by William Nealy

isbn: 0897321146
subject: Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Recreation, Outdoors
finished: 10/8/2000

After taking a couple of years off, I've recently started mountain biking again. I was never very good in the first place, so to help refresh my memory I dug out my old copy of Mountain Bike. I had forgotten how cool this book is -- it's hand drawn and lettered by Nealy, and serves as an entertaining (and often hilarious) introduction to basic and advanced mountain bike techniques. Rather than beating the reader over the head with advice about how to do things "correctly" he takes a common sense sort of approach aimed at avoiding serious injury and having lots of fun. I would definitely recommend this book to aspiring mountain bikers.