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An Urban Cycling Guide for Even the Most Skittish Riders

Yvonne Bambrick's new book is as comprehensive as it is approachable.
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We all know the old saying that you never forget how to ride a bicycle—and there’s even science to prove that it’s true. That doesn’t mean, however, that we're all going to feel comfortable riding a bike in traffic in any given urban setting.

“I think getting started on the bike in an urban environment is very daunting,” says Yvonne Bambrick, author of the new book The Urban Cycling Survival Guide: Need-to-Know Skills and Strategies for Biking the City, out March 1 from ECW Press, and available for pre-order now.