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A review by antidietleah
Every Woman's Guide to Cycling: Everything You Need to Know, from Buying Your First Bike Towinning Your First Ra Ce by Selene Yeager
3.0
This is a pretty good basic guide to cycling. It's written in lament terms and she has a sense of humor so it makes it easy to get through but I don't think it could/should ever replace hands on learning and using your local bike gurus as resources.
I found the first third of the book to be especially helpful - basics about different bike styles, how to figure out what bike is right for you, the basic components, essential gear.
The middle third was mostly training plans that I skipped nearly completely. This book tends to assume that cycling will be your primary exercise and the training plans tend to you have you riding 5-6 days a week during peak season. It isn't ideal for me between running and lifting but it would be helpful for people that plan to be avid cyclist. It also has different types of rides integrated into the schedule and honestly, it is pretty much exactly like my running programs - speed-work, easy, and long rides and gradually work your way up in time and distance. It's not really rocket science to me since I am familiar with training plans but it could be useful to others and if I ever decided to do a century or something, I may refer back to it.
The last third had some supplemental information about strength training, cross training, nutrition, weight loss, and ends with some maintenance tips that I couldn't wrap my head around without having a bike right there in front of me.
I found the first third of the book to be especially helpful - basics about different bike styles, how to figure out what bike is right for you, the basic components, essential gear.
The middle third was mostly training plans that I skipped nearly completely. This book tends to assume that cycling will be your primary exercise and the training plans tend to you have you riding 5-6 days a week during peak season. It isn't ideal for me between running and lifting but it would be helpful for people that plan to be avid cyclist. It also has different types of rides integrated into the schedule and honestly, it is pretty much exactly like my running programs - speed-work, easy, and long rides and gradually work your way up in time and distance. It's not really rocket science to me since I am familiar with training plans but it could be useful to others and if I ever decided to do a century or something, I may refer back to it.
The last third had some supplemental information about strength training, cross training, nutrition, weight loss, and ends with some maintenance tips that I couldn't wrap my head around without having a bike right there in front of me.