Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World
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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.
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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Epic Bike Rides of the World
Explore the planet’s most thrilling cycling routes
With tales from 50 cycling routes in 30 countries, from Australia to Bhutan, and 200 ideas for bike rides. Lonely Planet’s Epic Bike Rides will inspire two-wheeled travel all over the world.
Rides range from family-friendly jaunts to back country expeditions via city tours, classic circuits and meandering adventures. whatever your experience, all these rides are epic.
First-hand stories of fantastic bike rides Toolkits to enable planning your trip Rides ranging easy, harder, and epic
Each section is introduced with a beautiful original illustration
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Publisher : Lonely Planet; 1st edition (September 20, 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover : 328 pages
ISBN-10 : 1760340839
ISBN-13 : 978-1760340834
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.2 x 1 x 10.5 inches
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Customers find the pictures in the book nice and say it looks nice on the coffee table. They also mention it’s a great gift for cycling enthusiasts.
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Catherynne A. Jean –
For all the dedicated biking people you know
I bought this for my husband, who is a serious mountain bike rider. He looks into all the trails wherever we go, and makes sure to explore at least a few of them on our visits. So as we may have a bit more time on our hands as we move closer to retirement, I saw this book and thought we could make more trips around our beautiful country and check out more places. He was thrilled with the book, and looks forward to checking some of these places out! He liked it so much he had me get another one for his best friend, who is also an avid bike rider! He is enjoying it now, too. Do you know any avid bike riders? This is a great gift, or for yourself if you bike!
Tipsy Cyclist –
Makes me feel like going on a bike tour!
This is an exciting book to read, with great pics and trip ideas. Not sure if I’ll make it on any of them, but I’ve enjoyed reading it and have been sharing it with our warmshowers.org guests.
Fillmore Wood –
Great ideas for rides for those who cycle the world and those who merely dream about doing so
Inspiring with a group of ideas for rides I might not have thought of on my own. My wife and I travel all over the world, many by bicycle – 73 countries visited in total thus far. This book reminded me of some of our favorite past rides, confirmed some already on our existing list to try, suggested some we had not previously envisioned, and gave us reasons to rule out some others we might otherwise foolishly have tried.
Ccinweave –
Good book
I wish it had been more inclusive but I enjoyed the book.
maebee –
Epic rides
This book was awesome, you see these places through another peddlers eyes. Places I probably will never see, so I was wowed. I absolutely loved reading this book. Good clean writing. You have to read it! I felt like I was there.
Amazon Customer –
Variety and great details
Great photos and details of a huge number of great bike trips!
Elsie Catterson –
Awesome Gift
Great gift for my daughter, who has bicycled allover the world.She has now found new places to go. It did slow down our gift opening on Christmas Eve, since she wouldn’t put the book down and go on to open her next present. It was ok though, we all needed a break anyway. Great book.
K Smith –
Great book and cute too
Fun book and it looks nice on the coffee table!
Ana Echenique –
Todo ok
TRicia –
bought for my cycle fanatic son in law – its one of his love to read items
Ricardo Batista –
Adorei o livro, já fazia algum tempo que o queria comprar e é realmente um must have para Que. gosta de bicicletas e viagem em bicicletas
Kristy –
Amazing book. The quality and detail of every ride is amazing. You will not be disappointed with this purchase.
Andrea G. –
E’ un bel libro pieno di itinerari descritti ed illustrati. Sfoglairlo è molto piacevole e può portare spunti interessanti. Non contiene informazioni complete per poter organizzare il viaggio, ma non credo che sia questo il suo scopo.