Moab: A Guide to Moab's Greatest Off-Road Bicycle Rides (Falcon Guides Mountain Biking): Amazon.de: Lee Bridgers: Englische Bücher

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Moab is a mecca for mountain bikers, who come from around the world to ride its challenging trails. Whether you're a newcomer to the area or a frequent fat-tire flier, Mountain Bike America: Moab is a great addition to your fanny pack. Local cyclist Lee Bridgers blends his passion for mountain biking with his obvious love of Moab, describing 49 rides ranging from easy (Old Moab Highway, Dalton Wells) to "very difficult to abusive" (Porcupine Rim). Each starts with an overview--where to start, how far the ride is, how long you can expect it to take, warnings, environmental concerns, and how to get there--before launching into a detailed description of what you'll experience along the way, be it slick rock, deep sand, dinosaur tracks, or rusted mining equipment. Bridgers is careful to point out places where cyclists should use caution, encouraging less experienced riders to dismount--"if you are pushing a mountain bike, you are still mountain biking. Live to ride tomorrow." Detailed maps will help you plan your days--especially the cross-sections of each ride's ups and downs. Throughout the book, Bridgers emphasizes the need to protect the environment--"as mountain bikers we had better learn to co-exist with nature or else we'll lose the privileges to enjoy it from the saddle"--and offers up stories from his experiences as one of Moab's leading bike tour guides. Special sections on safety (carry more water than you think you'll need), bike selection and repair, Moab-necessary techniques (sand riding, dealing with flies), and area food, lodging, and services make this a useful all-around resource. --Sunny Delaney -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

From Library Journal

These two guidebooks are part of Globe Pequot's extensive new series on mountain bike trails throughout the United States, all written by local mountain bikers familiar with the turf. Of these two, D'Antonio's Philadelphia is perhaps more representative of the series as a whole, which also includes guides on Boston, Colorado, Washington, New Hampshire/Maine, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington, DC/Baltimore. D'Antonio is a knowledgeable guide and a skilled writer who provides the reader with a solid account of the 44 trails from Philadelphia and the surrounding states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and even Maryland. He gives basic specs on how to get to each trail, how long the ride is, how difficult it is, and who else uses the trail. Each description features a narrative overview of the trail, with backgroud information as well as a trail map, an elevation map, milepost-by-milepost directions, and ample black-and-white photographs. In addition, contacts are given for local information, organizations, events, accommodations, and food. The Moab guide includes the same features but takes a more gonzo, extreme tack that probably befits the exhilarating nature of what might be the ultimate challenge in bike trails. Bridgers, owner and operator of Dreamride Mountain Bike Tours in Moab, UT, includes a lot of local color beyond the trails, elaborating on the notable characters, history, and scenery of the canyon-lands area. He also injects more of his life and opinions into the work than the reader may want to know. Nevertheless, the guide as a whole is exceedingly thorough and its subject spectacular. All libraries will want to buy at least the trail guides local to their regions. Larger libraries may want to consider purchasing the entire series.DJohn Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJ
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A guide who isn't ready to let go of real information 17. Juni 2000

Von Ein Kunde

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When I bought this book a couple of months ago, there were favorable reviews and unfavorable ones--About evenly split. I bought it anyway, to see the controversy first hand. I don't have any personal beef--I'm not one of the offended local businesses, I don't know anyone personally in Moab. And I'd been to Moab with the very same family I took this time.

Reading this book made me think I shouldn't be riding in Moab! Especially not with the kids, even though they were now three years older than when we safely rode there last time. I wanted to cancel the trip after first reading the book. That would have been a mistake.

The author describes most trails other than jeep roads as very dangerous. Instead of telling you if the cliffs and big dropoffs can be seen before you fall off, or can be bypassed, every trail with a cliff is described as too dangerous for kids and intermediate adults. Heck, we just get off and walk the bikes. Yet, I couldn't tell which trails would be safe to take the kids on from the book.

For example, Slickrock Trail is "technically very difficult to extremely dangerous. You shouldn't be out here unless you are an advanced rider." B.S.! (The author defines "advanced" in his book as a very high skill level which most of us will never achieve.) I'm a skilled, middle-aged bike patroller, and my 15-year-old daughter is an athlete who rarely gets on a bike. We rode just part of the main trail because of the heat, but there was nowhere that I got even worried about our safety. Nowhere was there an exposure an experienced rider couldn't see and dismount to avoid. A better guidebook would have told me where to get my kids off their bikes in advance, where not to go because of hidden hazards, and where to just trust my eyes. Because he cries "wolf" so many times, I couldn't tell when to believe the author.

The 4-wheel drive guide book "Guide to Moab, UT Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails" by Charles A. Wells gave better directions to follow for Poison Spider Mesa trail, and for getting around the Moab area. (That book was fun and a reliable guide for a novice 4WD driver with a rental Explorer.)

Nonetheless, Bridgers' book is enjoyable reading. If you tend to be reckless, maybe he'll scare some sense into you. If you normally avoid taking chances with death, you can use a different guidebook whose author is ready to give up the secrets of the trade. If you are so advanced every trail is within your range, you could read this book for kicks, but you wouldn't need it for guidance anyway.

The time for a trail guide to write a book is when he's ready to let go and tell people how to ride without a guide. Bridgers thinks you ought to be hiring a guide instead of reading his book.

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A great read 19. Juli 2000

Von Robert Dowler

This book provided just what we needed to plan and enjoy our vacation. We felt like we'd already visited by the time we drove in. More than just revealing great biking routes, Bridgers' tells it like it is about the local restaurants and accommodations. The funny stories and local environmental cautions throughout the book make it an enjoyable read like no other guidebook we've ever seen. This is a book that will make you want to go, and help you stay safe when you get there. That said, I'd strongly recommend a guide on your first trip. Moab is dangerous.

Lee Bridges knows what he is talking about 27. Juni 2000

Von Shineylewis

I have not read this book yet, but I have taken several guided rides with Lee in Moab, and this man knows what he is talking about.

I found his attention to safety impeccable. He was extremely cautious when necessary, and I appreciated that.

There is ALOT more to Moab mountain biking than Skickrock. As a matter of fact, Slickrock would have been considered a beginner trail compared to a few of the remote places that Lee had taken me to.

The places I am referring to were so obscure, that it would have been easy getting lost just driving to the trail. The trails were extremely exposed and very dangerous. If a serious injury occured on one of these rides, even a helicopter rescue might not be an option. This is why Lee takes saftey VERY seriously. He leaves NOTHING to chance. A person died on Slickrock while I was out there, and that was not the first time.

Lee's navigational skills are incredible. He has radar. His rides are not found on any map or in any other guidebook of the Moab area. You would NEVER find these places on your own, and you could die trying.

I trusted Lee explicitly and look forward to riding with him in the future.

Please take into consideration when you read the negative comment on this book that your safety is Lees' business. If it appears that he is pushing his guide service, it is for a reason. His rides are worth twice what he charges.

Please note that I have no affiliation with Lee, or his company, Dreamride...just a satisfied customer.

Buy this book and hopefully you will take from it the respect that the remote Moab territory deserves.