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Tales of A Cycling Nomad 1982: 3,500 Miles on a Bike
Paperback
Biographies GeneralTravel GeneralGeneral United States
ISBN13: 9781948365338
Publisher: Ten16 Press
Published: Jul 18 2018
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
One man's journey on a bicycle ride across country is the spine of Cycling Nomad 1982. However, the story is rich with life lessons that will remind you of your life ride. Dave Simon re-examines his summer of 1982 and his book will stir you to re-examine your life as well - because what is personal is universal.
- Bob Delaney, retired NBA Referee, author of Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob and Surviving the Shadows
In 1982, while living in Milwaukee, WI, Dave Simon bought a bicycle, accessories, camping gear, trained for several months, then rode across 3,500+ miles in the United States and Canada. Adding in extra miles where he caught rides or hopped trains, he covered a total of close to 5,000 miles over almost four months.
This is his journey.
Simon's account captures the core of the United States and Canada in 1982 in its people and scenery. The sweat, pain, discoveries, and joys will resonate with bicyclists and those wanting to break out of their day-to-day life and take on a tough challenge. But his chronicles are not just for the adventuresome. Simon's narrative of the journey is peppered with keen insights, ideas, observations and revelations that will stay with the reader long after the book is put down.
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