Humor and mountain biking. Need I say more?

Mailed to BCer yesterday.

This book is set of humorous and thoughtful essays about bicycling, sex, and the rest of life. I got a kick out of these. I'm now thinking I'm going to try to set up a book ring with this book. I emailed the author and he has blessed this enterprise. I am looking forward to seeing who might end up reading this, and reading their comments here.

Final list for the book ray:
Bike -- Issaquah WA
Lightwavz -- Detroit MI
JollyRoger -- Detroit MI
AndysAngel -- Kelseyville, CA
Keithclove -- Milpitas, CA
JDZ -- Richardson TX
zenbiker --Norwalk, CT
Zmrzlina -- Boston MA
Abby001 --Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Then into the wild!

5/15/2003: book "released" to Lightwavz. Enjoy!
I really couldn't get into the first story, but I enjoyed the "Ed the Metal Man" very much.

Just received... letting jollyroger read this one first, then I'll read and mail along... looks like a funny book!

Not my thing... too much like poetry! Giving back to lightwavz.

Well, I liked parts of this book. I think that it lost me on the first story, the point where jollyroger said "I can't read this!" I think we were both expecting more DirtRag magazine than it was. I did enjoy several of the stories such as "Ed the Metal Man", "Black Bicycle, Brown Boxes" (which I think jollyroger would've enjoyed having done a stint at UPS! It is like the union version of McDonalds these days, isn't it?!), and "Inokashira Park". "Bicycle Cowboy" also hit close to home. Whoever would ride out into the woods into the silence and beauty and then drop a PowerBar wrapper just doesn't get it. At all.

This is off again on the bookring! Thanks!

received this in the mail as part of ring-looks good

didn't finish, just couldn't get into the bike thing.

Curious read... but time to pass it on now!

This book was sent to me as part of this bookcrossing plan. A neat way to share interesting books.. I'm always interested in any book on or even vaguely about cycling and so I was looking forward to reading it.

I must confess i was somewhat disappointed in this book. Perhaps my expectations were entirely out of line as I was probably looking for something either more theoretical or else more elegantly and engagingly written than this book turned out to be.

I found the subject matter of most of the essays were somwhat pedestrian unredeemed by any special insight.

At the same time I don't means to suggest this is an uninteresting or poorly written book, just one that failed to completely engage my interest and or imagination.

Still, it was worth reading and I'd still recommend it.

"It is Sunday morning and I' m not at church, never have been, never will be. Mountain biking is my only love, only religion."

So begins this collection of stories about escaping, or so the back cover claims. We shall see if this escape is one I'll enjoy. I will post again when I've finished it.

Thank you!

I tried, I really did, but just couldn't get into this book. Going to send it off to Australia tomorrow.