Mountain bike, avviamento e perfezionamento

Year: 2009 Format: 17x24 Pages: 294 Photos: col The authors, a specialized journalist and a sports doctor, have contributed, each with their own skills, to the creation of this exhaustive, practical and very accessible manual, in the first part of which materials and equipment are presented with considerations on the now infinite range of variations and technical alternatives available to the most demanding and in any case useful in determining those best suited to everyone's needs. In the central part the specialty technique is treated from initiation to improvement and in the chapter dedicated to learning the technique, the exposition and description of driving, braking, fundamental positions, downhill techniques, walking on one wheel , jumps, drifts, climbs, curves and overcoming various types of obstacles, are combined with abundant illustrated material consisting of specifically created technical photos of the world and Olympic champion Julien Absalon in action. A chapter is dedicated to the physical preparation of the mountain biker with a physical exercise book and different programs, week by week, for various levels of commitment from MTB for health to competitive MTB. In addition to the teaching material displayed in fiches, four recurring complementary synthetic and autonomous rubrics of a summary type or for other essential notions can be consulted separately.