If you’ve been looking for a guide to biking with a focus on sightseeing, this is the book for you! Frederick John Lamp gives readers 50 detailed moderate-level bike routes throughout Connecticut complete with maps and cue sheets. Plus, before hopping on your bike, you can preview each ride with practical bullet point descriptions and color photography.

This is the first full-color guide to the state of Connecticut by road bike for the moderate-level rider. It will also be useful to anyone looking for scenic routes throughout the state, although bicycle riding affords the luxury of a slower pace in the open air.

With an introduction to riding and to the resources available, the book covers six diverse geographical regions of Connecticut in fifty rides. Each ride is represented by a four-page spread with color photographs of the sights, a narrative description, a map, and a concise cue sheet with directions and mileage. The rides focus on the rich historical sites; the enterprise of Connecticut’s people; and the great natural resources of the Long Island Sound, Connecticut’s rivers, lakes, creeks, and the hills of the Berkshires. Routes also take you through farms, picturesque small villages, city streets, forests, and bogs to view the flora and fauna of the state.

Frederick John Lamp is The Frances & Benjamin Benenson Foundation Curator of African Art at the Yale University Art Gallery and member of the Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club, the Southern Connecticut Cycle Club, and Yankee Peddlers.

Frederick’s book sells for $39.99 and can be purchased through the publisher at www.schifferbooks.com or your local bookseller, as well as numerous online retailers.