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101 Cycling
Workouts
By David Ertl
 Bored
with training? Stuck in a rut? Coach David Ertl has poured 20
years of cycling experience into this
eBook to give you 101 ways to ride, crosstrain and
weight train to stay motivated and keep improving. "There is no reason
to be bored or reach a plateau in your training if you use even half of
these workouts," promises Ertl, a USA Cycling Level 1 coach. His 101
workouts are grouped according to the type of physiological system they
train. This lets you easily find the best training to achieve the day's
objective. It ensures that every ride or workout meets the goal of
improving an important aspect of your cycling fitness.
101 Cycling Workouts has 74
pages.
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ACE Training
for Cyclists
By Arnie Baker, M.D.
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This
eBook is about Altitude/Climbing/Endurance
training. Arnie Baker, M.D. emphasizes preparation for hilly
centuries and events beyond 100 miles with more than 10,000 feet of
climbing. In addition to general training and knowledge, ACE riders need
to be specialists in climbing, descending and endurance. Motivation,
focus, breathing techniques and pacing are especially important. And
coping with altitude’s effects is crucial. Riding 100 or more miles in
one day with two miles of climbing is not for everyone. But if it's for
you, ACE Training for Cyclists
will make the going easier and faster. This eBook has 126 pages with 33
illustrations.
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The
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By Doug Kirk
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Kleat (aka Doug Kirk) is a 53-year-old Michigan roadie who is a lot like
all of us. But he's been gifted with a keen (some would say eccentric) ability
to observe the many sides of road cycling and write about them with insight,
opinion and humor.
For years, Kirk's short stories
were a hit in his bike club newsletter. Now 77 of them have been distilled into
The Adventures of Axel Kleat, a
144-page eBook. Be ready to laugh, cry, marvel at
outlandish opinions and learn a thing or two about road cycling.
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Andy Pruitt's Medical Guide for Cyclists
By Andrew L. Pruitt, Ed.D., with Fred Matheny
 Andy
Pruitt is called the world's No. 1 authority on bike fit and cycling
injuries. With his expertise in this eBook, you can
successfully diagnose and treat yourself. Even better, you can finally achieve
your ideal bike fit to reduce the risk of injuries and ride with more comfort
and power. Andy Pruitt's Medical Guide for Cyclists
has 79 pages with 27 photos.
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Basic Training
for Roadies
By
Fred Matheny
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Training
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under one cover! For fast recreational riders or racers, all the
essential information you need to train better than ever -- or even
begin your first program. Fred Matheny's eBook
delivers time-honored advice as well as the most-current techniques, and
he does it in his friendly, understandable style with plenty of
examples.
Want to know Lance Armstrong's training secret? It's in
Basic Training for Roadies, revealed in a way that
enables you to apply it to your own program! 82 pages.
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Bicycle Commuting for Fun & Profit
By
Ed Pavelka
 If
you've ever thought about commuting by bike but rejected the idea
because you imagined hassles and complications, this
eBook will set you straight. It's written by longtime commuter Ed
Pavelka, who gives proven solutions to 21 of the most common
concerns and misconceptions.
Bicycle Commuting for Fun & Profit is full of examples,
anecdotes and experiences to make the reading enjoyable as well as
instructive. This is a 50-page
eBook
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photos.
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4th Edition!
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Bike
Fit
By
Arnie Baker, M.D.
 In
this essential eBook, Arnie
Baker, M.D., shares his knowledge of the key catalysts for
maximum cycling performance: choosing the correct frame size and
then establishing a comfortable, efficient and powerful riding
position.
The new 4th edition of Bike Fit
(introduced in March 2009) has several slight
modifications, mainly about the relationship of torso length to
leg length in women. This eBook was previously upgraded with 43
additional pages of expert information containing 32 new color
photos and illustrations (118 total). These pictures bring Dr.
Baker's advice to life, helping you understand his fit concepts
and those of other experts so you can easily apply them to your
own bike and body. Also covered are important topics such as
biomechanical imbalances and critical factors related to pedals
and foot orientation. Dr. Baker helps you troubleshoot a variety
of injury problems related to improper fit.
