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Mountain Bike Like a Champion by Ned Overend, Ed Pavelka (Contributor) List Price: $16.95 Our Price: $13.56 You Save: $3.39 (20%)

Through mountain bike champion Ned Overend's recollections, experience the races that earned him glory and learn the strategies he used in mountain biking situations. Racers and recreational bikers alike will improve their understanding of the sport, learn to ride with greater speed and fewer crashes, develop a training program, and gain inspiration. Thirty-three chapters cover mountain biking techniques in greater detail than any other book on the market. Excellent instruction and engaging anecdotes make for a racing good read.

Bicycling Magazine's Ultimate Ride Guide for Road and Mountain Biking : Breakthrough Training Programs, Daily Logs, and Performance Secrets by John Reeser (Editor)

Mountain Biking : The Ultimate Guide to the Ultimate Ride by Bill Strickland, Susan Demattei List Price: $15.95 Our Price: $12.76 You Save: $3.19 (20%)

Mountain Biking is wild, thrilling, brutal, beautiful, and over the edge--the ride of your life--The Ultimate Ride. It has the fringe feel of extreme sports, but just about anyone can do it, just about anywhere. (You don't even need a mountain-honest.). Strickland writes from his own experience-and he takes you along. He's become the mountain biker he would've wanted to ride with as a novice. Could've saved him a lot of troubles, he says. And skin. It's skill-intensive: You'll need plenty of techniques and tricks-stuff that's simple to understand and enact, but not so easy to discover on your own. Bill Strickland can show you what you don't even know you're missing. This book is packed with all the nuts and bolts of equipment and techniques, with real-life examples. It's like the best mountain bike ride: loose, expert, and a little in love with the unexpected.

Mountain Bike Magazine's Complete Guide to Mountain Biking Skills : Expert Tips on Conquering Curves, Corners, Dips, Descents, Hills, Water Hazards by Bicycling Magazine's editors List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%)

If road riding is the arrogant godfather of the cycling world, mountain biking is the fun-loving, black-sheep stepson. The Mountain Bike magazine editors reflect this spirit, tuning their highly accessible guide to both those with dreams of widowmaker descents as well as others just looking for a pleasant Sunday spin on scenic dirt roads. Breaking the sport down into lively yet informative chapters--complete with cartoons and amusing anecdotes--they cover the basics and then some. All technical skills are addressed, including bunny hopping, high-speed cornering, and the terribly elegant nose wheelie. The guide also includes a comprehensive section on cycling fitness and customizing a training program for would-be racers. No one is alienated here, but if you fancy yourself an expert rider, you might want to look elsewhere. This guide is geared more toward the novice whose journey has only just begun. --Ben Tiffany

Mountain Biking Utah (Falcon Guide) by Gregg Bromka List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $15.96 You Save: $3.99 (20%)

With 100 rides to choose from, Mountain Biking Utah takes fat-tire enthusiasts on a tour of the state's unique landscapes-from the rugged mountains in the north to the spacious central plateaus and famed canyon country in the south. Pedal through the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City, relish the endless vistas atop Brian Head Resort, and discover Moab's redrock splendor in and around Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Mountain bikers of all abilities will enjoy the classic assortment of rides varying in length and difficulty and appealing to a variety of moods, skills, and fitness levels. Detailed route descriptions, elevation profiles and easy-to-use maps help you find the trailhead and stay on track.

Moab, Utah : A Travelguide to Slickrock Bike Trail and Mountain Biking Adventures by Bob Ward List Price: $15.00 Our Price: $12.00 You Save: $3.00 (20%)

Moab, Utah is a travelers guide specifically design for mountain bikers visiting Moab, but useful to everyone else visiting the region. A mountain bikers resource book containing great travel and equipment tips, hotels, motels, restaurants, baby sitting services, bike repairs, ATM locations and much more

Mountain Biking Moab (Fat/Trax Series) by David Crowell List Price: $10.95 Our Price: $8.76 You Save: $2.19 (20%)

Here are forty-two of the best rides around Moab, in Canyonlands and Arches national parks, high in the La Sals, and along the Colorado River. Take your pick from scenic road routes, hot singletrack, and scintillating slickrock. Detailed ride descriptions make it easy to find the trailheads and follow the routeshelping you stay on track with accurate distances keyed to easy-to-read maps and ratings for physical and technical difficulty.