Shifting Gears

Coast to Coast on the Trans Am Bike Race

By: Meaghan Marie Hackinen

Narrated by: Holly Adams

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.

©2023 Meaghan Marie Hackinen (P)2024 Tantor

Solid bicycle memoir

Really enjoyed learning more about Meaghan Hackinen, whom I already had great respect for. I wish she had done the audio recording. The reader was okay, but not as good as Meaghan herself would have been.