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Life Is a Wheel: Memoirs of a Bike-Riding Obituarist | Bruce Weber
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"Based on his popular series in the New York Times chronicling his cross-country bicycle trip, bestselling author Bruce Weber shares his adventures from his solo ride across the USA. Riding a bicycle across the US is one of those bucket-list goals that many dream about but few achieve. Bestselling author and New York Times reporter Bruce Weber made the trip, solo, over the summer and fall of 2011--at the age of fifty-seven. Expanding upon his popular series published in The New York Times, Life Is a Wheel is the witty and inspiring account of his journey, where he extols the pleasures of cycling and reflects on what happened on his adventure, in the world, in the country, and in his life. The story begins on the Oregon coast with a middle-aged man wondering what he's gotten himself into and ends in triumph on the George Washington Bridge, wondering how soon he might try it again. Part travelogue, part memoir, part paean to the bicycle as a simple and elegant mode of both mobility and self-expression--and part wry and panicky account of a fifty-seven-year-old man's attempt to stave off mortality--Life Is a Wheel is an elegant and entertaining escape for any armchair traveler"--
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Cosmos_Moon_River
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I just want to take a second to brag about my husband‘s little bike shop. He‘s made the Best of New Orleans list 🥰

wanderinglynn Awesome! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Scochrane26 Very cool! 4y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Congrats!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽He looks like a very nice man too!! He emanates goodness!! 4y
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Reggie Congrats!!!🎉 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River @Scochrane26 @JanuarieTimewalker13 @Reggie thanks everyone! Sorry about a misunderstanding... that‘s not my husband in the picture... it‘s the cover of this month‘s Gambit Magazine 😜 he does look like a nice man, too 🥰 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River https://mikethebikeguy.com/About his shop is just a 2-man operation... here he is with his 1 employee. He‘s the bald one 😊 4y
Megabooks 🥳🥳🎉🎉 4y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Oh hahahahaha!!! That‘s funny!! Well, I‘m sure your husband emanates goodness too!!😀 I‘ve never heard of Gambit Magazine. I‘m going to look up gambit now. Don‘t even know definition! 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River @JanuarieTimewalker13 it‘s a local publication with local interest stuff... news & entertainment. It‘s pretty popular here, but probably not known all over 😊 4y
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Augustdana
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He writes obituaries for the NYT and in his spare time cycles across the United States and records his travels. Lovely reflections about making connections through cycling. I prefer to fly and am heading to the Rockies this summer, but in the meantime I‘ll travel from my chair. #riotgrams day four: travel