"A modern day Mark Twain on two wheels." --USA Today
"Joe Kurmaskie rolls with a keen sense of humor and a big heart."
--Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and The Serpent of Venice
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series of bicycle-touring tales hits the
open road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he's outsprinting
African elephants in Zimbabwe; reliving dangerous old cycling routes of his
youth; debating the merits of living strong or living wrong or living without
a rubber bracelet at all; riding up Mount Hood in a July snowstorm; savoring
roadside treasures found along the way; extolling the wonder of boys
on bikes; detailing a few skirmishes in the war between cars and bikes,
debating the perils and delights of riding at night; and diagnosing whether the
glorious addiction called cycling has taken over your life, he consistently rides
down awful truths and celebrates beautiful wrecks--himself included. Joe
Kurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out
rush of getting back up again.
This collection is a kaleidoscope of exuberant cycling adventure stories
spanning four decades and thirty countries. It embraces the absurdity of
living at any speed, the fragility in each of us the world over, and simple
wonders waiting just up the road.
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"Joe Kurmaskie rolls with a keen sense of humor and a big heart."
--Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and The Serpent of Venice
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series of bicycle-touring tales hits the
open road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he's outsprinting
African elephants in Zimbabwe; reliving dangerous old cycling routes of his
youth; debating the merits of living strong or living wrong or living without
a rubber bracelet at all; riding up Mount Hood in a July snowstorm; savoring
roadside treasures found along the way; extolling the wonder of boys
on bikes; detailing a few skirmishes in the war between cars and bikes,
debating the perils and delights of riding at night; and diagnosing whether the
glorious addiction called cycling has taken over your life, he consistently rides
down awful truths and celebrates beautiful wrecks--himself included. Joe
Kurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out
rush of getting back up again.
This collection is a kaleidoscope of exuberant cycling adventure stories
spanning four decades and thirty countries. It embraces the absurdity of
living at any speed, the fragility in each of us the world over, and simple
wonders waiting just up the road.
A Guide to Falling Down in Public: Finding Balance On and Off the Bicycle
"A modern day Mark Twain on two wheels." --USA Today
"Joe Kurmaskie rolls with a keen sense of humor and a big heart."
--Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and The Serpent of Venice
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series of bicycle-touring tales hits the
open road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he's outsprinting
African elephants in Zimbabwe; reliving dangerous old cycling routes of his
youth; debating the merits of living strong or living wrong or living without
a rubber bracelet at all; riding up Mount Hood in a July snowstorm; savoring
roadside treasures found along the way; extolling the wonder of boys
on bikes; detailing a few skirmishes in the war between cars and bikes,
debating the perils and delights of riding at night; and diagnosing whether the
glorious addiction called cycling has taken over your life, he consistently rides
down awful truths and celebrates beautiful wrecks--himself included. Joe
Kurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out
rush of getting back up again.
This collection is a kaleidoscope of exuberant cycling adventure stories
spanning four decades and thirty countries. It embraces the absurdity of
living at any speed, the fragility in each of us the world over, and simple
wonders waiting just up the road.
"Joe Kurmaskie rolls with a keen sense of humor and a big heart."
--Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and The Serpent of Venice
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series of bicycle-touring tales hits the
open road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he's outsprinting
African elephants in Zimbabwe; reliving dangerous old cycling routes of his
youth; debating the merits of living strong or living wrong or living without
a rubber bracelet at all; riding up Mount Hood in a July snowstorm; savoring
roadside treasures found along the way; extolling the wonder of boys
on bikes; detailing a few skirmishes in the war between cars and bikes,
debating the perils and delights of riding at night; and diagnosing whether the
glorious addiction called cycling has taken over your life, he consistently rides
down awful truths and celebrates beautiful wrecks--himself included. Joe
Kurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out
rush of getting back up again.
This collection is a kaleidoscope of exuberant cycling adventure stories
spanning four decades and thirty countries. It embraces the absurdity of
living at any speed, the fragility in each of us the world over, and simple
wonders waiting just up the road.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940157718343 |
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| Publisher: | Breakaway Books |
| Publication date: | 03/16/2016 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 256 |
| File size: | 836 KB |
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