Moon Babes of Bicycle City (Second Printing Forever)
The first 2-Hip Meet the Street BMX contest that Ron Wilkerson held in Southern California on 4/30/88 is a significant event that Mike Daily builds upon in Moon Babes of Bicycle City. The book starts on Friday, 10/11/19, with Rodderick Moon and Mick O'Grady pedaling Rodd's bikecar replica of the '76 Chrysler Cordoba that Ron W had at the contest.
Rodd and Mick are pedaling the bikecar from Cavern City Air Terminal in Carlsbad, New Mexico, to Bicycle City, where cars have been outlawed and the terrain is a world like no other. Rodd Moon and his wife Chatauqua run a bike shop there called Moon Babes Retire Bikes.
Rodd's prototype "2020 BikeCardoba" is primer grey in the opening scenes. It's prepped to be duct taped, spray painted, and thrashed as an obstacle on Saturday, 10/12/19.
Sunday, 10/13/19, is a Full Moon.
Novel.
The First Printing of only 100 copies was a pocket-size paperback that readers received by Friday, 10/11/19--the exact date of the novel's opening scenes. MBoBC Bike Club Members received their copies (and limited edition merch extras including poster prints of the 2-Hip Cordoba, stacks of stickers, and much more) direct from the author in time to read the book in "real time" if they chose to do so.
A modern day monument to BMX Freestyle culture and innovative fiction, this "Second Printing Forever" (4/3/20) of Mike Daily's new novel Moon Babes of Bicycle City is a remastered edition that features a Foreword by Ron W, an Afterword by Matt D'Angelo, and a timeline tracking reader-participation milestones.
RAD meets Breaking Bad in Bicycle City, New Mexico.
Cover Design, Illustrations, and Book Layout by Nathan Powell.
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"Moon Babes of Bicycle City, the new book by Mike Daily is being delivered to mailboxes worldwide!"--Steve Brothers, BMX Society
"It's a novel. A few hours' read. What's it like? Imagine hanging out with your crew and meeting other crews. Road trip. New town--locals' rules. All the stuff you say is a mash-up of puns, one-ups, and references to obscure bike parts or magazine captions. Total linguistic freestyle. Tricking every surface and interaction. That's what it's like to read this."--Scuffington Post
"Inspirations and references and dialogue that only a rider like Mike Daily could create, representing BMX Freestyle in the uniquely creative way, of which these unrecreatable days of the spawning of BMX Freestyle do DESERVE...!"--Ron W, 2-HIP, MEGA ZINE
"Words and phrases flow like cactus juice in the desert. Images set up shop in your mind, bright as the New Mexico sun. The whole thing reads like the lyrical genius of a hip-hop artist with the hectic energy of a punk band. Written for the older crew in mind, but with the creativity and vitality that a younger crowd can groove to as well. Grab a copy of Moon Babes of Bicycle City and let the ceremony begin."--Bill Bunting, Get Action
"This book vibes. This book Milt Jacksons. This book Henry Rollins. Thin Lizzy meets Atmosphere. This book boom baps. This book bunny hops. This book is all hopped up on non sequitur smash cuts. Referencia Obscura on your racing plate. It's fun. An Easter Egg hunt with plenty to find for those who've been into the other Mick O'Grady materials that brought us here."--Pecos B, author of Brautigans
