Books I’m reading
Recovery from my bicycle crash back on October 28 is progressing slowly but surely. The splints I had on my left hand and arm are gone now! The finger splint went over two weeks ago and the arm splint went on December 7.
While I’ve been healing, I’ve been trying to stay active by doing a lot of walking with the dogs and occasional sessions on the indoor stationary bike. Now that I have the arm splint is off, I think I can get more serious about those sessions and, if the weather is good and the roads are dry, even consider a ride outside.
I’m also doing quite a bit of reading these days. I’m catching up on the reading I didn’t do while I was out bicycling on The Dream Tour. Some of the reading is research though. I’m trying to get myself organized to write a book about the adventure of visiting each of the forty-eight contiguous states by bicycle.
These are the most recent books that I’ve read and enjoyed:
- Miles From Nowhere by Barbara Savage
This is a story of a married couple who decided to take time out from modern life and ride their bicycles around the world. As far as books about traveling by bicycle go, this is a classic. - The Tour by Dave Shields
Dave Shields is a local (Salt Lake City, Utah) writer. The Tour is a fictional account of the pressures experienced by a rider in the Tour de France. - Nobody’s Fool by Richard Russo
This is a fictional story about life in a small town in upstate New York. On The Dream Tour, we spent a lot of time in upstate New York, so I can remember bicycling through towns exactly like the ones he describes. This is a book that Pat and I both enjoyed. How’s that for a recommendation? - Heft on Wheels by Mike Magnuson
A non-fictional account of how Mike, a self-described 255 pound lummox, did a “180″ in life. Through cycling, he stopped smoking, quit drinking, gave up junk food and lost 75 pounds. - The Rider by Tim Krabbé
This is a cycling classic by the author of The Vanishing and The Cave. This 150-page book tells the detailed story of a single, 150 kilometer race as experienced by one rider, the author. I felt like I really experienced what bike racing is all about. From speed, strategy, and teamwork to danger, pain and sacrifice, it’s all there in the space of one 150 kilometer race. “Racing is licking your opponent’s plate clean before starting on your own.” Great stuff! I loved this one. - 28 Days Behind Bars by Harold Wagoner
One man’s adventure crossing the United States by bicycle in 28 days.
Peter- I thought the list of books looked very interesting. I printed the list and will check with our library to see if they have any of them. Also the print job was very slick. It did not come out black and the printing on the edges of the blog were absent. Later, M&D