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Mind is the Ride
£9.99
A journey through cycling and philosophy
‘Elegant, wild, poised and explosive’ Charles Foster, author of Being a Beast
When Jet McDonald cycled four thousand miles to India and back, he didn't want to write a straightforward travel book. He wanted to go on an imaginative journey.
Mind is the Ride takes the reader on a physical and intellectual adventure from West to East using the components of a bike as a metaphor for philosophy, which is woven into the cyclist's experience. Each chapter is based around a single component, and as Jet travels he adds new parts and new philosophies until the bike is 'built'; the ride to India is completed; and the relationship between mind, body and bicycle made apparent.
The age of the travelogue is over: today we need to travel inwardly to see the world with fresh eyes. Mind is the Ride is a pedal-powered antidote to the petrol-driven philosophies of the past.
‘A truly unique reading experience’ Bike Radar
‘A gleeful, freewheeling ride through the mind of humanity . . . Breathtaking, brilliant, astounding’ Jay Griffiths, author of Wild: An Elemental Journey
Paperback: 368pp
Published: Wilton Square (December 2025)
ISBN: 9781783529391
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