Heft on Wheels

A Field Guide to Doing a 180

Mike Magnuson

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Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S.
15 March 2011

Biography: general; Exercise & workout books; Cycling

For cycling enthusiasts and fans of authors, like Bill Bryson, who provide readers with a fresh, hilarious, and honest view of life, even when it isn't pretty.

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 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.

By: Mike Magnuson
Imprint: Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 204g
ISBN: 9781400052417
ISBN 10: 1400052416
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 15 March 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Magnuson teaches creative writing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and has written for Esquire, GQ, and Bicycling. He is the author of two novels and a memoir.

Reviews for Heft on Wheels: A Field Guide to Doing a 180

Mike's one of the only writers in the world who makes reading about cycling so much fun you're nearly tempted to skip your next ride and keep turning the pages. Bill Strickland, executive editor, Bicycling magazine Forget Dr. Phil and the South Beach Diet. Forget Atkins and scary pills. Mike Magnuson found another, much more enjoyable way to shed pounds and get healthy: cycling. Chicago Sun-Times