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Title: Bicycling the Backroads Around Puget Sound (Bicycling the Backroads Series) by Erin Woods, Bill Woods ISBN: 0-89886-451-8 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: November, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Bicycling the Backroads Around Puget Sound
Comment: Being the first in a series of three volumes of Washington State bicycling tours written by Erin & Bill Woods, the fourth edition of Backroads Around Puget Sound was published in 1995. I purchased the first edition in 1972 while participating in the Boeing Bicycle Club (BBC) and it was at that time created from a looseleaf compendium of trips that were planned and mapped out by Bill and his wife Erin. The trips (54 in total) range in length from a couple hours to overnight, and points of interest (with an ongoing mileage logs) are included. Each trip includes a useful elevation map and some idea of difficulty, a good thing since Western Washington is very hilly terrain. In my opinion there could be no individuals better qualified to write these books, and I've been on most of the ones in the book at least once, some a great many times over the years, and often accompanied (led, actually) by the Woods family during BBC outings.
Some of the maps contained may require updating, so unless you're accompanied by a knowledgeable tour group, it is helpful to compare them to current maps (I'd recommend both the 2001 Thomas Puget Sound Street Guide and Directory, and also the free King County Bicycling Guidemap). However, most of the route maps should be OK as they are, and often the best way to use the book is to copy the tour map of interest, higlighting the route and place it in a waterproof clear envelope (this is the Seattle area, after all). In summary, the popularity of the Woods' book is seen from it surviving through four editions, but since six years has elapsed it is perhaps due for yet another edition, and I'll be waiting.
Rating: 2
Summary: Very Poor Directions
Comment: Although it there is a good variety of trails in this book, this book got me lost every time I tried to use it. The directions were not just unclear, they were completely wrong. The book was written in 1995 so maybe some of the roads have changed, but there has to be a more reliable book out there. I would not recommend this book to anyone.
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Title: Bicycling the Backroads of Northwest Washington (Bicycling the Backroads Series) by Bill Woods, Erin Woods, Vickey Bolling ISBN: 0898865077 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Washington's Rail-Trails : Walking - Running - Bicycling - In-Line Skating - Horseback Riding by Fred Wert ISBN: 0898867762 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Bicycling the Backroads of Southwest Washington by Erin Woods, Bill Woods, Dale Martin ISBN: 0898863902 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: June, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Rails-to-Trails Washington & Oregon by Mia Barbera ISBN: 0762706961 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Biking the Great Northwest: 20 Tours in Washington Oregon Idaho & Montana by Jean Henderson ISBN: 0898864259 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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