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Heft on Wheels : A Field Guide to Doing a 180
Heft on Wheels A Field Guide to Doing a 180 Author:Mike Magnuson Take one very large guy. Add booze, cigarettes, and an extreme amount of junk food. Mix in a wry, self-effacing wit. Throw in a bike. The result? Heft on Wheels, a potently funny look at turning your life around, one insanely unrealistic goal at a time. — Not that long ago, Mike Magnuson was a self-described lummox with a bicycle. In the space of... more » three months, he lost seventy-five pounds, quit smoking, stopped drinking, and morphed from the big guy at the back of the pack into a lean, mean cycling machine. Today, Mike is a 175-pound athlete competing in some of the most difficult one-day racing events in America. This irreverent and inspiring memoir charts every hilarious detail of his transformation, from the horrors of skin-tight XXL biking shorts to the miseries of nicotine withdrawal.
Heft on Wheels is an unforgettable book about getting from one place to another, in more ways than one.« less
We read this for book club. I thought it was a good one and inspiring. Biking is a great way to lose weight. The author has other things to say too as he is an English professor.
Motivating with excellent tips for riders in their first couple thousand miles. The book will help keep others from making mistakes or learning the hard way.