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Mud, Sweat, and Gears: A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels
After seventeen years, who would road test a perfectly good marriage by putting it on a summer-long, self-contained bicycle adventure across Canada? Only the Metal Cowboy, of course. Beth Biagini Kurmaskie, the woman behind the man-child, has finally saddled up on her own volition—if only to bring a bit of parental supervision to the mix. She struggles and stumbles along the way while celebrating summer, speed, the simple pleasures of a road trip powered by one’s own muscles, and what it means to be part of one stripped of the comforts and noise of the modern world, riding sixteen feet of bicycle train. With three sons aboard—one celebrating his first birthday on the road—a nursing mother finds her inner Xena Warrior Cyclist and all the reasons why she's stayed married to a whirling dervish of a husband. Mud, Sweat, and Gears brings together absurd and sublime moments, introduces an American family to the wilds of Canada, uncovers choice characters (man and animal), and finds all the humor and pathos a Metal Cowboy adventure is famous for. If Momentum Is Your Friend was about fathers, sons, and hometown heroes, then Mud, Sweat, and Gears is about mothers, wives, family, and the glue that holds the world together. With an extra revealing and outrageous footnotes from Beth throughout, filling in the backstories to many previous Metal Cowboy tales.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
About the author
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.
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April 8, 2010
Portland writer and biker Joe Kurmaskie describes the 4,000 mile bike trip he and his wife Beth made across Canada with their sons Quinn (9), Enzo ( ) and Mateo (1). Joe pedaled 16 feet worth of tandem, Trail-A-Bike and trailer, with gear and his three sons, a weight of about 500 pounds. Beth rode separately on a single touring bike and they supplemented muscle with chocolate milk and hardboiled eggs. The plan was a supported cruise from their front door to the Washington Ferry where they would take off, riding about 75 miles/day, camping about 75% of the time, and flying back from the East Coast at the end of the summer trip. Kurmaskie calls the book a love story--it's certainly an ode to his mother, wife, and family--and begins each of 4 parts with a scene about his mother, now in assisted living. Part Three is the story of how he and Beth met and the rest is about the trip. Initially I found his voice overbearing, but as the book progressed, I found his values and goals admirable, and his humor won me over. Beth tells her side of the story, at least somewhat, in footnotes, and I liked that. She makes biking seem doable. Kurmaskie begins each chapter with aptly chosen quotes that show the depth of his interests and knowlege from Emerson to Tolkien. The whole family helps a Canadian restaurant owner facing foreclosure clean up the place for a meal that might convince her creditors to back off, and many experiences with Canadians show how kind folks are to this group. I'm really glad I read this!
March 11, 2013
Joe Kurmaskie, an experienced bicycle tourer, takes a ride across Canada with his wife and three children, the youngest just one year old. Their setup was amazing -- dad (hauling all three kids)riding a tandem with a trail-a-bike and a trailer (holding baby and all their camping & other gear), and mom on her own bike. They must have been quite a sight!
The book is funny, and surprisingly personal. But there were significant failings: Surprisingly, there was no map included, and often not even an indication of where they were along their route. The wife's footnote remarks were often crude and sarcastic. The story was disjointed, jumping from a report of their ride to long, long sections about the couple's prior history. It was almost as if he couldn't decide which book he wanted to write.
I was disappointed. The title promises something other than what the book delivers.
The book is funny, and surprisingly personal. But there were significant failings: Surprisingly, there was no map included, and often not even an indication of where they were along their route. The wife's footnote remarks were often crude and sarcastic. The story was disjointed, jumping from a report of their ride to long, long sections about the couple's prior history. It was almost as if he couldn't decide which book he wanted to write.
I was disappointed. The title promises something other than what the book delivers.
January 10, 2011
Once in awhile you read a book and it's so delightful that you search out everything else the author has written. This is one of those books for me. Joe Kurmaskie's tale of taking his wife and three little boys for 4000 miles across Canada on a seven-wheeled bicycle with baby trailer attached is a family adventure that kept me turning the pages. It's actually his most recent book but I'm happy to know that he's written three others, all concerning bicycling adventures, some with his family and some without. Joe is funny, honest, loves people, and has a gift for bringing characters, places and what could be mind-numbing pedaling to life!
