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Bike book:
Cycling's Greatest Misadventures

Edited By Erich Schweikher and Paul Diamond

Cycling's Greatest Misadventures presents twenty-seven true stories which cross the spectrum from terrifying to comical to downright bizarre. In these pages both everyday riders and pros tell their stories of freak accidents, animal attacks, sabotage, idiotic decisions, eerie or unexplained incidents, and other jaw dropping, adrenalin-pumping calamities. These stories bring to life the strange possibilities that await us once we step on the pedals of our road, mountain, or commuter bikes.

A sampling of misadventures in this collection include the stories of:

• A mountain biker who follows a bull and then gets gored by it
• Twenty Buffalo Soliders who completed a Transamerica ride in 1897
• A large rat that jumps on a woman's bike and tail slaps her repeatedly
• A pro cyclist's brutal race that ends with him naked and horrified
• A recreational cyclist who accidently rides deep into a prison yard
• A dude who crashes a stationary bike in his first spin class
• A bike messenger who getS hit by nine cars
• A man who spreads tacks on a womens' race course as a ploy to get a date

These stories will make laugh, wonder, and shake your head with disbelief.
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Bike Book Details
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Casagrande Press (June 15th, 2007)
Language: English
Size: 6" x 9" (inches)
ISBN 10: 0-9769516-2-2
ISBN 13: 978-0-9769516-2-9
Price: $16.95 (USD)
Illustrations: 50 b/w photos including a bike crash photo gallery
Availability: bookstores, online retailer & bike shops

Distributed by:
     Wilderness Press (to book stores)
     Toll Free: 800-443-7227
     Phone: 510-558-1666
     Fax: 510-558-1696
     sales AT wildernesspress DOT com
     And
     American Cycling, Inc.(to bike shops)
     www.americancycling.com
     Phone: 530-622-8482
     Toll Free: 800-282-2453
     Fax: 530-622-6706

Special Pricing on Bulk Purchases contact:
     Casagrande Press
     casagrandepress AT aol DOT com

Bike Book Reviews

"...tales that ... transport you from your boring commute onto the roads or trails of the authors, and in each story you will find events feelings and, yes, tragedies with which you can identify, not merely as a cyclist, but as a human as well."-- Pedal Pushers Online

"...spins stories of animal attacks, run-ins with the authorities and, of course, tons of tales that end with a nasty raspberry."--Time Out Chicago

"Laughs and the gasps" --PDX Magazine

"...a profound, engrossing, and above all, thoroughly entertaining set of finely crafted, well-written literary selections" --the bike geek dot com

"Cyclings Greatest Misadventures is the perfect antidote to the drug scandals that are sure to surround this summer's Tour de France." --Knoxville News

"A collection of bicycling tales that range from hilarious to harrowing, Cyclings Greatest Misadventures grabs readers from the introduction and doesn't let go until the final credits." -- San Diego Union Tribune

"The writing is economical and fast paced in these collected stories which take the reader on a white-knuckled ride through the uncharted terrain of freak accidents, animal attacks, sabotage, idiotic decisions, eerie events, and other jaw-dropping, adrenaline-pumping calamities." PennLive

"The tales are real gems--causing the reader the cringe, laugh, or shake his or her head in utter disbelief" --Velo News

"Most of these mostly short (two- to seven-page) vignettes have a wry joke-is-on-me tone with that blend of steely bravado and self-deprecating humor you find at the third rest stop of a century on a drizzly day." --BookPage Magazine

"...reels out one tale after another that will have you laughing and crying so hard you might fall off your own bike.." --Women's Adventure Magazine


An article about Casagrande Press, the publisher of Cyclings Greatest Misadventures.--North County Times