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Title: Bicycle Road Racing: The Complete Program for Training and Competition by Edward Borysewicz, Ed Pavelka, Robert F. George ISBN: 0-941950-07-7 Publisher: Vitesse Pr Pub. Date: February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Start early, get fast
Comment: The two seasons I used this book (starting the training program on Dec. 1st), were my most rewarding years as a cyclist. Use "Bicycle Road Racing" with caution, yes, but this can be said for all training programs. The best thing about this book, I think, is not the tactics section (although his ideas are technically superb, with strong teammates), but Borysewicz's insistence on RECOVERY. I have learned the hard way that this word is the most important in any cyclists vocabulary, whether you are a beginning racer, Cat. 1, or recreational cyclist. I hope we get an updated version soon!
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book!
Comment: The best part of this book are racing tactics. It's the best I've seem so far.
This is a great book. Sure it's out-dated, but, why mind? This book has a LOT of good advices for any racing cyclist. It covers a lot of aspects in cycling, although none of them in great depth. It has gave me at least a dozen of very valuable tips that really helped me in real life, including tips for sprinting, climbing, playing with the others mind, how to manage a cross-wind, a breakway.
The only part that I found not good was the training season. That was the old way of training, with a fixed season and fixed number of hours for all types of riders. Everyone is different and therefore need a different training method. I do not advice to follow 100% his training plan, specially if you're a begginer. Hire a coach to help you or do it at your own risk. Eddie has a "iron hand" on his way of coaching and says: my way or no way. I don't believe this, but hey!, he was grown in the eastern-old-world. This may stop you, take care.
Some other chapters are outdated, like bike positioning, equipment choices and the now almost defuncted team-time-trial, but his TTT techinics are great if you are in a breakway.
He has a very sensate way of writing and thinking. This book is MUCH better than those of Greg Lemond, Bernard Hinault and alikes. You'll learn many good techincs for droping your companions. He tells a lot of how a team should work to get their job done. A great book for a racing cyclist.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good book, but use with caution
Comment: This book IS a classic, and should be required reading for any aspiring road racer, but it is NOT a substitute for a good coach. This point needs to be stressed: Eddy B's training program is geared toward PROFESSIONAL racers. Beginners who follow his program will find themselves overtrained and demoralized. God knows how many beginning racers quit the sport after reading this book and mistakenly believing that a Cat 5 needs to ride 400 miles a week to be competitive. The chapters on tactics are good, as are his gripping anecdotes, but do yourself a favor and GET A COACH!
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Title: Bike Racing 101 by Kendra Wenzel, Rene Wenzel ISBN: 0736044744 Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Road Racing: Technique and Training by Bernard Hinault, Claude Genzling, Barbara George ISBN: 0941950131 Publisher: Vitesse Pr Pub. Date: December, 1991 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Serious Cycling by Ed Burke, Edmund R. Burke, Chris Carmichael ISBN: 073604129X Publisher: Human Kinetics (T) Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Cyclist's Training Bible by Joe Friel ISBN: 1931382212 Publisher: Velo Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Ultimate Ride: Get Fit, Get Fast, and Start Winning With the World's Top Cycling Coach by Chris Carmichael, Jim Rutberg ISBN: 0399150714 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 19 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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