Cycling West contributor and longtime cycling world commentator Maynard Hershon presents a new selection of stories, inspired by his years of riding both bicycles and motorcycles. The Dysfunctional Cycling Club and Other Stories is out with 50 of Maynard’s stories over 147 pages.
Here are lessons from his passions, plus suggestions about your bike club.
Mix with the racers on Devil’s Kitchen in the Tour de Trump while carrying a photographer aboard a support motor. Learn why he toted VIPs around a night criterium course in Bend, Oregon.
Meet brave bike racers and a few colorful locals in small-town America.
Here’s a taste of “Tested and Found Sufficient:”
“Cause credit IS due. It’s easy to quit, to become an ex-bike rider. You meet them all the time. It’s not easy getting to be an old bike rider, man or woman. Takes years. Years in the saddle.”
Learn about l’Eroica, the famous ride for vintage bicycles on Tuscany’s “white roads,” and his eventful stay in Italy.
Suffer with him on Flying Hoosiers Hill and up near-vertical Alba Road.
Enjoy breakfasts in memorable spots like St Francis and Longford, Kansas.
Maynard is a Colorado based cyclist who has written for Winning Magazine, VeloNews, California Bicyclist, and the Bicycle Paper. Since 1983, both cycling and motorcycle magazines have featured Maynard’s adventures.
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