Review: Pleasant, but not what I expected
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2013
Mountain bikers stay away!After a quick glance at the well outlined, detailed, and linked Table of Contents, it was evident that "How to Cycle Faster" was not aimed at mountain bikers. There was information for mountain bikers but it seemed to be dedicated to road bikers who might accidentally find themselves entered in an off-road race. I am being slightly facetious, but the mountain bike specific information is sparse and extremely simplistic with advice like: "Make sure that your equipment is suitable for off-roading. Taking your road bike off road is a recipe for injury, breaking down and quite frankly embarrassment!"The sparse information relating to mountain biking was especially surprising in light of the cover image of what seems to be a downhill mountain bike. Before purchasing the book, I did find it quite odd that a downhill bike graced the cover. Downhill MTB is a discipline with relatively little pedaling going on(compared to other disciplines).The book was relatively short, but not extremely so.There was interesting information and I definitely learned a few facts, albeit on a different subject than I expected.The writing style was the biggest thing that turned me off to this book. It seemed chatty rather than authoritative. It's a personal thing, but it did bother me.