Bicycling Bliss: Riding To Improve Your Wellness

by Portia H. Masterson

A comprehensive guide to developing a healthful riding technique, improving performance and greater riding pleasure, and establishing a rewarding program of integrated wellness based on cycling. Step-by-step procedures help riders evaluate the fit of their bicycle frames, and setup their bicycles for comfortable and efficient riding positions. Discussions of clothing, nutrition, and food preparation help riders enhance all their fitness resources to optimize riding performance and general health. Original.

Genres: Nonfiction

473 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2004

Reviews

[Elaine Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some woo-woo hippy aspects, and some obvious stuff, but a overall a lovely book on being a happier cyclist. Would be worth rereading to try out more of the exercises (acupressure?) and get more improvements in technique. What I did gather out of it is that I need to raise my seat a bit, that my preference for an upright position is okay, to exert force through the whole pedal stroke, and to turn my chin towards where I want to turn. (I have Zoolander's disease: problems turning.)

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a novice, I found this book to be very helpful. The author stresses comfort and whole-body wellness.