Cycling the Rhine Route by John Powell, 1892495236, Lowest Book Price Finder

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There is never enough space in any guide

Of course I think this is a great book - I spent a number of years researching and writing "Cycling the Rhine Route". I had so much information that I had to edit out two-thirds of the original manuscript to fit in with the publisher's requirements and I still had to persuade him to make the book longer than originally planned. So I had to make informed choices about what to leave in and take out, and after having cycled the route quite a few times, in all seasons and weathers, I feel that I have done my best within the constraints placed upon me.
This book is a guide and the route guides are merely that. You will need good maps to cycle any route and they will help you make decisions and choices during your journey. At the same time it isn't rocket science to find your way from town to town, with a large river to follow.

Good points and bad points

I have to give "Cycling the Rhine Route" full marks for encouraging me to try riding that route, and to cycle this - and then the Danube route, which nearly joins it - would be a majestic tour. However, now that I have tried a little of the Rhine Route, I realize that this book has an absolutely major problem.

The route description has a Germanic precision, and I think it is the result of careful research, but it has NO DISTANCES for the junctions. As a result, to follow the guide, you have to read it continuously, and keep an eye out for every detail, to know which is next. If only the author had written down the cycle computer readings, you could relax and wait for the next 1 or 10 km to pass by!.

Perhaps the second edition will be improved. And by the way, a practical guidebook like this deserves to be a smaller format, in a flexible waterproof cover, like many climbing guidebooks!

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