Road BikingT Florida: A Guide To The Greatest Bike Rides In Florida

by Rick Sapp

Overview

Many have dreamed of seeing Florida at a slower pace than through the windshield of a car whizzing along the interstate, and yet few have done so. Road Biking Florida provides an exquisite tour of the Sunshine State, offering bike routes for every taste and moment. Each ride—whether along highways or quiet rural lanes, from short 25-mile rambles to 100-mile classics—has been ridden and reviewed personally by local author Rick Sapp. He highlights not only the unique features of the road but also the people, the ecology, and the history of the areas covered. The author’s passion truly brings alive those halcyon rides under hammocks of oak draped with Spanish moss, past whitetail deer munching on acorns, along stretches of white sand beaches, and through wide expanses of the Everglades and swamp.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762744480
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/24/2008
Series:	Road Biking Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,020,128
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Rick Sapp grew up biking the steepest hill in Florida and decorating his J.C. Higgins one-speed with crêpe paper streamers for elementary school bike races. Since then he has covered the state, from Pensacola to Key West, and broadened his enthusiasm for all things outdoors. He has published a dozen books, including Camping Florida (forthcoming, FalconGuides) and many magazine articles.

Read an Excerpt

“In this book you will find rides of every sort. Rambles that are merely warm-ups for experienced cyclists and true classics that will challenge any rider’s endurance—and will. Several pedals are scenic from the moment you mount up to the moment you return the bike to the rack—while a couple are designed to show a side of Florida that may be a bit unsettling. Several rides travel through country so lonely that farmers and ranchers will look up from their work as you wheel past, children dizzy on tire swings will stare, and families shelling butter beans in the porch swing will smile and wave. A few rides are so uptown that your eyes may blur at the endless series of stops and turns.”