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A review by tonyfrobisher
The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold by Tim Moore
5.0
Mad marvellous mighty Moore and MIFA
Of all Tim Moore's fantastic travel writing, this epic journey on an East German shopping bike, down the length of the Iron Curtain is not just a great read. It is a brilliant narrative on the Cold War, a concise summary of the legacy of the geopolitical schism that tore Europe in two and the people either side of the border.
But mostly it's a gripping account of a small bike and a determined, tenacious and downright bonkers chap cycling over 8,000kms from the frozen wastes of Finland to the baking Balkans and the Black Sea.
Read it. But I wouldn't ride it. Tim Moore did and I'm glad for that. Superb.
Chapeau Timoteya
Of all Tim Moore's fantastic travel writing, this epic journey on an East German shopping bike, down the length of the Iron Curtain is not just a great read. It is a brilliant narrative on the Cold War, a concise summary of the legacy of the geopolitical schism that tore Europe in two and the people either side of the border.
But mostly it's a gripping account of a small bike and a determined, tenacious and downright bonkers chap cycling over 8,000kms from the frozen wastes of Finland to the baking Balkans and the Black Sea.
Read it. But I wouldn't ride it. Tim Moore did and I'm glad for that. Superb.
Chapeau Timoteya