The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Riding the Iron Curtain - Softcover

The bike provides a unique vehicle (and perfect pace) for more intimate travel. It also unearths circumstances uncommon to other modes of transportation yet ideal for connecting with locals. A warmly recommended tour that touches on travel, history, and cycling.

Moore is a quick and keen observer. His wit is a consistent pleasure. And this 'in the cold' travelogue is an extraordinarily audacious and absorbing venture.

After three months and a close-up look at some 20 countries, Moore has a very funny and poignant story to tell. Vivid and fresh.

Something in the clicking turns of the wheels begins to pull you along. You find yourself grinning with Moore in sheepish recognition of the idiocy of what he's doing, waving with him at the bemused/befuddled/belligerent reactions of passing motorists and head-shaking townfolk alike. It becomes, for sure, one weirdly captivating ride.

Engaging and elucidating. An enjoyable account of an amazing human accomplishment.

A laugh-out-loud account.

Moore undertakes a quixotic 20-country adventure on a two-wheeled Rocinante--an East German-era shopper bike that proves a capable and symbolic partner for personal and political discovery. A bittersweet memoir.

Moore outdid himself in his latest adventure.

Moore's journey is peppered with self-deprecating humor. Very entertaining. Moore's patented combination of humor and travelogue proves thoroughly engaging.

A mirthful account of [Moore's] perversely arduous ordeal.

From the author of French Revolutions and Gironimo comes a hideously over-ambitious challenge on doomed machinery. Tim Moore cycles the length of the old Iron Curtain