Looking for the title/author

[jgadamski]

Several years back I read a account of a middle aged chain smoking writer who was between gigs for 3 months one summer and rode cross country from Virginia to California.. smoking and staying in motels nightly, keeping the story on his laptop. He was an unlikely touring cyclist who knew nothing about bikes/maintainance was totally unprepared for his trip.

Maybe its because I identify with him,but it was a good read. Does anybody have an idea of its title and/or author? I seem to have misplaced that memory....