This eBook contains
126
pages with 118 photos and illustrations.
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Climbing for Roadies
By
Fred Matheny
 This
eBook recognizes that few cyclists are "born to
climb" in terms of genetic endowment, but every cyclist can reach
his or her potential. What's required is understanding the principles,
skills and tactics for strong and efficient climbing and then putting
them into action, which means doing the work that's necessary. There are
no shortcuts, but Coach Fred Matheny explains what to do (and
what to avoid doing) for maximum progress.
Climbing for Roadies also contains a chapter on
fast-but-safe descending and interviews with 4 talented climbers for
inside advice in their own words. This is a 119-page eBook with 29
photos.
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Coach Fred's Solutions to
150 Road Cycling Challenges
By
Fred Matheny
 "It's
pretty simple to ride a bike," says author Fred Matheny.
"But it's not simple to ride a bike well." That's the premise
for this expert eBook that explores
150 challenges faced by road cyclists in these key areas:
Coach Fred's Solutions to 150 Road Cycling Challenges
contains
practical "how to" advice for new riders and grizzled veterans
alike. Matheny delivers his expertise in the style that makes
all of his RBR eBooks so popular: authoritative but friendly,
filled with anecdotes and above all practical. This eBook
contains
196 pages with 26 photos.
[PDF file size: 1.29 MB]
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Cycling Science
A CD Containing all
23 Issues of this
Technical Journal for Bicycling Enthusiasts
 Cycling
Science was a highly regarded
magazine published in California from late 1989 to mid 1997. It was the creation
of Chester Kyle, Ph.D. and Ed Burke, Ph.D. -- two Americans
recognized as world leaders in cycling technology and physiology. This compact
disc contains every page of all 23 issues, scanned in color with covers, photos,
diagrams, charts and other graphics intact. Even advertisements are included,
providing an interesting window into what was important in the 1990s.
Read in today's light, the evolving technologies and
predictions of cycling's future are fascinating and even entertaining. It's also
impressive to see how much has proved to be dead-on accurate and as relevant
today as it was 10 or 15 years ago.
This important collection is offered as a CD instead
of an eBook because of the size of each Cycling Science
issue -- around 24MB. All 23 issues containing 102 articles cost just
$23.95 with no additional charge for shipping & handling. The
original subscription price for the complete set of magazines would have
exceeded $150.
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2nd Edition!
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Finding
the Perfect Bicycle Seat
By Joshua Cohen PT, MS
 In
the first eBook on this critical topic, Joshua
Cohen details exactly how to choose the safest and most comfortable bicycle
seat. His extensive study and research in ergonomic seat design and his personal
cycling experience allows him to clearly explain common problems that seats
cause for cyclists.
The new updated & expanded
2nd edition includes:
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all the key information from the
first edition, rewritten & expanded
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detailed information for women
cyclists as well as men
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major new studies investigating
saddle design and its effects on the human anatomy
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119 photos & illustrations (4 times
more than the first edition)
Plus, answers to these key medical
questions:
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can bicycle seats really cause
erectile dysfunction in men?
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what types of injuries can women
have from bicycle saddles, and what should they look for in seat
design?
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do cutouts in saddles and gel
padding help or hurt?
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can riding position and style
increase risk of genital injury?
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which riders are most at risk for
injury from bicycle seats?
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and much more!
This eBook will
not tell you that one seat is perfect for everyone. It will teach you how to
evaluate any seat objectively to find the safest and most comfortable one for
you.
Finding the Perfect Bicycle Seat, 2nd Ed.
has 89 pages with 119 photos and illustrations.
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Fred Matheny's
Complete Book of Road Bike Training
By
Fred Matheny
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Matheny's Complete Book of Road Bike Training is
the collection and reshaping of Coach Fred's four acclaimed
eBooks on specific aspects of training:
This is your
motivational, highly readable and even entertaining guide to
year-round road cycling improvement. It has techniques and
workout schedules for three categories of riders -- fitness
cyclists, fast recreational cyclists, and competitors. Thanks to
Fred Matheny's clear and practical advice, you'll gain
the know-how and confidence to become your own best coach for
this season and every season ahead.
