Author of the bestselling "Fifty Places" series (51,000 net sold) teams up with biking experts to guide readers along the world's most beautiful and adventurous trails; Biking is a hot topic. Multiple travel companies around devoted to bike trips around the world, and urban bike paths have recently changed the landscape of our cities.; Once again, Chris Santella has secured top names in the field, such as author Joe Kurmaskie, aka The Metal Cowboy, and editor Andrew Bernstein of Bicycling magazine.
Covers trips for cyclists of all abilities, and covers environments as varied as the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, the Tour of Tuli through Botswana, and the urban jungle of New York City.
Author of the bestselling "Fifty Places" series (51,000 net sold) teams up with biking experts to guide readers along the world's most beautiful and adventurous trails; Biking is a hot topic. Multiple travel companies around devoted to bike trips around the world, and urban bike paths have recently changed the landscape of our cities.; Once again, Chris Santella has secured top names in the field, such as author Joe Kurmaskie, aka The Metal Cowboy, and editor Andrew Bernstein of Bicycling magazine.
Covers trips for cyclists of all abilities, and covers environments as varied as the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, the Tour of Tuli through Botswana, and the urban jungle of New York City.
Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die is the ninth addition to the bestselling Fifty Places series by Chris Santella. Biking has grown increasingly popular in recent years, as both a leisure and an extreme exercise activity, and Santella covers trips for cyclists of every level. Fifty Places to Bike covers environments as varied as the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia, the Indochina Trail in Vietnam, and the urban jungle of New York City. With a healthy mix of international and national locations, the 50 chapters capture the breathtaking vistas cyclists will enjoy around the world. As always, the places are brought to life with more than 40 stunning color photographs.
Praise for Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die:
"OMG views, killer hills and open road - the routes in Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die (in bookstores this month) have everything a pedal pusher could ask for." - Fitness magazine
"If you know someone who can't view a landscape without visualizing themselves traversing it on two wheels, Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die is a sound gift choice." - The San Francisco Chronicle
"Fifty Places to Bike Before You Die gets adventurous cyclists going in the right direction." - The Boston Globe
"50 chapters capture breathtaking cycling trails around the world." - Metrosource magazine
Chris Santella is a freelance writer and marketing consultant based in Portland, Oregon. A regular contributor to the New York Times and Forbes.com, he has also contributed to the New Yorker, Travel & Leisure, Golf, and Delta Sky. Santella is the author of eight other titles in STC’s Fifty Places series.
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