Bicycling Bliss: Riding To Improve Your Wellness

by Portia H. Masterson

Bicycling Bliss is designed to help any and all riders develop an enduring enthusiasm for recreational bicycling. Portia Masterson places you in center stage and discusses how easy it can be to make cycling, at whatever level you are, a way to increase your joy, your fitness, and your self-confidence. With more than 180 illustrations focused on conditioning exercises, riding techniques, and anatomy, Bicycling Bliss will show you how to customize your riding experience to your desires. Step-by-step directions will help you to establish a regular riding routine, to fit your bicycle frame, to set up your bike for a comfortable and efficient riding position, and to create a tranquil exercise practice for integrated wellness. The complete indexes will help you enjoy easy reference to the text, illustrations, and recipes.

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.