The
$39.95
price represents a savings of $19.85
compared to the cost of the 4 individual eBooks (listed above) that
make up The Complete Book of Road Bike Training. 277
pages with 27 photos and 53 tables & charts.
[PDF file size: 2.66 MB]
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12th Edition!
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High-Intensity Training for Cyclists
NOW INCLUDES COMPUTERIZED
TRAINING LOG!
By
Arnie Baker, M.D.
 According
to author Arnie Baker, M.D., fitness results from genetic, serendipitous
and planned events. In other words, you’re given it, you’re lucky or you work
for it!
This
eBook is about working for it.
High-Intensity Training for Cyclists
reveals how and what you can do to get fitter than ever, particularly for
competitive events. The
new 12th edition, published in December 2009, is bundled with Coach
Baker's exclusive Training Log in MS
Excel format.
This 226-page eBook has 150 tables, charts and photos.
[PDF file size: 7.46 MB]
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How to
Travel with Your Bicycle
By
Alan Bragman, D.C.
 Whether
you are traveling for business or pleasure, there is no excuse for not
taking your bike with you and enjoying rides at your destination. This
advice- and fact-packed eBook by
world-traveling cyclist
Alan Bragman, D.C., includes his insights and guidance about many
modes of travel -- personal vehicle (five types of racks are evaluated),
airplane, train and bus. How to Travel with
Your Bicycle
gives special attention to air travel and how you can avoid exorbitant
charges when checking a bike as baggage.
Also valuable is Dr. Bragman's overview of travel bikes. He provides
information and photos of the various types, with special emphasis on
bikes that fold into normal suitcases but assemble quickly to fit and
ride as well as your favorite full-size bike. There are "how to"
instructions and checklists for packing bikes, equipment and clothing.
Dr. Bragman also explains how to find routes, rides and cycling
companions at your destination. 26 pages with 18 photos.
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Indoor
Training for Cyclists
By
David Ertl
 When
bad weather, darkness, life's commitments or other roadblocks make
riding outside risky or impossible, using your indoor trainer (or
rollers or stationary bike) is the best option -- if you know how to do
productive workouts. In this eBook, Coach
David Ertl explains the pros and cons of indoor cycling equipment
and methods along with how to set up an efficient home workout area.
Then he elevates Indoor Training for
Cyclists above any similar guide by detailing 50
relatively short workouts designed to advance all facets of cycling
fitness. Click here to
see a sample workout (PDF). These 50 workouts are guaranteed to
reduce trainer boredom, keep the clock moving and ensure maximum
results. This eBook has 90 pages, 22 photos and 56 charts & tables.
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Keep it Real - In Your Indoor Cycling Classes
By
Jennifer Sage
 This
eBook is devoted to showing roadies how they can use indoor cycling
classes such as Spinning® to improve outdoor riding performance. Author
Jennifer Sage
contends that classes in winter can help you enter spring with more
endurance and hill-climbing strength than riding at home alone on a
trainer. However, organized indoor classes can also be a disaster,
wasting your time, your energy, your money and even causing injury. The
key is knowing which drills, exercises and movements are worth your
effort and which to avoid. Armed with this knowledge and Jennifer's
expert training advice, you can "Keep it
Real" indoors so the benefits will be as real as
possible outdoors. The eBook contains 179 pages with 18 photos.
[PDF file size: 1.94 MB]
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Nutrition for Sports
By
Arnie Baker, M.D.
 What
Dr. Arnie Baker's training eBooks do for your strength and fitness,
Nutrition for Sports
does for your diet and energy. This no-nonsense investigation cuts
through the nutritional hype, delivering the author's recommendations and
cautions about dozens of name-brand products, supplements and ergogenic aids
promoted to cyclists. This
eBook is about making smart choices. You'll feel
more confident when planning all your meals and your ride foods when armed with
Dr. Baker's straightforward advice. When you eat right on and off the bike, you
give yourself the best chance of excelling as a cyclist.
