Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Riding the Iron Curtain

In this reflection of history and the Communist dream, bicyclist Tim Moore describes his perhaps overly ambitious plan to ride the 6,000 mile route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled, two-geared East German shopping bike. Sleeping in bank vaults, imperial palaces, and reconstructed Soviet youth hostels while battling hostility, landslides, and a diet of dumplings, Moore's journey is one that is sustained by kindness, luck, and a shameful addiction to the Magic Man energy drink. After three months, twenty countries, and a 58 degree jaunt up the thermostat, Moore now reflects on his insane journey and the memories of a Cold War generation reared on the fear of an apocalypse.

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