Mountain biking, culture and society / edited byJim Cherrington.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cherrington, Jim, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Routledge research in sport, culture and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mountain biking--Social aspects.

Mountain biking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Contents:

Part I: Mountain biking identities

Exploring mountain bike coaches' perceptions towards learning to coach through story completion : coaching happily ever after? / Thomas Leeder and Lee Beaumont

Evaluating competitiveness as a personality trait among a sample of mountain bikers / Kieren McEwan, Neil Weston, and Paul Gorczynski

The motivations, identities, and environmental sensibilities of contemporary e-mountain bike users : the people behind the power / Lesley Ingram-Sills

Part II: Mountain biking bodies

A sociology of how things go wrong in mountain biking : falling into place / Mike Lloyd

An exploration Into the sensory experience of pain in mountain biking / Benjamin Moreland

Encounters with mountain bike trail centre spaces : experience landscapes / David Gibbs and Lewis Holloway

Part III: Mountain biking environments

Downhill MTB, digital media, and DIY urbanism : riding with red bull / Jacob Bustad and Oliver Rick

Sustainable mountain bike trails : towards a holistic approach / Tom Campbell

Repairing and caring for DIY designed mountain bike and BMX trails : no dig, no ride / Liam Healy

Air pollution as 'slow violence' during multi-day mountain bike trips / Clare Nattress

Part IV: The cultural politics of mountain biking

Women and barriers to participation in mountain biking : the impossible climb / Louise Bordelon

Hegemonic masculinity and sexualisation in mountain bike trail naming practices : what's in a name? / Benjamin Moreland, Alice Lemkes, Jenni Myers, and Jack Reed

Portrayals of ideals of authenticity in mountain biking multimedia : escaping to find yourself / Jeff Warren and John Reid-Hresko

Reflections on trails, mountain biking, and indigenous-settler relations in British Columbia : ride, (re)connect and (re)build / Tavis Smith, Patrick Lucas, Tom Eustache, and Thomas Schoen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Mountain biking, culture and society

ISBN:

9781003845935 (electronic bk.)

1003845932 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032251477

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.