{"product_id":"2940157718343","title":"A Guide to Falling Down in Public: Finding Balance On and Off the Bicycle","description":"\"A modern day Mark Twain on two wheels.\" --USA Today \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joe Kurmaskie rolls with a keen sense of humor and a big heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Christopher Moore, author of Lamb, Fool, and The Serpent of Venice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fifth book in the Metal Cowboy series of bicycle-touring tales hits the\u003cbr\u003eopen road in high gear and never looks back. Whether he's outsprinting\u003cbr\u003eAfrican elephants in Zimbabwe; reliving dangerous old cycling routes of his\u003cbr\u003eyouth; debating the merits of living strong or living wrong or living without\u003cbr\u003ea rubber bracelet at all; riding up Mount Hood in a July snowstorm; savoring\u003cbr\u003eroadside treasures found along the way; extolling the wonder of boys\u003cbr\u003eon bikes; detailing a few skirmishes in the war between cars and bikes,\u003cbr\u003edebating the perils and delights of riding at night; and diagnosing whether the\u003cbr\u003eglorious addiction called cycling has taken over your life, he consistently rides\u003cbr\u003edown awful truths and celebrates beautiful wrecks--himself included. Joe\u003cbr\u003eKurmaskie has mastered the painful art of falling down and the flat-out\u003cbr\u003erush of getting back up again.\u003cbr\u003e     This collection is a kaleidoscope of exuberant cycling adventure stories\u003cbr\u003espanning four decades and thirty countries. It embraces the absurdity of\u003cbr\u003eliving at any speed, the fragility in each of us the world over, and simple\u003cbr\u003ewonders waiting just up the road.","brand":"Breakaway Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075332358384,"sku":"2940157718343","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157718343_p0.jpg?v=1764101525","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157718343","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}