In ‘Life Is a Wheel,’ Bruce Weber Bikes Across America

Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story A man in the grip of a midlife crisis often gets himself a new set of wheels: a Porsche or a Jaguar or a Mustang convertible. But at 57, Bruce Weber, the author of the memoir and travelogue “Life Is a Wheel,” opted for a different vehicle, a shiny red custom-made titanium bicycle, which he resolved to ride from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic.