Dramatic and panoramic, these are the best routes to ride on two wheels whether you are a passionate newbie or a seasoned pro Discover the best places to bike in this carefully curated guide to seeing the world on a bike. Organized by terrain - urban, mountain, on-road, scenic - each tour was constructed by leading French cycling expert Claude Droussent who co-founded "L'Étape du Tour" which is an organized mass participation event that allows amateur cyclists to race over the same route as the Tour de France on the tour's official rest days. From family-friendly urban sightseeing tours to epic rides off the beaten track, the destinations featured here range from easy bike tours of Paris to more challenging adventures in diverse locales like Utah's Zion National Park, the Ecuadorean Andes, or Mt. Snowdonia in Wales. Included also are some of the world's favorite cycling destinations: Normandy's lush countryside, the historic Hudson River Trail, an exotic Phnom Penh-to-Laos trail along the Mekong River. Explore the hills of Tuscany with stops for regional cuisine and great art and architecture, or soak up the local color on the Bolivia-to-Peru loop along the shores of Lake Titicaca. Each tour comes fully illustrated including details about length, estimated duration, elevation, difficulty, and points of interest.

Cycling Paradises: 100 Bike Tours of the World's Most Breathtaking Places to Pedal

Sports & Outdoors

Droussent, Claude

Individual Sports

Universe

<div>Featuring majestic scenery and dramatic panoramas, these carefully selected tours represent the most beautiful places to pedal throughout North America for both seasoned and novice cyclists featuring the groundbreaking user-sourced mapping technology of the Strava app. The most complete cycling guide ever published for North America, this book presents 350 carefully curated cycling itineraries in the US, Canada, and Mexico featuring maps, technical details, tourist information, not-to-be-missed scenic highlights, and cycling hacks and tips. &nbsp; &nbsp;Based upon information drawn from users of the Strava app, the most knowledgeable and expert cycling community in the world, these routes are the 'best'&nbsp;balancing cycling level, scenic beauty, points of interest, iconic sites to visit - even must-visit bike shops. Those selected by three-time American Tour de France winner Greg LeMond focus on quieter roads - including dirt and gravel roads - that get cyclists off the beaten track. &nbsp; &nbsp;Organised into eight regional sections covering the entire continent, the book includes some 'off the mainland'&nbsp;routes in Hawaii and the Caribbean for good measure. For those with time and a spirit of adventure, routes can be connected for a continuous, coast-to-coast trip.</div>

Cycling Atlas North America: The 350 Most Beautiful Cycling Trips in the US, Canada, and Mexico (Cycling Atlases)

LeMond, Greg

From incredible scenery to dramatic panoramas, these carefully selected tours of the most beautiful places to pedal throughout Europe will delight both seasoned and novice cyclists and feature the groundbreaking user-sourced mapping technology of the Strava app. The guide features 350 of the most beautiful and scenic cycling routes all over Europe, carefully curated for cyclists of every level and ability--from easy, scenic lowland countryside to visually glorious, more strenuous routes in the Alps and the Carpathians. The book also includes routes that enable the user to re-create itineraries from the Tour de France or Giro d'Italia. This is the best European cycling guide ever assembled with the aid of Strava, the mapping app that includes information from the world's most knowledgeable and expert cyclists who have critically reviewed and rated them. It contains maps, technical details, tourist information, and tips. Included are urban tours that highlight Europe's cultural glories and routes that highlight the continent's breathtaking natural beauty. The book is organized into nine regional sections covering mainland Europe from the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the boot of Italy.

Cycling Atlas Europe: The 350 Most Beautiful Cycling Trips in Europe (Cycling Atlases)

Reference

Atlases & Maps

L'atlas du vélo - Augmenté par Strava

Travel

Europe

Solar

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