March 6, 2018
If you've never read a bike touring book before, this is a fine place to start. Kurmaskie tells the story of bicycling across Canada. His wife is on his touring bike, his eldest son is the stoker on the tandem, his middle son is on the trail-a-bike attached to the tandem, his 1 year old son is in the trailer attached to the trail-a-bike. There are footnotes by his wife in the text which often bring Kurmaskie back down to earth.
I didn't like it as much as Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America. The footnotes interrupt the narrative although the writing style is a lot of fun to read. It also seemed like the narrative spent an awful lot of time describing the beginning of the journey, and nearly nothing about the end of the journey. There's whole chapters devoted to how he and his wife met, and while it's funny to read about, I don't think it germane to the main focus of this particular book. Kurmaskie does a great job describing characters and situations they encounter, along with "lightbulb" moments for himself and his family. A little too much preaching about the evils of modern life though.
I didn't like it as much as Momentum Is Your Friend: The Metal Cowboy and His Pint-Sized Posse Take on America. The footnotes interrupt the narrative although the writing style is a lot of fun to read. It also seemed like the narrative spent an awful lot of time describing the beginning of the journey, and nearly nothing about the end of the journey. There's whole chapters devoted to how he and his wife met, and while it's funny to read about, I don't think it germane to the main focus of this particular book. Kurmaskie does a great job describing characters and situations they encounter, along with "lightbulb" moments for himself and his family. A little too much preaching about the evils of modern life though.
August 24, 2025
Probably more like a 2 or 2.5 read but my bias to bicycles rounds up.
This family (with children) rode tandem through national parks of Canada— no planned stops and no cell phone service, kinda wild. I think this book had a lot more potential to be more than what it was. Just felt a little all over at times, second half was were some of the better part of the story of all inclusive lessons learned from the experience emerged. But I almost stopped reading a couple times in the beginning.
Not a fan of the footnote style of writing. I think it was detracting from the flow of the story. When you have 5+ footnotes per page, or a single footnote that takes up 1/3 of the text of the page, perhaps just reconsider if the information is even relevant or if it should be worked into the meat of the story. But again I’m not a published author, this is just my criticism as a reader.
Quotes I liked
🎡Life is a tragedy when seen in close up, but a comedy when viewed in long shot. —Charlie Chaplin
🏇If you let me run like the horses on the range, I’ll never, ever complain. —Timmy Curran “horses on the range”
🌍 I’m restless and unpredictable on foot, spastic and widely even—but atop a bike, I’m poetry in motion. I fit into the world better on a bicycle
🚲 most days I’m convinced I’m one of the last of my kind. The bicycle is my natural habitat, really an extension of myself, a better version of me.
💔certain amount of collateral damage should be expected when two souls try to invent themselves together
🏔️ “may your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, and leading to the most amazing view” —Edward Abbey
🫂 we held each other just a few seconds longer than friends do
🌅 my best rides give me enough momentum to turn in to my troubles and face down the day, nothing more
🤏 In those moments, [riding my bike] everything else seems small and manageable
⚒️There is nothing worth doing that isn’t worth overdoing
🔮 “I never think about the future, it comes soon enough” —Albert Einstein
👩🏻💻reservations are for people on business trips and two weeks of vacation per year. We’re on an adventure here, folks.
🍃 “I believe in God, only I spell it ‘Nature’ “ —Frank Lloyd Write
🎨 “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls” —Pablo Picasso
🧍♂️ “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with— a man is what he makes of himself” —Alexander Graham Bell
This family (with children) rode tandem through national parks of Canada— no planned stops and no cell phone service, kinda wild. I think this book had a lot more potential to be more than what it was. Just felt a little all over at times, second half was were some of the better part of the story of all inclusive lessons learned from the experience emerged. But I almost stopped reading a couple times in the beginning.
Not a fan of the footnote style of writing. I think it was detracting from the flow of the story. When you have 5+ footnotes per page, or a single footnote that takes up 1/3 of the text of the page, perhaps just reconsider if the information is even relevant or if it should be worked into the meat of the story. But again I’m not a published author, this is just my criticism as a reader.
