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101) The Cycling Wangdoos
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The Cycling Wangdoos is an imaginative, fun-to-read rhyming tale of a Tibetan racing team who ride on a six-seater bicycle with a wacky yak on the back. They have a long record of winning races by working together, until the smallest Wangdoo begins to think he's pulling more than his fair share of the weight. Find out what happens when his discontentment quickly spreads through the team and the Wangdoos' race takes a dangerous turn. When the race...
102) The Tour de France
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When it comes to bicycle races, the Tour de France is likely the first one to come to mind for many people. Considered the most difficult and the most esteemed bicycle race, it draws the greatest cyclists from around the world. Featuring captivating photographs and compelling text, this high-interest volume will hold the attention of developing and motivated readers alike. Engaging fact boxes and information about well-known athletes will make this...
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"After training with CINCH for the past three years, I've learned the cycling-specific techniques that make me a better rider and racer; healthier and injury-free; and more effective and positive off the bike." -- Lilburn Shaw, 2018 Masters Road National Champion Cycling on Form reveals the pro approach to cycling training. Riding a bike faster takes more than just fitness. It takes skills that you can master to become a faster, stronger rider. In...
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Learning how to ride a bike is an important moment in every child's life. In this volume, readers see how fun it is while learning the basics of biking. This age-appropriate text covers everything from parts of a bike to safety tips, and reminds readers to always wear a helmet. Fun, colorful images, a helpful picture glossary, index, and supplemental websites offer opportunities for additional learning.
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"Don't look up Firmin, just ride. Fight the pain, but don't look up."
Under grey skies and through the ruins of war, two veterans battled for the Tour's first yellow jersey. Firmin Lambot and Eugene Christophe had raced each other into the ground; the race had come down to what some riders were calling the hunger stage, 420km from Metz to Dunkirk.
We Rode All Day is the story of that fateful 1919 Tour de France; the Tour that very nearly never was....
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Una magnífica novela sobre el ciclismo.
Las historias aquí reunidas tienen un enfoque y un punto de vista personal, y tratan de los más diversos aspectos del ciclismo, un deporte que en España cuenta con cada vez más adeptos. En la historia que da título al libro, Wilfried De Jong, uno de los grandes escritores de ciclismo, celebra su 50 cumpleaños recorriendo una de las cumbres míticas del Tour de Francia, el Mont Ventoux. Su hijo y dos...
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Intended for seniors-and those approaching their senior years-this guide demystifies spinning by explaining its origins, why it is a terrific low-impact cardio health activity, how to get started, and how you can adopt the author's method of Structured Spinning for a lifetime of health benefits.
This guide is an excellent primer that covers what you need to know before you start any spinning program, and how you can grow to design and develop your...
108) Go-Kart Racing
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Updated for 2020. Describes go-kart racing and who enjoys doing this sport. Characteristics of the vehicles, who participates in races, and where the races are held are included in this book.
109) Extreme Biking
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For anyone, riding a bike can be a great way to get some exercise and fresh air. But some riders want a thrilling, pulse-pumping ride, whether it's through the woods and over the rocks on a mountain bike or navigating track-based obstacles in bicycle motocross, or BMX. This book captures the excitement and rush of extreme biking, from its California origins to today's X Games and Olympics. Readers will explore some of the biggest names in extreme...
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The greatest athletic performances spring from the mind, not the body.Elite athletes have known this for decades and now science is learning why it's true. In his fascinating new book How Bad Do You Want It?, coach Matt Fitzgerald examines more than a dozen pivotal races to discover the surprising ways elite athletes strengthen their mental toughness.Fitzgerald puts you into the pulse-pounding action of more than a dozen epic races from running, cycling,...
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La segunda parte de Pedaleando en el infierno, la novela en la que Jorge Quintana se mete en la piel de un ciclista profesional de los años 2000.
Pedaleando en el purgatorio narra la evolución y madurez de Lucas Castro, el ciclista que protagonizó Pedaleando en el infierno. Lucas se ha asentado en la categoría profesional, pero vive inmerso en un mundo convulso: para empezar, el ciclismo está cambiando por completo gracias a la instauración...
112) The Bike Race
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Jan, Kyle, and friends participate in a bike race. They see various colored flags during the race. Jan wins by crossing past the checkered flag first.
113) The Call of the Road
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Eddy Merckx. Fausto Coppi. Jacques Anquetil. Bernard Hinault. Beryl Burton. Marianne Vos. Since the first road race in May 1869, revealed here for the very first time, cycle road racing has been dominated by iconic cyclists who redefined endurance and fortitude. The battles facing these cyclists are not fought over just one race, but an annual series beginning with the Spring Classics and culminating in the three great tours - the Giro d'Italia, Vuelta...
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This humorous and action-packed adventure story is a fun way for kids to learn basic bicycling safety rules. Ride along with Devin Van Dyke and find out what happens as he tries to follow his mother's list of safety rules while meeting up with friends along the way. Chaos reigns when Devin forgets to follow rules such as one person per bike, wear a helmet, obey traffic signs, and use his eyes and ears to stay alert. Featuring lyrical text and brightly...
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The Only Oral History of the Ryder Cup Since Its Genesis in 1927
Us Against Them recounts how the Ryder Cup grew from the brink of extinction to become the most compelling and controversial tournament in golf. The popularity of the Ryder Cup, played every other year in the fall (alternately in the United States and in Europe), has soared in the last ten years. Its worldwide television audience is now the largest of any in golf, and the last tournament,...
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The Only Golf Lesson You'll Ever Need, Hank Haney, one of the most respected and soughtafter golf instructors in the world, shares the secrets he's learned by observing hundreds of thousands of students--from top PGA Tour pros to high-handicappers. He explains how intelligent observation of your ball-flight tendencies--the way your shot behaves in the air--provides the answers to helping you develop a consistent repeating swing that will lower your...
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This true and very funny story involving six colleagues, some retired, proves the saying that we never really grow up - we just learn how to behave in public.On a sudden whim six men, mostly writers, decided to embark on a 1 000 kilometre cycle ride down the River Danube believing it would be downhill all the way. This was the first of many assumptions that proved to be not terribly correct.None had cycled since childhood nor even owned a bike.That...
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Discover Reading Early Reader Time to take a spin! Introduce your young reader or preschooler to bicycles or get an older child excited about taking a ride. This level three reader works well for inquisitive toddlers and kids ready to stretch their reading muscle. Discover Reading titles feature short sentences, word lists, and questions at the end of each book to further the learning process.
119) My Bike
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IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Learning how to ride a bike is an important moment in every child's life. In this volume, readers see how fun it is while learning the basics of biking. This age-appropriate text covers everything from parts of a bike to safety tips, and reminds readers to always wear a helmet. Fun, colorful images, a helpful picture glossary, index, and supplemental websites offer opportunities for additional learning.
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German Baron Karl von Drais first introduced the two-wheeled tandem human-powered wooden-framed vehicle to the world, in the summer of 1817, its rider gamely steering with the front wheel while pushing along with his feet. After that history is rather vague about the bicycle. We know that the mechanically powered velocipede took off in the 1860s, soon followed by the Penny Farthing, but it wasn't, until the late nineteenth century that the golden...
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