reading suggestions?

[elk]

I just finished Heft on Wheels and Its Not About the Bike and I need more bicycle books!!!

Especially interested in narrative books with the bike at the center of the narrative.

Also...what are your favorite "how to" books about biking? I keep eyeing Biking for Life...and I devoured the controversiall Urban Cyclist book someone recommended.

[Tri Girl]

I just ordered 5 books from Amazon.com about cycling. The one I really can't wait to get my hands on is: Miles from Nowhere: A Round the World Bicycle Adventure. It's about a young couple who decides to ride their bikes all around the world- some 23,000 miles and all the adventures they had along the way. Happened back in the 70's or early 80's. Upon their return home, she was killed by a truck while training for a triathlon. She wrote the book, and I think her husband had is published after her death. I'm really excited to read about their adventures. Another one I ordered was: Hey Mom, Can I Ride My Bike Across America?: Five Kids Meet Their
Country about two teachers who take 5 students on a cross country cycling adventure. Hopefully that one will inspire me to ride my bike cross country one day (if a 12 year old can do it- surely I can).

I just finished reading Riding with the Blue Moth by Bill Hancock (summary here: http://www.ridingwiththebluemoth.com/pages/7/index.htm and http://www.ridingwiththebluemoth.com/pages/5/index.htm . It was an excellent read! I could hardly put it down. He writes in a sort of journal style. Each day is a chapter with his mileage, food he ate, time it took- then he tells all about each day's adventure. I couldn't wait to read about the next day.

Anyway- sorry that was so long. I love reading non-fiction FAR more than fiction (I can make up my own stories- I love to read real things ), and adventure stories are by far my favorite.

I checked out Heft on Wheels: How to do a 180 from the library, and I really didn't like it. His writing style bothered me. Too many run on sentences and fragments and such (being an English teacher doesn't help- I wanted to reach for my purple pen too much). I may give him another try, tho. I found his stories interesting, and wanted to read more.

[Tuckervill]

I read most of Riding with the Blue Moth while sitting at bookstore (yes, I skipped around, but I read at least half of it--I had a lot of time to kill) and found it depressing.

I have Bike for Life It's more like a reference book, but there are lots of good stories like that of John Howard, and the authors' accounts of their epic rides.

I watched The Flying Scotsman on pay-per-view the other day, and I'd like to read that book.

Karen

[Melalvai]

I'm a big fan of the Metal Cowboy. Momentum is Your Friend is about his trip across America pulling his two boys (5 and 7 yrs). The Metal Cowboy is about some of his adventures when he was single and childless. They are both great reads. He's very funny and I love his attitude.

One thing I learned recently (from his reply to my fan-mail) is that writers need amazon reviews, particularly when a book is new. So if you read a book you like, post an amazon review. It really helps their ratings.

[Thorn]

Probably not what you're looking for, but what about Greg Moody's novels?

And, since I tend to read for comic relief more than anything...French Revolutions by Tim Moore.

[mimitabby]

hey, get your hands on Llamas and Empanadas! it's a great book. A fellow TE gal wrote it about her personal adventures in South America! I thought it would be kind of boring, but it's not!!!
It's full of all sorts of pain, humor, surprises, and, well, bike riding. and why she did it.

[elk]

Probably not what you're looking for, but what about Greg Moody's novels?

And, since I tend to read for comic relief more than anything...French Revolutions by Tim Moore.

I LOVE Mystery novels ....

[Bron]

And, since I tend to read for comic relief more than anything...French Revolutions by Tim Moore.

I bought that one for a friend and ended up reading it myself before I sent it to him. Very funny.

Has anyone else read "Rough Ride" by Paul Kimmage? It's not always that cheerful but gave a picture of what life is like for a domestique.