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Bicycle Love: Stories of Passion, Joy, and Sweat

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I got an advance copy because an essay by me is inside it. It's a collection of 60 personal essays submitted to a contest (no I didn't win), and they are all wonderful.

As a person who loves bikes this outpouring of love is more than heatwarming, it's almost overwhelming. Honestly, many of the essays moved me to tears.

I don't know exactly what a non-cyclist would make of these bicycle true confessions, but if anyone you know loves bikes you can safely give them this book for their birthday or X-mas.

this is a good book If you are looking for an average person writing about their own experiences with bikes. I personally loved it but that was just me. I like reading about others who share the same passion I have.

This book collects essays written by amature and semi-professional writers (writer-slash-whatevers) seemingly in response to some kind of a send in your essay and get published contest. Nearly all of the essays consist of some ordinary people writing about the ordinary reasons why they like to ride their bikes in a conventional adult ed creative writing class style.

The essays lack diversity and are short on insight. Just flip through the book and read the opening sentence or two of each. Most are remarkably similar. What might make a passable one-page fluff piece for a magazine makes incredibly dull reading over and over and over again.

Some very engaging cycling memoirs have been written, such as Heft on Wheels and Miles from Nowhere. Bicycle Love does not make the list.

I ride a bent, mostly because I'm too fat for a regular bike. I was hit by a car once and now I have a lumpy leg.

Did you know on a bent, you can ride and eat a donut?

Yum!

I loved the book, I hope they make a movie!