Leanings: Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World by Peter Egan Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Leanings: Best of Peter Egan from Cycle World
Book Review: The VERY Best of Peter Egan..
Summary: 5 Stars
Like many, I stumbled across Peter Egan through his columns in Cycle World Magazine. Egan's columns are extremely addictive, one read and you'll want more.
Unlike most books about biking however, Leanings is a story reflecting the relationship between man, machine and Nature.. with of course, a dash of adventure and a large dosage of determination told from experience. I'm sure many riders, be it casual or extreme, will relate to Egan's foolhardiness (during his younger years) and even smile at the memories which Egan brings back through a breezy but detailed storyline.
After flipping past the last chapter of Leanings, I have only but one regret - that I did not purchased Leanings that was personally autographed by Egan himself.
Book Review: Every chapter an adventure
Summary: 5 Stars
After each chapter I found myself inspired to put a new twist in my cycling trips. A good read for the riding, and the non riding season for those of us in the mixed climate zone. Will remind you why you enjoy this lifestyle so much, or let you know how easy it is to become hooked by it. Peter is a cycling "soul mate" who hits home with every page.Book Review: My most often read motorcyling book
Summary: 5 Stars
I own a lot of books about motorcycles, from Hell's Angels to Proficient Motorcycling. But more often than not, I pull Egan's Leanings off the shelf when I'm in the mood for a quick fix. Egan writes well and with insight, but without the pseudo-philosophical B.S. of Persig et al. This is a collection of aricles with the earliest dating back to the 70s, so some observations are a mite dated, but Egan captures the experience of riding (and buying, and fixing, and being stranded) so wonderfully, that I enjoy reading every word in this book. Egan has a good sense of humor that runs as an undercurrent through most of his writing. Leanings is like having a tray of your favorite appetizers at hand any time you fancy a snack. When I set this book down after reading for a spell, I don't feel as if I just finished Atlas Shrugged, but it always puts me in a better mood and makes me want to pick out a bike and go for a ride. Plus I give any writer that knows how to properly kick-start a large displacement single a bonus star, and I bet Ayn Rand couldn't do that. Without this book, I also never would have bought V Four Victory on DVD, so I owe Peter Egan for that as well.Book Review: Egan is GREAT
Summary: 5 Stars
Peter Egan's book is a compendium of his Cycle World features going back over twenty years. His personal history chronicles the actual or imagined lives of most of us who have lived with motorcycles during the sixties through the present. When reading Egan's adventures with his various bikes and his pink tent, I feel like I'm on the road with him - moving Barbara off the pillion while circumnavigating the Isle of Man, or Ireland, or Route 66, or New Zealand, or wherever. This book has become my constant bedside companion, carrying me back to my cycling youth, or time in Vietnam or helping me envision my "in process" restoration projects on a winding country road on a perfect spring day. Thanks, Peter.Book Review: Buy this Book!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Peter Egan and David Edwards are the reason I subscribe to Cycle World. Egan's feature articles and columns reprinted in this book NEVER fail to leave me with a smile. Absolutely a must if you're an avid motorcyclist.... and if you're not, reading this book will make you want to go out and buy an old Triumph and start riding. I don't know of any other writer who so adeptly sums up the love of motorcycles and riding in every article. Great stuff.