When Howard Horse invites his friends to a bike competition, Gracie Goat is scared because she doesn't know how to ride a bike, but fortunately her Grandma convinces her to face her fears.

Eleven-year-old Matt wants to make the Evergreen Racing Team but his chances are seriously threatened when a new boy moves to town and resorts to cheating in order to win.

Bored when their practice hill gets buried in snow, Slam and his friends try snowboarding instead and blame Naomi for everything that goes wrong, but when Slam tries to make up with her by bringing a set of the bicycle snow tires his father devised, things go from bad to worse.Bored when their practice hill gets buried in snow, Slam and his friends try snowboarding instead and blame Fiona for everything that goes wrong, but when Slam tries to apologize, things go from bad to worse.

Slam and the father of his arch-rival Punk have both seen the course of a new cross-country bicycle race before it is announced, and Slam must decide whether or not to tell his friends and start practicing there, even though logging in the area would make it dangerous to do so.Slam and the father of his arch-rival Punk have both seen the course of a new cross-country bicycle race before it is announced, and Slam must decide whether or not to tell his friends and start practicing there, even though logging in the area would make it dangerous to do so.

Although Slam Duncan and his fellow mountain bikers have accused friend Fiona of sabotaging their practice track, she comes to their aid in an important race against their arch-rivals, Punk and Dyno.

Product Description: Nancy is asked to recover Shooting Star, a valuable race horse that has been stolen from Rainbow Ranch.

A graphic novel series for reluctant readers follows the adventures of 'Slam' Duncan and his mountain bike buddies as they learn the values of teamwork and respect while spending their time buzzing the trails and tracks of the local downhill courses.

Thirteen-year-old Jamie's younger sister helps him prepare for the bicycle race at school that he has been daydreaming about, in a high-interest title for struggling readers.

A graphic novel series for reluctant readers follows the adventures of 'Slam' Duncan and his mountain bike buddies as they learn the values of teamwork and respect while spending their time buzzing the trails and tracks of the local downhill courses.

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Product Description: Slam Duncan and his mountain biking gang need a new place to race, so they build a course in an abandoned quarry. Written in graphic-novel format.

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Matt is determined to win the Pebble Creek bike race in order to replace his old bike with the grand prize--a new mountain bike--but all of his friends want to win as well, and he is not sure their friendship will survive the competition.

A sixty-six-year-old grandfather, barred from entering the 1000-mile Tour of Sweden because of his age, unofficially joins the bicycle race and, to the delight of his countrymen, emerges victorious.

Ralph, hoping to impress the local bicycle racing team, uses his secret rocket engine in a race against his friend Dudley, but afterwards only Dudley is asked to join the team.

When George's bicycle disappears shortly before the big bike race, Nancy Drew and her friends investigate.

When George's bicycle disappears shortly before the big bike race, Nancy Drew and her friends investigate.

Even though his dad told him to stay home because he is sick, Otto decides that he has to enter the Ocean Shores 500 bike race.

While the other cows on Monsieur Gruyere's farm dream about becoming train engineers, Marta opts to ride the much quieter bicycle, and after a year of practice, becomes a skilled rider.

The classic bicycle road racing book first published in 1978 chronicles a 150-kilometer European road race and its competitors in vivid, realistic detail. Reprint.

Maurice is sure that this is the year he will win the annual bicycle race but his arch nemesis, Stinky, has other plans, in a delightful tale for anyone who has ever had to overcome the challenges of a difficult ride.

A sixty-six-year-old grandfather, barred from entering the 1000-mile Tour of Sweden because of his age, unofficially joins the bicycle race

When overweight fourteen-year-old video whiz Doug Cannon is introduced to the sport of cycling he begins a transformation that leads him to health and self-respect

Ernest Peterson's hopes of winning the Washington, D.C., Citywide Cup bicycle race are shattered when his grandmother gives him a huge, clunky, yellow bike for his tenth birthday

A sixty-six-year-old grandfather, barred from entering the 1000-mile Tour of Sweden because of his age, unofficially joins the bicycle race