Quotes I liked
🎡Life is a tragedy when seen in close up, but a comedy when viewed in long shot. —Charlie Chaplin
🏇If you let me run like the horses on the range, I’ll never, ever complain. —Timmy Curran “horses on the range”
🌍 I’m restless and unpredictable on foot, spastic and widely even—but atop a bike, I’m poetry in motion. I fit into the world better on a bicycle
🚲 most days I’m convinced I’m one of the last of my kind. The bicycle is my natural habitat, really an extension of myself, a better version of me.
💔certain amount of collateral damage should be expected when two souls try to invent themselves together
🏔️ “may your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, and leading to the most amazing view” —Edward Abbey
🫂 we held each other just a few seconds longer than friends do
🌅 my best rides give me enough momentum to turn in to my troubles and face down the day, nothing more
🤏 In those moments, [riding my bike] everything else seems small and manageable
⚒️There is nothing worth doing that isn’t worth overdoing
🔮 “I never think about the future, it comes soon enough” —Albert Einstein
👩🏻💻reservations are for people on business trips and two weeks of vacation per year. We’re on an adventure here, folks.
🍃 “I believe in God, only I spell it ‘Nature’ “ —Frank Lloyd Write
🎨 “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls” —Pablo Picasso
🧍♂️ “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with— a man is what he makes of himself” —Alexander Graham Bell
February 5, 2019
An amusing, rambling true story about some seriously crazy people. I don’t know how else to describe a couple who would bicycle across Canada on 2 bikes with 2 young children and an even younger baby!! At least Mom had her own bike , although it was weighed down with gear. But Dad, the author, was on a tandem with the oldest maybe 8 or 9 years old) and attached to the tandem was a partial bike with the next youngest. Attached to that was one of those tag along buggy things with the baby. Add to all that more gear. I don’t know how they managed to move. But they had a good time.
August 10, 2019
Another great story from the Metal Cowboy
Another rollicking adventure with the Kurmaskie family. Joe is a wonderful storyteller and this adventure sees him joined by his three boys and his wife on the road in Canada.
Another rollicking adventure with the Kurmaskie family. Joe is a wonderful storyteller and this adventure sees him joined by his three boys and his wife on the road in Canada.
January 16, 2017
What a hoot reading this book and of Joe's adventures riding across Canada with his wife and three young boys (one a baby). Just trying to picture the 18' long multiple seat bike and trailer that they pedaled for 2,000 miles. Starting out on Vancouver Island, British Columbia and finishing in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (with one 200 mile train ride in the middle), the one accompanies the family as they meet all sorts of interesting individuals and conquer a number of incredible challenges. And, all the while with the author's wonderful wit.
February 20, 2013
The complete title is: “Mud, Sweat and Gears: A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels” By Joe Kurmaskie with footnotes provided by his gorgeous wife Beth.
Folks, I have read all of Joe’s previous books, I have seen him speak in person, and I follow him on Facebook almost everyday, but I have to tell you, this book truly impressed me. It was MUCH more than I expected. I was ready for trials and tribulations as he pedaled across Canada. Yep got it. I was ready to laugh out loud at the antics of 4 male children (I am counting Joe in this number, just as my wife counts me as one of the kids) Check! in fact, it made me laugh loudly on a plane flight, loud enough that I thought the flight attendant was starting to think I had been drinking. Shoot I was even ready to feel sorry for his wife! (Surprisingly I didn’t!)
What I wasn’t prepared for, and being the cold and callous type it surprised me how much it affected me, was learning exactly how much Joe loves both his wife and his mom. Interspaced between light saber battles, animal sightings, speedo clad Irishmen and rutting elk, Joe tells the story of his and Beth’s falling in love. Even my icicle heart melted a bit. Then add to his relationship with his mom, hell it made me want to call mine.
Finally, Beth’s footnotes gives us an insight to the “poor” woman’s life awash is testosterone! Not only is she a saint to have married and stuck with him, she is hilarious in her own right!
Combine all this with Joe’s story telling skills, and this book will make you want to hug your kids, kiss your wife, take mom to dinner and ride across country ALL at the same time. I knew before this book that he was one helluva writer, but he out did himself with this one!
