假期悦读好书推荐

    接下来再给大家推荐一本以自行车为主题的假期读物：《纽约骑行指南》（Where To Bike New York City），作者是J.P·波特兰。这本书是一套旅游指南书系列丛书中的一本。丛书的编纂目的是为了帮助车手寻找风光最秀美的骑行路线环游世界各国的城市。本书的作者生长于纽约，是一个用生命骑车的人，他知道在纽约怎么骑车最方便。

    “写这本书之前，”波特兰在序言中写道，“我曾一边骑车横穿布鲁克林桥，一边欣赏日出和日落。笔者曾在曼哈顿、布隆克斯区（美国纽约市北部的一个行政区——译注）、皇后区（纽约市东部的行政区——译注）和长岛（美国纽约州东南端岛屿——译注）骑行周游，找到了无数条环游北新泽西的路径。”

    本书有一部分章节专门介绍安全骑游的基本知识，上面讲解了骑游设备、自行车知识及出行前的重要准备。最重要的是，书中附有地图和58条旅游线路的详细的指南，帮助骑游者全方位感受“城市中的建筑、美食、人文、古董及各种新奇、神秘的事物。”这本书是骑游者的宝贵资源，对于不爱骑车的步行背包客来说也是不可多得的宝贝。

    译者：Nasca

    Here's another bike-themed stocking stuffer: Where To Bike New York City, by J.P. Partland. It's part of a series of guidebooks designed to help bike riders find the most picturesque ways around various cities throughout the world. The author is a native New Yorker, lives to bike, and knows the best ways to get from here to there on two wheels.

    "By the time I got around to writing this book," Partland says in the introduction, "I had seen both the sunrise and sunset from the saddle while cruising over the Brooklyn Bridge. I had circumnavigated Manhattan, toured the Bronx, made my way through Queens and Long Island, and discovered countless routes around northern New Jersey."

    The book contains a section of basics that spell out the ground rules of safe biking. It goes into equipment, the key things you need to know about bikes and the important things to do before you take off. Most important, it contains maps and detailed instructions for 58 specific trips that uncover "the incredible diversity in architecture, food, people, old stuff, new stuff and arcane stuff that can be found in the city." The book is a great resource for bikers. It's an equally valuable tool for the less adventuresome among us who like to do our exploring by foot.