Epic bike rides of the world : explore the planet's most thrilling cycling routes

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Epic bike rides of the world : explore the planet's most thrilling cycling routes

Alternate title:

Lonely Planet epic bike rides of the world

Series:

Lonely planet.

Summary:

Discover 200 of the best places to ride a bike in this beautifully illustrated hardback. From family-friendly, sightseeing urban rides to epic adventures off the beaten track. Destinations range from France and Italy, for the world's great bike races, to the wilds of Mongolia and Patagonia. These journeys will inspire-- whether you are an experienced cyclist or just getting started. Each ride is illustrated with stunning photography and a map. A toolkit of practical details-- where to start and finish, how to get there, where to stay and more-- helps riders plan their own trips. There are also suggestions for three more similar rides around the world for each story. Each piece shows how cycling is a fantastic way to get to know a place, a people, and their culture.

General Note:

At head of title: Lonely Planet.

Includes index.

Edition:

1st edition.

Contents:

Africa. Tour d'Afrique ; Riding the Rif (Morocco) -- Americas. Cuba's southern rollercoaster ; To the tip of Patagonia (Argentina) ; The Natchez Trace Parkway (USA) ; A circuit of San Juan Island (USA) ; Family bikepacking in Ecuador ; Colorado beer bike tour (USA) ; North America's Pacific coast (USA) ; Mountain biking in Moab (USA) ; Ride the Whitehorse Trails (Canada) ; The Minuteman Bikeway (USA) ; Buenos Aires' bike paths (Argentina) ; The covered bridges of Vermont (USA) ; Vancouver and Whistler (Canada) ; Manhattan circumnavigation (USA) -- Asia. Mai Chau cycle ride (Vietnam) ; Bikepacking in Mongolia ; Cycling the Seto Inland Sea (Japan) ; HIgh in the Himalaya (India) ; Bhutanese Dragon Ride ; Mae Hong Son Circuit (Thailand) ; Sri Lankan sightseeing ; China's wild west -- Europe. Bavarian beer ride (Germany) ; Down the Danube (Austria) ; Monte Amiata (Italy) ; The Bryan Chapman Memorial (Wales) ; Pedalling the Spanish Picos ; Climbing Mt Ventoux (France) ; Beating the Birkebeinerrittet (Norway) ; West Cork's wild coast (Ireland) ; A Corsican challenge (France) ; Circling Lake Constance (Switzerland/Germany/Austria) ; Sierra Nevada traverse (Spain) ; The South Downs Way (England) ; Arty Copenhagen cruise (Denmark) ; Around the Île de Ré (France) ; The tour of Flanders (Belgium) ; From sea to sea (England) ; The Cévennes : riding the rider (France) ; Into the Outer Hebrides (Scotland) ; All along the Loire (France) -- Oceania. Beaches and bicycles in Adelaide (Australia) ; The Old Ghost Road (New Zealand) ; Australia's Atherton Tablelands ; The Acheron Way (Australia) ; The Munda Biddi Trail (Australia) ; Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail (New Zealand) ; Tasmania's wild west (Australia).

Physical Description:

327 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 27 cm.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Subject Term:

Bicycle touring -- Guidebooks.

Bicycle trails -- Guidebooks.

Cycling -- Guidebooks.

Travel -- Guidebooks

Publisher:

Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd.,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781760340834

Publication Information:

Carlton, Victoria, Australia ; Oakland, CA : Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd., 2016.

Call Number:

796.6 EPIC

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The book is organised by continent. In the Americas we join a family bikepacking trip in Ecuador; we pedal the Natchez Trace Parkway and stop at legendary music spots; we ride the Pacific Coast Highway in Oregon and California; go mountain biking in Moab and Canada; and explore the cities of Buenos Aires and New York by bicycle.

European rides include easy-going trips around Lake Constance, along the Danube and the Loire, and coast-to-coast routes; routes in Tuscany, Spain and Corsica; and professional journeys up Mt Ventoux and around the Tour of Flanders.

In Asia, we venture through Vietnam's valleys; complete the Mae Hong Son circuit in northern Thailand; cross the Indian Himalayas; and pedal through Bhutan. And in Australia and New Zealand we take in Tasmania and Queensland by mountain bike; cycle into Victoria's high country and around Adelaide on road bikes; and try some of New Zealand's celebrated cycle trails.

Each ride is illustrated with stunning photography and a map. A toolkit of practical details - where to start and finish, how to get there, where to stay and more - helps riders plan their own trips. There are also suggestions for three more similar rides around the world for each story. Each piece shows how cycling is a fantastic way to get to know a place, a people and their culture.

About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, gift and lifestyle books and stationery, as well as an award-winning website, magazines, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.

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Library Journal Review

This eye-catching and inspirational work provides ample encouragement to even the most novice cyclist to get out and experience a new biking adventure. Featuring contributions from 12 authors with varied cycling and travel writing experience, this book gives readers hundreds of ideas for rides covering approximately 30 countries (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania); many of them "epic" or "bucket list" in nature. Arranged regionally, routes vary from hugely challenging (and quite dangerous) multiday rides to well-established big-city cruises taking a few hours. Basic information, called a "toolkit," purports to enable better planning. However, the information provided is uneven and extremely brief, especially for the more exotic and remote routes around the world. Riders for these routes would have no real idea of what type of bike works best on the route, equipment needed, support, technical level, overall cost, language requirements, or simply whether or not a guide is recommended. Basically, riders are certainly inspired but left to do their own travel planning arrangements and in-depth research, which could be either beneficial or disastrous. VERDICT For libraries with large travel and recreational collections.-John N. Jax, Univ. of Wisconsin Lib., La Crosse © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.