Lonely Planet Epic Bike Rides of the World

I bought this for my husband, who is a serious mountain bike rider. He looks into all the trails wherever we go, and makes sure to explore at least a few of them on our visits. So as we may have a bit more time on our hands as we move closer to retirement, I saw this book and thought we could make more trips around our beautiful country and check out more places. He was thrilled with the book, and looks forward to checking some of these places out! He liked it so much he had me get another one for his best friend, who is also an avid bike rider! He is enjoying it now, too. Do you know any avid bike riders? This is a great gift, or for yourself if you bike!

I wish it had been more inclusive but I enjoyed the book.

Inspiring with a group of ideas for rides I might not have thought of on my own. My wife and I travel all over the world, many by bicycle - 73 countries visited in total thus far. This book reminded me of some of our favorite past rides, confirmed some already on our existing list to try, suggested some we had not previously envisioned, and gave us reasons to rule out some others we might otherwise foolishly have tried.

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my brother who has been into cycling and travel, so it seemed to be the perfect gift. I doubt he's sat down to read it much, but I know he liked the idea of it and rather go out on his bike instead.

Bought this book as a gift. Book was truly "Like New" as the pages were still stuck together like no one has ever opened it or flipped through the pages. The pictures are beautiful and my fiance is excited to get to sit down and enjoy it.The reason this gets a 3 star rating is due to the poor construction of the book. It was simply packaged in a bubble mailer and as the post man shoved it into the mail slot, the binding broke and is almost completely detached from the rest of the book. We are very disappointed and it looks like we weren't the first to experience this with the binding.

Very nice hardcover book..gift for my son he was impressed

Great gift for my daughter, who has bicycled allover the world.She has now found new places to go. It did slow down our gift opening on Christmas Eve, since she wouldn't put the book down and go on to open her next present. It was ok though, we all needed a break anyway. Great book.

Great photos and details of a huge number of great bike trips!

So many amazing bike rides. So little time. Where do you start? The Spanish Picos Mountains? May Chau? Scotland's Coast to Coast? This a sumptuous book all the way through, from its beautiful retro cover to the amazing photographs and descriptions. Sadly only a paragraph on each destination, but enough to whet the imagination and get inspired. We got the book for my partner for Christmas. He read the first few pages and got his bike out to go down to the shop. Result!

The book has plenty of good bike rides spread around the world. The rides are probably for the more experienced bike rider rather than the occasional rider and for some I expect there needs to be an ability to be able to ride in differing terrains. However, on reading about the different routes, the description is clear and you should be able to decide if they are for you or not.

This book is beautiful and full of great information. I got this for someone as a Christmas present and they've been reading it a lot! There was a small mark on the cover but no damage besides that, probably just happened through delivery. Definitely would recommend for a bike lover.

This was far better than I thought it would be and it was a present for someone who is quite difficult to buy for but he thought it great.

Bought as a birthday gift for my son. He is delighted with it and I would recommend it to any cyclists.