Bicycling Magazine's Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills
  Take your road cycling to the next level with the newest techniques, equipment, and skills from the leading magazine in the sport. Check out how to:
- Ensure your bike is in tip-top shape in 8 easy steps
- Boost your efficiency with smooth pedaling and proper form
- Brake without wasting speed of wiping out
- Ride safely in wet, cold, or hot weather
- Convert your mountain bike for the road
- Master the skills of riding in traffic
- Get long-distance secrets from the Race Across America record-holder
- Train indoors with these 5 workouts
- Prevent saddle sores, numbness, and knee pain
- Motivate ourself to train harder
- Discover the world of recumbents and tandems
- Sprint like a champion
- Attack hills for maximum fitness
Table of Contents
PART ONE: THE BASICS
A perfect position | Get a grip | Smooth spinning | A quick and easy checkup
PART TWO: ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Lung power | Breaking away | Quick and safe cornering | Attacking hills | Going down | Sprint like a champion | Group riding | Paceline riding | Beat the heat | Conquer the cold | Rainly-day risks | Riding at night
PART THREE: SAFETY IN TRAFFIC
Street smarts | The road code | At the crossroads | Evasive maneuvers | Survival skills
PART FOUR: RIDING STRONGER and LONGER
Pedal power | The rhythm of the ride | Take it to the limit | Long-distance secrets | The upside of hills | Ride like the wind | The mental edge
PART FIVE: YEAR-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
Come in from the cold | Simplified weight training | A new view of cross-training | Hit the dirt | From off-road to asphalt
PART SIX: FUELING YOUR ENGINE
Elemental eating | Wet your whistle | Fast food | Lighten up
PART SEVEN: MEDICAL CONCERNS
Overtraining | Saddle sores | Numbness | Knees | For men only | For women only
PART EIGHT: SPECIAL BIKES
The rad world of recumbents | Double your fun | Glossary | About the authors | Photo credits
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