- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Breakaway Books (Jan 1 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1891369857
- ISBN-13: 978-1891369858
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 544 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #521,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
After seventeen years, who would road test a perfectly good marriage by putting it on a summer-long, self-contained bicycle adventure across Canada? Only the Metal Cowboy, of course. Beth Biagini Kurmaskie, the woman behind the man-child, has finally saddled up on her own volition—if only to bring a bit of parental supervision to the mix. She struggles and stumbles along the way while celebrating summer, speed, the simple pleasures of a road trip powered by one’s own muscles, and family: what it means to be part of one stripped of the comforts and noise of the modern world, riding sixteen feet of bicycle train. With three sons aboard—one celebrating his first birthday on the road—a nursing mother finds her inner Xena Warrior Cyclist and all the reasons why she's stayed married to a whirling dervish of a husband.
Mud, Sweat, and Gears brings together absurd and sublime moments, introduces an American family to the wilds of Canada, uncovers choice characters (man and animal), and finds all the humor and pathos a Metal Cowboy adventure is famous for. If Momentum Is Your Friend was about fathers, sons, and hometown heroes, then Mud, Sweat, and Gears is about mothers, wives, family, and the glue that holds the world together.
With an extra twist: revealing and outrageous footnotes from Beth throughout, filling in the backstories to many previous Metal Cowboy tales.
About the Author
Joe Kurkaskie is the author of Metal Cowboy (Breakaway, 1999) and Riding Outside the Lines (Crown 2001).
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A family adventure written for anyone., Dec 26 2009
By Al Lens - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mud, Sweat, and Gears: A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels (Hardcover)
I read one of the author's other books (Momentum is Your Friend) and really enjoyed it. Then I saw that he had just had another one published and thought I had to get it! Mostly because I enjoy his style of humour, but also because it was written about a trip across the country I live in, and finally because I support parents who spend so much quality time with their kids.Rarely do I read books that are not technical in nature. A soft spot exists for cyling books, though. That is why I bought Momentum is Your Friend. This book is just as good, if not better. In fact, I have convinced my non-cyclist wife to read Mud, Sweat and Gears on account of the fact that the author's wife adds her own comments here and there. By the time I was done reading the book, I felt as if I knew the family on a friendly basis. I'm not a speed reader, and didn't have a solid block of time to read the book, but it was so hard to put down that I finished it in a couple of days, anyway.
If you enjoy cycling, camping, families, or just a humorous read, this book is fantastic -- and priced at a true bargain!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Mark Twain on Two Wheels, Mar 6 2010
By Craig Bachman "Craig Bachman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mud, Sweat, and Gears: A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels (Hardcover)
When Joe Kurmanskie took off from the west coast of Canada with his wife Beth beside him and their three boys Quinn, Enzo and Mateo in tow you knew it would be a good story. Joe writes like he is telling stories around a campfire. Beth contributed footnotes scattered through the book like fairy dust adding life balance and humor to the tale. The boys ages 10, 7 and 1 adapt to daily life on a bicycle as only boys will. Joe and Beth see the story, beauty and humor in everything they do. A great tale whether you love bikes as I do or not.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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We love the Metal Cowboy!, Feb 8 2011
By misssarah - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mud, Sweat, and Gears: A Rowdy Family Bike Adventure Across Canada on Seven Wheels (Hardcover)
The best part about reading this book is that it made me feel like I, lazy little me, could and should do a bike tour. And this is thanks to my new hero Beth. I am married to my own bike touring cowboy, and never dreamed that I could join him until I read about Beth doing so, while breastfeeding even!, through this book. We are looking forward to our own family bike trip.
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