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A Guide to Falling Down in Public: Finding Balance On And Off The Bicycle
"David Sedaris trapped in the body of Lance Armstrong."—Akron Beacon Journal
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series hits the open road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he’s outsprinting African elephants and dictators in Zimbabwe or confounding Mexican freedom fighters in Copper Canyon with nothing more than broken Spanish, questionable geopolitical skills, and the magic of a bicycle, Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out rush of getting back up again. He celebrates beautiful wrecks on five continents, the extraordinary people met along the way, and all the awe-inspiring, sweat-soaked miles ridden in between.
This collection, a kaleidoscope of bicycle touring adventures told through exuberant stories spanning four decades and thirty countries, with many illustrations, 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.
The fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series hits the open road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he’s outsprinting African elephants and dictators in Zimbabwe or confounding Mexican freedom fighters in Copper Canyon with nothing more than broken Spanish, questionable geopolitical skills, and the magic of a bicycle, Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out rush of getting back up again. He celebrates beautiful wrecks on five continents, the extraordinary people met along the way, and all the awe-inspiring, sweat-soaked miles ridden in between.
This collection, a kaleidoscope of bicycle touring adventures told through exuberant stories spanning four decades and thirty countries, with many illustrations, 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.
- GenresNonfiction
288 pages, Hardcover
First published April 12, 2016
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Joe Kurmaskie
8 books18 followersJoe Kurmaskie, dubbed the "Metal Cowboy" by a blind rancher he encountered one icy morning in Idaho, has been addicted to the intoxicating freedom and power of the bicycle ever since he "borrowed" his big sister's banana-seat bike at the age of five. As he careened down the neighborhood hill, much to his parents' dismay, Joe set in motion what has become a lifelong love affair with the road and the wheel.
-from metalcowboy.com
-from metalcowboy.com
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August 25, 2020
Always enjoy reading the Metal Cowboy's insights and adventures. For some reason this one seemed to be a bit more "scattered" - for lack of a better term - than his other books though - perhaps it was just me... but still worth reading!
November 22, 2016
I love Kurmaskie's books and was very happy to see he published another book. However, this one didn't capture my interest as much as his others have. The short stories, while interesting, quite amusing, and often quite humorous, at times seemed disconnected and didn't flow together.
January 6, 2017
Great book of many short stories. Inspires change in a good way!
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