Bicycle Across America

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Summary: I'm raring to go!
Review: I've read Bicycle Across America and I'm raring to go! What an inspiration Barbara Siegert is! Her emphasis is on fun and adventure. She encourages the reader to leave the humdrum behind and set out on the adventure of a lifetime. Every day is a challenge to be met. Each morning she can't wait to get on her bike and see what lies over the next hill or around the next curve in the road - the small towns, the locals and their stories are the rewards of touring the country at 10 mph. Her practical information is A-one. I will pack my panniers only with the things she says I'll need - no frying pans or coffee pots hanging off my bike. I'll heed the advice of the guru of long-distance touring. I just can't wait to get on the road.....

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Summary: Just a Travelogue
Review: If the author didn't tell you the two of them went by bike, you might not know it. This is pure travelogue.

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Summary: Just a Travelogue
Review: If the author didn't tell you the two of them went by bike, you might not know it. This is pure travelogue.

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Summary: I really liked and appreciated this book!
Review: In my own case, biking 25 miles or so around home results in a "high" that I wish would never end. In reading Ms. Siegert's book, I can only imagine how great an experience it was for them to have ridden through this great Country of ours as they did. I can sense the optimism, enjoyment, and sense of accomplishment she and her husband must have felt as they pedalled along. How great it must be to have had this experience. Their story certainly brings out the wanderlust in this reader!

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Summary: I really liked and appreciated this book!
Review: In my own case, biking 25 miles or so around home results in a "high" that I wish would never end. In reading Ms. Siegert's book, I can only imagine how great an experience it was for them to have ridden through this great Country of ours as they did. I can sense the optimism, enjoyment, and sense of accomplishment she and her husband must have felt as they pedalled along. How great it must be to have had this experience. Their story certainly brings out the wanderlust in this reader!

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Summary: Needs work
Review: Reading about this womans adventures was like listening to a senior citizen babble about her life. Every page is the same as the one before: Day 45 Today I had ham and eggs for breakfast, then we rode thiry miles. It was so hot. Then we found a place to sleep. Day 46 Today we had toast and eggs for breakfast then we rode for thirty three miles...and on and on and on.
There are no characters in the book. Even her husband who accompanies her is forgetable. There is nothing in the book that made me want to finish it - no struggles, no obsticles to overcome. She is not searching for herself or writing about whatever her mind wanders onto while she peddles all day.
It is a day by day account of how far she rode, what she ate, where she slept and riding conditions. She is probably an interesting lady and she probably has an interesting story to tell but the technical details of her travel are ovewrwhelming and make the book unreadable.

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Summary: Needs work
Review: Reading about this womans adventures was like listening to a senior citizen babble about her life. Every page is the same as the one before: Day 45 Today I had ham and eggs for breakfast, then we rode thiry miles. It was so hot. Then we found a place to sleep. Day 46 Today we had toast and eggs for breakfast then we rode for thirty three miles...and on and on and on.
There are no characters in the book. Even her husband who accompanies her is forgetable. There is nothing in the book that made me want to finish it - no struggles, no obsticles to overcome. She is not searching for herself or writing about whatever her mind wanders onto while she peddles all day.
It is a day by day account of how far she rode, what she ate, where she slept and riding conditions. She is probably an interesting lady and she probably has an interesting story to tell but the technical details of her travel are ovewrwhelming and make the book unreadable.

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Summary: Best book ever on the subject of touring.
Review: Why reinvent the wheel? (Pun, sure!) This book is an invaluable resource for any tour distance -- a weekend quickie or an across-the-country ride. I really liked the descriptive list of equipment. After five cross-country tours, Barbara details everything you need (and don't need) to carry. Including camping gear, she insists the weight can be kept under 30 pounds. Her style is upbeat She tells it like it is -- the bad days as well as the good. She's an inspiration. You'll just want to do it. Kat Stryc

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Summary: A wonderful adventure, not to be missed.
Review: You need not be an avid bicyclist or even own a bike to enjoy Barbara Siegert's "Bicycle Across America". Here is a delightful panoply of little known facts of little known towns; of meeting interesting people; and of seeing the USA at the liesurely pace of 10 mph