Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system that they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it.
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming buckets of cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and is happy to show you too. Dig it.
RonSonic wrote:> Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system that> they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it. >
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming buckets of> cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and is happy to show you> too. Dig it.>
Ron
i second that. i thought i was an obsessive geek until i opened that book. wow, he's really gone hog wild!
Donald Gillies 22 March 2005 10:01:16 [ permanent link ]
jim beam <nospam@example.net> writes:
RonSonic wrote:>> Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system that>> they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it. >>
i second that. i thought i was an obsessive geek until i opened that >book. wow, he's really gone hog wild!
Guys, from 1970 until 1980, every issue of Bicycling! magazine was like a Chapter of the "Dancing Chain". That was, until, Rodevil Press bought that magazine and sucked the life out of it in one short decade.
On 21 Mar 2005 22:01:16 -0800, gillies@cs.ubc.ca (Donald Gillies) wrote:
jim beam <nospam@example.net> writes:>
RonSonic wrote:>>> Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system that>>> they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it. >>>
i second that. i thought i was an obsessive geek until i opened that >>book. wow, he's really gone hog wild!>
Guys, from 1970 until 1980, every issue of Bicycling! magazine was>like a Chapter of the "Dancing Chain". That was, until, Rodevil Press>bought that magazine and sucked the life out of it in one short>decade.
I guess I'd never seen it during those years. I only remember it as "Bike Stuff You Should BUY" the monthly.
Ever see the series of Calvin strips where he subscribes to "Chewing" the magazine for gum chewers and competitive bubble blowing? Perfect satire.
"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message news:8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com...>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system
that> they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it.>
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming buckets
cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and is happy to show
too. Dig it.>
Sounds almost like the library system here in Sorrysota, I have been waiting for over a month for "The Recumbent Bicycle" to come in from some other library.
Squid-in-Training Phil 22 March 2005 22:41:04 [ permanent link ]
Ken Marcet wrote:> "RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message> news:8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com...>>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library>> system that they should get this book so that I and the other>> patrons could read it.>>
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming>> buckets of cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and>> is happy to show you too. Dig it.>>
Sounds almost like the library system here in Sorrysota, I have been> waiting for over a month for "The Recumbent Bicycle" to come in from> some other library.>
Ken
As a rare-ish book, buying it online and selling it one library rental period later would be well worth it... Amazon itself has the lowest price available. It would become a coffee table book for me though. -- Phil, Squid-in-Training
"Donald Gillies" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote in message news:d1ocbc$rhs$1@cascade.cs.ubc.ca...> jim beam <nospam@example.net> writes:>
RonSonic wrote:> >> Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my
library system that> >> they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it.> >>
i second that. i thought i was an obsessive geek until i
opened that> >book. wow, he's really gone hog wild!>
Guys, from 1970 until 1980, every issue of Bicycling! magazine
like a Chapter of the "Dancing Chain". That was, until,
Rodevil Press> bought that magazine and sucked the life out of it in one short> decade.
Although I got pretty tired of the endless gear permutations, half-step plus granny and what you could do with a Huret Duopar derailleur. I refused to keep a gear chart on my stem. At least it was real bicycle magazine and not the POS of today. BTW, I cancelled my subscription almost two years ago, and it is STILL coming. I bet they have to keep the subscription numbers up to sell advertising. -- Jay Beattie.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:41:04 GMT, "Phil, Squid-in-Training" <phil_leeIHEARTBASHGUARDS@hotmail.com> wrote:
Ken Marcet wrote:>> "RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message>> news:8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com...>>>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library>>> system that they should get this book so that I and the other>>> patrons could read it.>>>
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming>>> buckets of cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and>>> is happy to show you too. Dig it.>>>
Sounds almost like the library system here in Sorrysota, I have been>> waiting for over a month for "The Recumbent Bicycle" to come in from>> some other library.>>
As a rare-ish book, buying it online and selling it one library rental >period later would be well worth it... Amazon itself has the lowest price >available. It would become a coffee table book for me though.
Dear Ken and Phil,
Fehlau's "Recumbent Bicycle" is available new for $17 (used for $13) plus shipping.
Berto's "Dancing Chain" goes for about $34 plus shipping, but Amazon has free shipping at that price:
In article <8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com>, RonSonic <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system that>they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it. >
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming buckets of>cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and is happy to show you>too. Dig it.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:59:14 -0500, "Ken Marcet" <kcmarcet@hotpop.com> wrote:
"RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message>news:8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com...>>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system>that>> they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it.>>
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming buckets>of>> cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and is happy to show>you>> too. Dig it.>>
Sounds almost like the library system here in Sorrysota, I have been waiting>for over a month for "The Recumbent Bicycle" to come in from some other>library.
They went and bought the thing at my request so I won't gripe. Hell, it seems a lot of people were waiting for it so I won't feel bad.
Now I will grumble about finding that I was 14th in line for the novel "Fight Club." You'd think that when people are waiting months for a book they might pick up another copy. But then again, maybe they saved the cash for the Dancing Chain.
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:03:17 +0000 (UTC), fpm@u.washington.edu (Frank Miles) wrote:
In article <8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com>,>RonSonic <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:>>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library system that>>they should get this book so that I and the other patrons could read it. >>
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming buckets of>>cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and is happy to show you>>too. Dig it.>
How much/what is new with this edition?
I didn't see the first, there is a new chapter covering 1995-2005 and Mr Berto's introduction speaks of two other new chapters, many new illustrations, corrections and additions from correspondence received since and rewrites of just about everything else.
Frank Krygowski 23 March 2005 05:49:57 [ permanent link ]
Jay Beattie wrote:
"Donald Gillies" <gillies@cs.ubc.ca> wrote in message> news:d1ocbc$rhs$1@cascade.cs.ubc.ca...>
Rodevil Press>
bought that magazine and sucked the life out of it in one short>>decade.>
... BTW, I> cancelled my subscription almost two years ago, and it is STILL> coming. I bet they have to keep the subscription numbers up to> sell advertising. -- Jay Beattie.
I canceled years ago. Then last year my membership in the League of American Bicyclists (another sadly deteriorated institution) included a year's subscription to Buycycling.
The year ran out, the magazine stopped - then last week, out of the blue, I got _two_ consecutive issues in the mail on the same day!
Their advertising accountants must have _some_ scheme going on.
"Phil, Squid-in-Training" <phil_leeIHEARTBASHGUARDS@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4FZ%d.905$kI3.333@fe07.usenetserver.com...> Ken Marcet wrote:> > "RonSonic" <ronsonic@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message> > news:8m8v31lifggu6t4ddp395aeti4gmvml9a1@4ax.com...> >>
Well, about a month ago I went on line and suggested to my library> >> system that they should get this book so that I and the other> >> patrons could read it.> >>
I picked it up this morning and am just wallowing in big foaming> >> buckets of cyclo-geek joy. This is GOOD. Frank knows this stuff and> >> is happy to show you too. Dig it.> >>
Sounds almost like the library system here in Sorrysota, I have been> > waiting for over a month for "The Recumbent Bicycle" to come in from> > some other library.> >
As a rare-ish book, buying it online and selling it one library rental> period later would be well worth it... Amazon itself has the lowest price> available. It would become a coffee table book for me though.> -- > Phil, Squid-in-Training>
Funny, but just came in after I posted that message! I picked it up last night, looks pretty good, I didn't really get to read much of it, just did a quick thumb through. I might buy a copy for myself.
