Teach Your Kid to Ride a Bike - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

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Looking forward to teaching your child to master a two-wheeler? Lance Armstrong's world-class teammates from the Discovery Channel® Pro Cycling team provide guidance to parents looking to emphasize safety skills and basic technique for the road or trail.

In Teach Your Kid to Ride a Bike, you'll find:

• Tips on finding the right location for learning and practice, stopping short without falling, avoiding crashes and injuries, managing bike and helmet fit, and much more!
• A comprehensive guide to bike repair in child-friendly basics
• Personal accounts of childhood cycling experiences from Discovery Channel team members, and how their first lessons transferred into years of enthusiasm for the sport

Teach Your Kid to Ride a Bike provides an unparalleled approach to introducing your child to a sport that may lead to a lifetime of enjoyment.

Table of Contents

• Foreword by Chris Carmichael
• Acknowledgments
• Safety
• First pedal strokes
• Your child at 8 to 12 years old
• Your young rider at 13 to 18 years old
  A word from Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team member Michael Barry
• Nutrition
  A word from Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team member Trent Lowe
• How to be a great coach
  A word from Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team member Tom Danielson
• Cyclists for life
  A word from Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team members Roger Hammond and George Hincapie
• Glossary of cycling terms
• Credits
• Index

About the Author

Mark Riedy has authored or contributed to numerous books, and has written for Bicycling, Mountain Bike, Outside, Men's Journal, Popular Science, and other magazines. He lives in Mill Valley, California.

Teach Your Kid to Ride a Bike - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team