Bonus!
A FREE
supplement to this eBook is available to all purchasers. It contains
chapters on body fat, body weight, healthful fast foods, the USDA & FDA,
vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. The download link is inside
Nutrition for Sports.
This eBook has 170 pages and contains 64
illustrations and tables.
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Off-Season Training for Roadies
By Fred Matheny
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Fred Matheny's Complete Book of
Road Bike Training
 Whether
you ride for fitness, fast recreation or competition,
Off-Season Training for Roadies explains how to use winter
to come out flying in the spring. This eBook is full
of tips, examples, schedules, and cautions against common mistakes. You'll find
key weight training exercises that build overall strength. Then you'll learn how
to convert that strength into more cycling power than you've ever known.
Fred Matheny's advice is based on the
real-world teachings of leading trainers, doctors and coaches. Prominently
featured is Chris Carmichael, Lance Armstrong's personal coach. You'll discover
the off-season training that Lance used to "win the Tour de France in November,
December and January."
This eBook has 96 pages with 21 photos.
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Professional Road Race Tactics for Amateur Cycling Teams
By David Harrison
 At
last, "how to" team-building instruction for amateur roadies. Whether
you're involved in sanctioned racing, club events or competitive group
rides, you'll learn team tactics that work for you (or against you).
Professional Road Race Tactics for Amateur
Cycling Teams covers it all, from organization to
winning, with emphasis on team formation, training, skills and
strategies. Author
David Harrison is a coach and road racer who has led teams in
Colorado, Kansas and New England. He wrote this
eBook because he's seen so many amateur teams struggle with unity
and teamwork, wasting the talents of their individual riders. Contains
128 pages with 17 illustrations.
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Psychling Psychology
By
Arnie Baker, M.D.
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In this revealing
eBook, Dr. Arnie Baker provides an exclusive
profile test and stress questionnaire to help you identify your personality
characteristics -- for better or worse! Then he shows you how make the most of
your strong attributes in cycling while reducing the impact of those that can
hold you back. Psychling Psychology
is a fascinating look into the mindset of competitive cyclists. It also has
plenty of value for every rider who wants to complement training and technique
with a sharp mental edge. This eBook has 77 pages.
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The Ride of Your
Life
Aligning Heart and Mind for Success in Long
Distance Cycling
By
David Rowe
 Lots
of helpful books tell you how to train. This one tells you how you
can train. The Ride of Your Life
provides the bridge between desire and accomplishment. It helps you blend your
passion for cycling with a realistic lifestyle that works for your family and
career. Instead of focusing on physical fitness, author David Rowe, an
accomplished long-distance rider, concentrates on the mental preparation that
will ultimately make or break your commitment to training and the successful
completion of "the ride of your life" -- your goal event. His
eBook is based on a structured, 8-step program that's done without turning
the pedals even one revolution. He supports this process with a series of
worksheets that you can print and use for each new season. This eBook has 164
pages with 75 photos & illustrations.
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A Rider's Guide to
Building the Long Distance Bicycle
By
David Rowe
 Cyclists
who enjoy riding long distances will tell you they need a bicycle that is
comfortable, durable and fast. But few can translate their needs into specifics
about the frame geometry, materials, components, wheels and tires required to
make it all come together. The result: Most riders are working harder and
feeling more discomfort (even pain) than necessary. So, what are the essential
elements of the long distance bicycle? And, how does this type of bike differ
from those designed for racing or touring? A Rider's
Guide to Building the Long Distance Bicycle has the expert
answers, captured by distance cyclist and author David Rowe as moderator
of a panel discussion with four leading cycling authorities.
This
eBook has 64 pages with 21 photos.
