Bike for Life ─ How to Ride to 100 - and Beyond

Second only to running among favorite outdoor activities, cycling continues to enjoy a boom. In fact, Americans spend more on bicycling gear and trips than they do on airplane tickets. Bike for Life offers key information on medical research, training techniques, nutrition, technology, and equipment trends that impact the sport at every level. It is the authoritative guide to getting the most out of riding, whether you bike for health, fitness, transportation, or recreation. This essential resource includes research on staying strong longer and tackles issues relevant to older cyclists, especially balance and the anti–aging benefits of cycling. This updated edition also offers skills and events specific to women; new interviews, tips, and strategies; and 100 black-and-white photos to illustrate the exercises.

Roy M. Wallack has survived the Eco-Challenge, the Soviet Union by bike, and some of the world’s toughest two-wheel events. Author of The Traveling Cyclist and a former editor at Bicycle Guide, California Bicyclist, and Triathlete magazines, he is a sports-gear columnist for the Los Angeles Times and covers cycling, fitness, longevity, triathlon, and running for Bicycling, Men’s Journal, Playboy, Outside, Competitor, and VeloNews. He lives in Irvine, CA.

Bill Katovsky biked solo across America, finished the Hawaii Ironman twice, and founded Triathlete magazine. In 2003, he co-authored Embedded: The Media at War in Iraq: An Oral History, which won Harvard’s Goldsmith Book Prize. He is also the author of Return to Fitness. He lives in Mill Valley, CA.