Shifting Gears, Meaghan Marie Hackinen
Shifting Gears, Meaghan Marie Hackinen
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Shifting Gears
Coast to Coast on the Trans Am Bike Race

Author: Meaghan Marie Hackinen

Narrator: Holly Adams

Unabridged: 8 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/16/2024


Synopsis

Meaghan Marie Hackinen's follow-up to her award-nominated debut South Away charts her unforgettable, twenty-five-day journey on the Trans Am Bike Race: a coast-to-coast ride across the entire North American continent from Oregon to Virginia. Without the aid of a support crew, Hackinen must rely entirely on her wits, ingenuity, and sheer determination to finish this extremely challenging feat. A sports story with a unique theme, Hackinen writes about the Trans Am Bike Race as a cultural whole, as she encounters consequences and unforeseen repercussions of an underground, unregulated athletic endeavor. Shifting Gears is another expertly-delivered travelogue and a thrilling glimpse into a world of athletes driven to impossible lengths.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Martha☀ on August 27, 2024

This is a truly inspiring read. Meaghan is a local favourite in BC and around here on Vanc Island. She has been part of a couple of endurance rides that I have also joined - but I have only had brief glimpses of her rolling away at the Grand Depart start lines. This book gives an engrossing, day-by-d......more

Goodreads review by Carol on October 04, 2023

This book is so much more than a glimpse into the ultra distance cycling world! Meaghan’s skill at writing will take you along for the ride, through 10 states, through tropical storms and sweltering heat, through laughter and tears, through friendship and loss and everything in between. Shifting Gea......more

Goodreads review by Matt on May 19, 2024

Great! If you like to bike and like to read, you should read this (and bike)! Just the right focus on the ride, just enough details but not too much, and just right amount about the people. Perfect balance and amazing ride! (It takes balance to ride.. ;)......more

Goodreads review by Jill on December 08, 2024

This is a fun armchair adventure experience, following Meaghan as she competes in the 2017 TransAm, a cycling race across the United States. This has been my genre as an author in the past, and I've admittedly grown fatigued with the genre in recent years. I'd be ashamed to admit how many Tour Divid......more

Goodreads review by Angela on December 01, 2023

I love Meaghan's writing style. Her stories are entertaining and heartfelt. Though I don't even remember how to ride a bicycle, I felt like I was right there riding with her, strawberry milk and all. I turned the pages rapidly, following an incredible journey filled with twists, turns, and unexpecte......more