough detail to replicate the moves. And its old… eg, the importantance of pedals with toe clips! Best left for the kids
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