Books, bikes & tours: Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie coming to SLC for lecture, community ride

The Salt Lake Public Library, Cycling Utah, and SLC Bicycle Co are partnering to bring bicycle touring legend Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie to Salt Lake City for a "night of two-wheeled tales, gears and gags, spokes and joke. Kurmaskie will discuss his recent tour cycling through five African countries, and his numerous adventures from two decades of bike tours."

Kurmaskie, his wife Beth, and their three kids,
on a continental bike tour across Canada.
(Photo: CascadiaKids.com)

Kurmaskie will have a very entertaining lecture on Monday evening, June 4th, 7 pm, in the Main Library auditorium. The auditorium is just inside the SE door of the main library branch (400 S 200 E) in Salt Lake City near the "bike rack" bike rack. Kurmaskie, a contributor to Bicycling Magazine, Details, Men's Journal, AP, Midwest Bike, and the SF Chronicle, has also written several book about his bike tours and adventures throughout the years. A well-respected voice in the bicycling world, the event with the "Metal Cowboy" is sure to entertain.

On Saturday morning, June 2nd, at 10 am, there will be a community bike ride with Kurmaskie and Mayor Ralph Becker of Salt Lake City. Don't miss this opportunity to ride with Joe and the mayor and rub shoulders and share stories with both.

From the City Library website,

"Most cowboys prefer the saddle and steed when they take to the wide-open spaces, but Joe Kurmaskie, the "Metal Cowboy," is a bicycle buckaroo. Kurmaskie is an accomplished journalist and bicycle advocate who tours the glove with little more than two wheels beneath him."

Contact information can be found at 801.524.8200

Event can also be found on the SaltCycle calendar.

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