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Road Bike Racing
Basics
By Chris Fischer
 Wanna
race? Avoid rookie mistakes! This info-packed
eBook is your head start in road races, criteriums
and time trials. Each page is jammed with Coach Chris Fischer's best
advice for riders who are entering their first competitions, whether they be
sanctioned races or unlicensed club events. The author
has
more than two decades of racing know-how and has coached the Ohio State
University cycling team since 2002. Many of his tips come from his personal
racing experiences or those of his athletes. Road
Bike Racing Basics has a special chapter devoted to time
trials, the safe race against the clock that's an ideal way to sample
competition. Other chapters pertain to mass-start
road races and criteriums.
This eBook has 21 pages.
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Skills
Training for Cyclists
By
Arnie Baker, M.D.
 Dr.
Arnie Baker may be a national-class racer and coach of Olympic cyclists, but
he hasn't lost touch with the needs of recreational riders. In
Skills Training for Cyclists, he delivers an all-round education
for newer roadies who want to flatten the learning curve. He contends that
skills training improves seven key elements of cycling -- safety, comfort,
energy use, confidence, drafting, tactics and fun. To help you gain these
advantages, Dr. Baker guides you through 39 beginning and intermediate skills
guaranteed to quickly advance your cycling ability. This
eBook has 57 pages with 21 photos & illustrations.
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Spin Again
By Scott Martin
 Since
2004, RBR Newsletter readers have laughed, cried and been thunderstruck
by the wacky wit & wisdom of Scott Martin in his weekly column, "Scott's
Spin." Now those columns – 181 of them – have been collected for this
Spin Again
eBook, a unique, insightful, sometimes twisted, often comical exploration of
road cycling. This eBook has 168 pages.
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Spring
Training for Roadies
By Fred Matheny
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Road Bike Training
 Fred
Matheny's third "how to"
eBook coaches you through the crucial eight weeks
between the off-season and summer. His day-by-day workout schedules come after
chapters that explain a variety of effective training techniques. Plus, Fred
gives his expert advice on key topics such as nutrition, weight loss, equipment,
clothing, injury prevention, avoiding overtraining and coping with changeable
spring weather. If you ride for fitness, fast recreation or competition, one of
the 8-week programs in
Spring Training
for Roadies will put you in super shape for summer events!
This eBook has 68 pages.
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Strategy & Tactics for Cyclists
By
Arnie Baker, M.D.
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Arnie Baker, a San Diego physician, is
a category 1 racer and coach who has set eight U.S. 40K time trial
records. He has also won more than 200 road races and criteriums,
including multiple national championships. Hint: He didn't do it with
physical talent alone. Dr. Baker will tell you that knowing how to read
a race and make the right move at the right time is the key to reaching
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Supercharge
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Training for
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Aging and
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Balance Training
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Century Training & Event Tips
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Core
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Diabetes, Cycling & Insulin by
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Forces of Nature
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Heart-Rate-Based Training by
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Hot-Weather
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How
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 How
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falling onto the frame. The solution is in this fully illustrated
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(pictured here) just like the ones used on pro racing bikes. The second
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Isolated Leg Training by
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$3.99 What if there was a
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pedaler? And what if it also improved your strength, leg speed,
anaerobic power, focus and breathing? Too good to be true? This short
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Motivation by
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Pacing
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Peaking for
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$3.99 Subtitle: A 4-Week Plan for Top Performance.
This practical, doable program
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and arrive at event day with fresh legs and confidence. Also includes 10
century riding tactics and a special 2-week peaking plan for shorter
events. 11 pages.
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Power-Based Training by
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$3.99 A power meter provides the
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meter data are immediate, objective, accurate and unaffected by
environmental conditions. OK, fine -- but what's the best way to
download, view and use the information? Dr. Baker, a coach of
Olympic-caliber cyclists, gives you his expert advice.
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Power to the
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significantly boost your cycling power with just 2 one-hour workouts per
week. This 12-week program is useful any time of year and is
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Protein for
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Recovery by
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Additional stress can come from the non-cycling
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Riding Poorly - Is It Medical? by
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Saddle Soreness
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Safe Bicycling
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Stretching
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Swift Endurance
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$3.99 Subtitle: How to Go the Distance Faster.
Here's new thinking on how to achieve a higher average speed on long
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The
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Time Trialing
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Torque-Based Training
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