"A reader's trifecta: a humorous travelogue, a stirring adventure tale, and a touching family story."?Bart King, author of The Big Book of Boy StuffFor a four-thousand-mile bicycle ride across America
Most people bring their inner child on an epic adventure. Joe “Metal Cowboy” Kurmaskie actually took his two kids along. For a 4,000-mile bicycle ride across America, Joe’s seven-year-old son, Quinn,
“Joe Kurmaskie’s stories are full of optimism, zaniness, and depth; a winning combination.”The Seattle Times“The Metal Cowboy is crazy, wise, funny, and living the dream all cyclists haveriding off to
New bicycle adventure travel stories from the Metal Cowboy[This title was originally announced for publication in 2012, and unfortunately completion of the manuscript was delayed. This time, however,
Like a modern-day Don Quixote, Joe Kurmaskie—bike adventurer, writer, and twelve-year-old boy trapped in a man’s body—wanders the world on two wheels, often with hilarious results, in Riding Outside t
* New edition includes "50 Keys to Transforming Your Community," a detailed checklist for communities trying to adapt bike-friendly and more sustainable policies* Successful in the first self-publishe
"Mud, Sweat, and Gears is not only an incredible human-powered journey, but it's also about the intricate, poignant, and often hilarious family dynamics that result. The Metal Cowboy's most compelling
"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 Kur
