Full name: Metal Cowboy: Tales from the Road Less Pedaled

Author: Joe Kurmaskie Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781891369865 1891369865

This heartwarming collection of true stories reveals the thrill and the freedom of traveling America's back roads on a bicycle, and the joy of discovering unforgettable characters along the way.From the moment he "borrowed" his big sister's banana-seat bike and careened down the neighborhood hill at the age of five, Joe Kurmaskie has known the intoxicating freedom and power of the bicycle. In this big-hearted collection of stories, Joe -- dubbed the "Metal Cowboy" by a blind rancher he encountered one icy morning in Idaho -- tells of his whimsical, wild adventures through the American landscape. Similar books: Riding Outside The Lines by Joe Kurmaskie Cycling Home from Siberia by Rob Lilwall Moods of Future Joys by Alastair Humphreys Just Ride by Grant Petersen Momentum Is Your Friend by Joe Kurmaskie The Enlightened Cyclist by Bike Snob NYC The Wind in My Wheels by Josie Dew The Man Who Cycled the World by Mark Beaumont A Bike Ride by Anne Mustoe Miles from Nowhere by Barbara Savage Bike Snob by Eben Weiss Off the Map by Mark Jenkins The Man Who Cycled the Americas by Mark Beaumont Urban Bikers' Tricks & Tips by Dave Glowacz The Complete Book of Long-Distance Cycling by Edmund R. Burke The SAS Survival Handbook by John "Lofty" Wiseman The Ultimate Kauai Guidebook: Kauai Revealed by Andrew Doughty Around the World in 60 Seconds by Nuseir Yassin San Diego County by Jerry Schad The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd