Mountain Bike Like A Champion: For Beginners to Experts!

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Improve your performance with these tips, techniques, and off-road tales from mountain biking legend Ned Overend

At the 1990 world championships in Durango, Colorado, Thomas Frischnecht and I were locked in a dogfight...

At the start of the fouth and final lap was a pitch of rocky, loose trail that went straight up the face of a ski run...

My Swiss rival had been dismounting and running his climb while I stayed on my bike. On previous laps, I'd opened a little gap, so I knew this would be my chance. I attacked when Thomas got off again. He never caught me...

To ride that steep trail, I had to use five climbing techniques. There's no reason why you can't make them part of your arsenal, too.

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: CORE CONCEPTS
Riding position | Balance | Pedaling | Vision | Shifting | Tire traction | Braking | Riding with others | Trail friendliness

PART TWO: ADVANCED MOUNTAIN BIKING
Suspension | Momentum | Unweighting | Steep climbs | Rapid descents | High-speed turns | Switchbacks | Drop-offs and ledges | Crashing | Epic rides

PART THREE: COMPETITION
Racing opportunities | Race-day tactics | Training for cross-country | Winter training

GLOSSARY | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | INDEX | ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Mountain Bike Like A Champion: For Beginners to Experts!