{"product_id":"the-mountain-bike-way-of-knowledge-a-cartoon-self-help-manual-on-riding-technique-and-general-mountain-bike-craziness-9781634043687","title":"The Mountain Bike Way of Knowledge: A Cartoon Self-Help Manual on Riding Technique and General Mountain Bike Craziness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaugh while you learn basic and advanced techniques for mountain biking from an expert who is also a renowned cartoonist!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Nealy has revolutionized learning how to mountain bike. Whether you're a rank beginner or a cycling pro, William's \u003ci\u003eThe Mountain Bike Way of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e educates and entertains like no other how-to manual you've ever read! His crash-and-burn experience, four-dimensional drawings, and twisted sense of humor give you the most comprehensive, easy-to-understand, and detailed book on mountain biking ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mountain Bike Way of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e teaches you everything you need to know, from your first ride to the secrets of wheelie turns, log jumps, bar hops, and dog evasion-to name a few. It also includes embarrassing but true stories about the best-selling author's own experiences. After crashing and burning on mountain bikes for more than a decade, William decided to share his hard-earned wisdom-using his hilarious, accessible cartoon style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside you'll find: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntertaining and educational content for beginners and experts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBasic skills to advanced techniques like wheelie turns and log jumps\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnecdotal stories from the author's own experiences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRiotous cartoons that make learning fun!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether you're just thinking about buying your first mountain bike or you're a full-blown mountain bike racer-head, this is the book you've been waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam \"Not Bill\" Nealy\u003c\/b\u003e was a wild, gentle, brilliant artist and creator turned cult hero who wrote 10 books for Menasha Ridge Press from 1982 to 2000. William shared his hard-won \"crash-and-learn\" experiences through humorous hand-drawn cartoons and illustrated river maps that enabled generations to follow in his footsteps. His subjects included paddling, mountain biking, skiing, and inline skating. His hand-drawn, poster-size river maps of the Nantahala, Ocoee, Chattooga, Gauley, Youghiogheny, and several other rivers are still sought after and in use today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He and his wife, Holly Wallace, spent their adult years in a home William built in the woods on the outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, along with an assortment of dogs, lizards, pigs, snakes, turtles, and amphibians. William died in 2001.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis longtime friend and publisher, Bob Sehlinger, wrote: \"When William Nealy died in 2001, paddling lost its Poet Laureate, one of its best teachers, and its greatest icon. William was arguably the best-known ambassador of whitewater sport, entertaining and instructing hundreds of thousands of paddlers through his illustrated books, including the classics: \u003ci\u003eWhitewater Home Companion Volumes I\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eII, Whitewater Tales of Terror, Kayaks to Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and his best-known work, \u003ci\u003eKayak, \u003c\/i\u003e which combined expert paddling instruction with artful caricatures and parodies of the whitewater community itself.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Menasha Ridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50488041537810,"sku":"9781634043687","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8c4ab732-e383-4802-9336-25214b8b366f.jpg?v=1730465018","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mountain-bike-way-of-knowledge-a-cartoon-self-help-manual-on-riding-technique-and-general-mountain-bike-craziness-9781634043687","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}