5 Stars to the Metal Cowboy!
To buy an autographed copy go to Joe’s website at: http://www.metalcowboy.com/
Folks, I have read all of Joe’s previous books, I have seen him speak in person, and I follow him on Facebook almost everyday, but I have to tell you, this book truly impressed me. It was MUCH more than I expected. I was ready for trials and tribulations as he pedaled across Canada. Yep got it. I was ready to laugh out loud at the antics of 4 male children (I am counting Joe in this number, just as my wife counts me as one of the kids) Check! in fact, it made me laugh loudly on a plane flight, loud enough that I thought the flight attendant was starting to think I had been drinking. Shoot I was even ready to feel sorry for his wife! (Surprisingly I didn’t!)
What I wasn’t prepared for, and being the cold and callous type it surprised me how much it affected me, was learning exactly how much Joe loves both his wife and his mom. Interspaced between light saber battles, animal sightings, speedo clad Irishmen and rutting elk, Joe tells the story of his and Beth’s falling in love. Even my icicle heart melted a bit. Then add to his relationship with his mom, hell it made me want to call mine.
Finally, Beth’s footnotes gives us an insight to the “poor” woman’s life awash is testosterone! Not only is she a saint to have married and stuck with him, she is hilarious in her own right!
Combine all this with Joe’s story telling skills, and this book will make you want to hug your kids, kiss your wife, take mom to dinner and ride across country ALL at the same time. I knew before this book that he was one helluva writer, but he out did himself with this one!
5 Stars to the Metal Cowboy!
To buy an autographed copy go to Joe’s website at: http://www.metalcowboy.com/
March 31, 2012
As I mentioned in my mid-way update, the book has some shortcomings. But I also did enjoy every minute, especially the snide footnotes the author's wife put in throughout to set the record straight.
In a nutshell, the author and his family (wife, and sons 8, 7, and 1 year old) set out to bike across Canada. After trying an utterly unworkable rig that out them all on one bike (a triple-tandem with a trail-a-long and a trailer), they compromise by moving his wife to her own bike--a bold move as she's really a hiker, not a biker. That changes over the course of the ride--she becomes a heck of a biker. Meanwhile, Joe is pulling a tandem with trail-a-long and trailer--something like 450 pounds, with only the dubious added power input of the two older boys (I never did get a sense of how much they added, but I notice that when the adults are dead at the end of the day the boys are still running around playing hard).
I had two main complaints about the book, which on reflection are really one complaint: it jumps around too much and doesn't go into enough detail. In the end, this is not so much a book about the trip they took on bikes, as about the family itself, and especially their marriage, which is very sound and I'm happy to say the author recognizes that he's a lucky man (his wife is, too, though at times I wouldn't blame her for thinking the luck was bad).
So, while part of me wanted more detail, more about every mile, and more coherent organization (maybe I'm just too linear?), I enjoyed the book immensely. It is certainly inspirational as I'm training for a tough 125 mile ride, the longest and hardest I've done and NOTHING next to what Kurmaskie did many days of their ride, at the head of his amazing rig.
In a nutshell, the author and his family (wife, and sons 8, 7, and 1 year old) set out to bike across Canada. After trying an utterly unworkable rig that out them all on one bike (a triple-tandem with a trail-a-long and a trailer), they compromise by moving his wife to her own bike--a bold move as she's really a hiker, not a biker. That changes over the course of the ride--she becomes a heck of a biker. Meanwhile, Joe is pulling a tandem with trail-a-long and trailer--something like 450 pounds, with only the dubious added power input of the two older boys (I never did get a sense of how much they added, but I notice that when the adults are dead at the end of the day the boys are still running around playing hard).
I had two main complaints about the book, which on reflection are really one complaint: it jumps around too much and doesn't go into enough detail. In the end, this is not so much a book about the trip they took on bikes, as about the family itself, and especially their marriage, which is very sound and I'm happy to say the author recognizes that he's a lucky man (his wife is, too, though at times I wouldn't blame her for thinking the luck was bad).
So, while part of me wanted more detail, more about every mile, and more coherent organization (maybe I'm just too linear?), I enjoyed the book immensely. It is certainly inspirational as I'm training for a tough 125 mile ride, the longest and hardest I've done and NOTHING next to what Kurmaskie did many days of their ride, at the head of his amazing rig.
