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The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold

Adventures Along the Iron Curtain Trail

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The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold

By: Tim Moore
Narrated by: Tim Moore
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Scaling a new peak of rash overambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000 kilometer route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike.

Asking for trouble and getting it, he sets off from the northernmost Norwegian-Russian border at the Arctic winter's brutal height, bullying his plucky MIFA 900 through the endless and massively subzero desolation of snowbound Finland.

Sleeping in bank vaults, imperial palaces and unreconstructed Soviet youth hostels, battling vodka-breathed Russian hostility, Romanian landslides and a diet of dumplings, Moore and his 'so-small bicycle' are sustained by the kindness of reindeer farmers and Serbian rock gods, plus a shameful addiction to Magic Man energy drink.

Haunted throughout by the border detritus of watchtowers and rusted razor wire, Moore reflects on the curdling of the Communist dream and the memories of a Cold War generation reared on the fear of apocalypse - at a time of ratcheting East-West tension.

After three months, 20 countries and a 58 degree jaunt up the centigrade scale, man and bike finally wobble up to a Black Sea beach in Bulgaria, older and wiser, but mainly older.

©2017 Tim Moore (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks Russia Funny Witty Soviet Union

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I love this book and hope that Moore (!) will be available on audible. He is the travel voice of my generation. Read or listen to everything you can.

Read or listen to everything this man writes

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If you’ve ever found yourself asking (a) is Tim Cook mad and (be) can he write a very interesting travelogue based on that experience, then this book will provide the solutions.



The answers are yes and yes.

Your questions answered

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Another great read from Tim. I listened to it in two sittings. Still have absolutely no idea how he managed that ride on that bike!

A fantastic, brave adventure, well told.

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An excellent story of British eccentricity and endurance. Interesting Tim's take on the lesser known iron countries history

Endurance

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My favourite parts were the authors impressions of the locals and people he met and his descriptions of particular situations he found himself in.
He lost me a little bit on the whole Cold war history lesson but i learned lots i didn't know about that time and how it affected and still shapes the countries he passes through.
Well worth a read and will be recommending to friends.

funny, informative, quality impersonations

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