Rebel Routes – Route 66: Ride, Reflect, and Revel in America’s Backroads (Motorcycle Diaries)

Rebel Routes – Route 66 "Rebel Routes – Route 66: Ride, Reflect, and Revel in America’s Backroads" is a culmination of key insights, countless experiences and exploratory solutions from renowned biker, Ian Stone. Stone brings almost three decades worth of hands-on experience to this book, aiming to enhance your motorcycling journey across America’s backroads. With "Rebel Routes – Route 66," you'll stop becoming a victim of common riding pitfalls. The book provides valuable tips from planning your trip to coordinating with fellow riders and managing mechanical breakdowns. The central theme, "The Freedom Mirage," explores the cycle of initial excitement, planning paralysis, financial friction and eventual disillusionment, which ensnares countless bikers in a loop of anticipation and frustration. The book provides key strategies to finally break this cycle. Stone takes the reader through the quirks and highlights of Route 66, beginning from Chicago, through the rolling hills of Missouri, plains of Oklahoma and ending in California; always tying the journey back to the deep introspections that this ride brings forth. Beyond providing practical advice, "Rebel Routes – Route 66" will help you uncover layers to your understanding of the road, connect with the Route66 community and navigate through the varying landscapes of America. It's about transforming a simple road trip into a pilgrimage, an inward journey of self-discovery. Prepare to experience one of America's most historic highways, a true rebel route, like never before through "Rebel Routes – Route 66.” • Guidance on how to break the "Freedom Mirage" • Practical tools and strategies for ride planning • Insight into connections formed with fellow riders • Immersion into America's most historic highway, Route 66 • A journey of self-discovery and transformation via motorcycling.