August 9, 2014
Much of the reason why I liked this book is that it reminded me of my own long cycling trip: except mine was to raise awareness and funds for the fight against human trafficking (check out my book: 27 Million Revolutions for 27 Million Slaves). While my own story has more purpose, and my stories are equally fun and interesting, "Metal Cowboy"s stories are also fun. Anyone who likes a bit of relaxing humor and, particularly, is a cyclist, will enjoy this book.
One little caveat: perhaps to give his story some purpose, Kurmaskie adds in sections about his back-story: his relationship with his mother, his wife, and his general past life. These sections do provide some arc and purpose to the book that would otherwise be one big "Hey look at us we went on a trip across Canada," they are not exactly coherent with the book itself. The stuff about his marriage and life with his kids is quite lovely because that, I think, is what the book is about, other than the long cycling trip across Canada. All the other stuff is unnecessary and confusing.
One little caveat: perhaps to give his story some purpose, Kurmaskie adds in sections about his back-story: his relationship with his mother, his wife, and his general past life. These sections do provide some arc and purpose to the book that would otherwise be one big "Hey look at us we went on a trip across Canada," they are not exactly coherent with the book itself. The stuff about his marriage and life with his kids is quite lovely because that, I think, is what the book is about, other than the long cycling trip across Canada. All the other stuff is unnecessary and confusing.
August 31, 2012
Once I got used to the fact that part of the story was lurking at the bottom of each page in the wife's footnotes, I enjoyed it. The author's personality really shined through. What an inspiration to read about a family biking across Canada for months! I kept marveling at the idea of riding a tandem bike, pulling a trailer bike and a trailer. Then I marveled at the idea of somebody who had never done any serious biking before, the wife, biking across the country - though she must have gotten the better end of the deal being on her own bike! I suppose it wasn't written as a guide book, but I still wish there were more detail b/c I kept wondering where all of their gear was packed(food, tents, sleeping bags, etc.) and how they were going to bike until the snow stopped them when they had jobs and school waiting for them.
March 13, 2013
Kurmaskie's tale focuses on a cross-Canada ride with this wife and three sons. Beth, his lucky wife, gets her own bike, while Joe rides a tandem with his oldest son while towing a trail-a-bike and a trailer with the baby! Not just a cycling travelogue, Kurmaskie also wrote a love story about the women in his life - his wife and mother. Chapters about his history with each are sprinkled into the cycling story.
I debated giving this book three or four stars. I almost never give a book five stars, that implies a certain level of perfection, and even four stars are sparse. Mud, Sweat and Gears was well written and entertaining, but not "I can't put it down." If you love to ride, though, you'll want to read it just to be in awe of his capabilities pulling so many wheels.
I debated giving this book three or four stars. I almost never give a book five stars, that implies a certain level of perfection, and even four stars are sparse. Mud, Sweat and Gears was well written and entertaining, but not "I can't put it down." If you love to ride, though, you'll want to read it just to be in awe of his capabilities pulling so many wheels.
December 31, 2013
This was a really nice book about taking a cycling tour of Canada as a family. Unlike many other cycle touring chronicles, it didn't focus on day-by-day descriptions of the bike riding. Rather, it was about amusing events that occurred along the way and memories that the cycling tour evoked. For whatever reason, that style really worked well for the book.
An innovation in this book was that the author's wife wrote footnotes. That was actually really enjoyable, as it made her presence in the story more active.
Like I said above, I really liked this book.
An innovation in this book was that the author's wife wrote footnotes. That was actually really enjoyable, as it made her presence in the story more active.
Like I said above, I really liked this book.
March 4, 2015
Eh. Picked it up randomly off the shelf at the library because it looked promising. We do a lot of family bike rides, but this seemed just crazy. There were a few funny paragraphs that got me to laugh out loud, but otherwise this family is so different from us that it didn't have that "ring true" sort of feeling. There's also more language than is necessary for a light hearted memoir and I never like reading the Lord's name taken in vain so flippantly. I read a few chapters, lost interest. Picked it up a week later for a couple more and I'm taking it back today.
July 26, 2010
This was a fun read! For the most part it was light-hearted and humorous but at the same time, glowing with adoration for his wife and kids. I can relate to this book so well because my husband is also a bike obsessed road cyclist and I'm left at home to care for the kids and hoping he doesn't get hit by a car. I also love traveling and making new friends and having adventures and the book was full of that!
