Mastering Mountain Bike Skills 2nd Edition

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The all-time best selling MTB how-to book is back, bigger and better!

Mastering Mountain Bike Skills is your guide for riding better, faster and more confidently on all terrain. World champion racer Brian Lopes and renowned coach (and NICA skills development director) Lee McCormack provide you with all of the key techniques and skills you’ll need to take your ride to the next level.

This new and improved edition of Mastering Mountain Bike Skills provides detailed, technical instruction for every mountain biking discipline:

- Cross country
- All mountain
- Downhill
- Racing
- Pump tracks
- Dirt jumping
- and more

The first edition has sold almost 60,000 copies in seven languages worldwide. The second edition is updated to reflect evolution in mountain bike equipment and riding styles, as well as Brian and Lee’s increased experience.

About the book

Published by: Human Kinetics

ISBN-13: 9780736083713

Size: 8.5 x 11 inches

Pages: More than 250. 60 more than the first edition

Photos/illustrations: hundreds

Chapter 1: Choose Your Weapon
Chapter 2: Become One With Your Bike
Chapter 3: Make Great Power
Chapter 4: Brake Better to Go Faster
Chapter 5: Carve Any Corner
Chapter 6: Wheelie and Hop Over Anything
Chapter 7: Pump Terrain for Free Speed
Chapter 8: Drop Like a Feather
Chapter 9: Jump With the Greatest of Ease
Chapter 10: Flow on Any Trail
Chapter 11: Handle Crazy Conditions
Chapter 12: Avoid Injuries
Chapter 13: Race Like a Champ
Glossary

What’s new in this edition?

Great question. Lots of stuff:

Brian has a new emphasis in his riding. Less gated racing, more trail and endurance. That shows up.

Since the first edition came out, Lee has created a sequential teaching curriculum, and he’s been refining it for more than five years teaching riders of all styles and levels. That teaching mindset now informs the whole book. This edition does a much better job of teaching you how to ride better.

The whole book has been updated. Here is some of the new content:

- Suspension choice and setup
- 29ers
- Women specific bikes
- Customizing your bike for your riding style
- Saddle choice and fit
- Gearing options
- Body position - this informs the whole book
- Pedaling form and fitness
- Braking technique
- Keys to good cornering
- Hopping onto a ledge
- Pumping bumps and turns - new chapter
- Applying pump on real terrain - this also informs the whole book
- How far can you drop?
- How to case a jump safely
- Avoid injuries - new chapter with common mistakes and their fixes
- Top 5 MTB training exercises
- Dual slalom
- Super D
- 24-hour races
- Glossary