{"product_id":"effective-cycling-seventh-edition-john-forester-9780262516945","title":"Effective Cycling, Seventh Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn updated edition of a classic handbook for cyclists from beginner to expert. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEffective Cycling\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential handbook for cyclists from beginner to expert, whether daily commuters or weekend pleasure trippers. This thoroughly updated seventh edition offers cyclists the information they need for riding a bicycle under all conditions: on congested city streets or winding mountain roads, day or night, rain or shine. It describes the sheer physical joy of cycling and provides the nuts-and-bolts details of how to choose a bicycle, maintain it, and use it in the most efficient manner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEffective Cycling\u003c\/i\u003e covers the bicycle itself, repairs and maintenance, basic and advanced cycling skills, and how traffic is organized. It describes cycling with friends, bicycle tours, increasing physical endurance, racing, and even finding a cyclist as marriage partner. Throughout, author John Forester emphasizes that cyclists should consider themselves drivers of vehicles in traffic. That means obeying the rules of the road, because when all drivers obey the same rules, they don't have collisions. Forester explains why cyclists should not be afraid to cycle in traffic, and he urges them to resist being shunted off into government-sponsored bike paths as if they were incompetent children. Cyclists fare best, he says, when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEffective Cycling\u003c\/i\u003e will help owners of bicycles dusty from disuse become active cyclists and veteran cyclists improve their techniques and achieve their cycling goals. Each section moves from basic to advanced topics; readers are encouraged get on a bicycle and practice each activity after reading about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Forester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262516942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262516945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 7.07w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012","brand":"John Forester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424999751935,"sku":"9780262516945","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3251089f-a184-4445-aee4-eaad5be87f47.jpg?v=1761536307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/effective-cycling-seventh-edition-john-forester-9780262516945","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}