June 26, 2012
A humorous memior of a family bike trip across Canada. You have to check it out for the pictures of the contraption riden by the dad/author. He was on a tandem with the nine year old. A tag-a-long carrying the seven year old was hooked to the back. And at the end came a trailer carrying gear and the one year old. Mom got her own bike which made for some excellent stories.
It made riding all day sound riotously fun. There is some language.
It made riding all day sound riotously fun. There is some language.
January 3, 2012
I'm really enjoying this book...following the bike train as they roll across Canada encountering interesting wildlife of both the human and non-human kind. Fun to read, with short chapters that fit into the 10-15 minutes I have before I fall asleep each night. Also helps me understand the lure of biking that my husband feels, as well as gaining a new appreciation for the mad variety of people there are in this world.
January 17, 2012
This was a really great, fun, exciting book. If you haven't read any of Joe's books, it's about time you got into one. This is a good one because it includes the whole family and "Mrs. Joe" has never been on long trip. Bringing her into the mix adds lots of extra humor, especially for those of us who have never done a long bike ride.
August 10, 2011
A great family cycling trip memoir with some fun his-n-hers accounts of their travels. I'd give it five stars if it weren't so poorly edited--has a jarring/awkward sentence structure sometimes that is hard to understand without reading aloud, and a few rambling parts that should have been reined in and clarified better. But overall fun, even if you aren't a cyclist. By local Portland author.
September 5, 2012
Kurmaskie is one of my favorite authors. He has a way of telling of his bike travels in a way that makes you wish you had been there. I suppose you could say he has the gift of gab. This newer book of his does not disappoint, and the fact that the whole family is along makes it that much more entertaining, and awe inspiring.
March 13, 2012
Anyone who is looking for a good travel book (by bicycle nonetheless), look no further than the Metal Cowboy and his adventures with his family (Joe Kurmaskie).
This book chronicles a trip he, his three boys, and wife made across Canada...a lighthearted look at traveling as a family. Anyone who is looking for some great adventure, here you go.
This book chronicles a trip he, his three boys, and wife made across Canada...a lighthearted look at traveling as a family. Anyone who is looking for some great adventure, here you go.
March 23, 2013
I really like this Joe Kurmaskie's books in general. This one was very entertaining and was a good, easy read. I liked reading through all the adventures and the different people that they met along the way. After reading it, I wanted to get all of my family to hop on bikes (we already have a tandem and some of the gear!)and hit the road.
October 7, 2013
I have cycled across Canada with my brothers and other family members so I found this story of Joe, his wife and three children cycling across Canada very good. I could relate to some of his stories and could imagine the others.
Don't know for sure that this is as interesting to a non-cyclists but any cyclist that has or is thinking of cycling across this wonderful country will enjoy it.
Don't know for sure that this is as interesting to a non-cyclists but any cyclist that has or is thinking of cycling across this wonderful country will enjoy it.
June 22, 2020
Another great adventure!
While the chapters sometimes left me trying to figure out which way the "story" was going, it was the first time I've felt a book by the Metal Cowboy gave me a truer sense of who he is. Can't put my finger on it but I feel like he has imparted wisdom I'll be able to use as the days go by...
While the chapters sometimes left me trying to figure out which way the "story" was going, it was the first time I've felt a book by the Metal Cowboy gave me a truer sense of who he is. Can't put my finger on it but I feel like he has imparted wisdom I'll be able to use as the days go by...
August 16, 2012
What a romp! A very funny look at a marriage as well as a bike trip across Canada. A map to show where they were along the way would have helped, but this made me laugh out loud many times!
September 21, 2010
Not a how-to book, but about some great safe-adventure with a whole family. Inspirational, and a bit crazy, with a dash of romance.
December 28, 2010
Hysterical, compelling, at times a little bit too familiar, and another in the mounting list of reasons for us to do a family bike adventure!
July 20, 2011
Solid book by a dude who Has biked the world.
Not many would haul a family of 5 (3 young kids) across our great nation.
Not many would haul a family of 5 (3 young kids) across our great nation.
February 23, 2012
An quick, enjoyable read. I was surprised at the lack of a map of any kind showing the route.
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