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Life Is a Bike,
New Cycling Column on Bikexchange.com By Gianna Bellofatto
We welcome this distinguished writer as a new
columnist. Like the rest of us, Gianna views life from the saddle
as a bountiful treasure. Uncover her fine prose in her two
introductory installments...
An
Invitation to the Open Road (Including "The Laws of
Cycling")
Cycological
Youth
Biking
St. Croix By Theresa Russell
Sure, you can do the
tourist thing when your cruise ship docks here. Then again, you can explore the road
less-traveled, and it will make "all the difference" on this island
jewel. Robbie Frost would have done it by bike, for certain.
Boxing
Your Bike for Public Transit By Harvey Botzman
Relax,
not to worry: Here are the complete instructions, rates, methods, etc. for shipping your bike
via public bus, rail or Tunisian camel. Prolific cycling tourbook author
really delivers the goods, er, bike. (See his many books at Cyclotour Guide Books.)
An
Elegant Toughness: A Product Review of Arkel EX-56 Rear
Panniers By Theresa Russell
Our
seasoned writer and youth tour operator samples an
expensive pair of panniers while cranking 1500
miles along Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Are they worth the
price tag? The verdict...
Bits
of Andy: Shorts from the Summer 2000 Ask the Mechanic
Column By Andy "The
Mechanic" Wallen
A couple of dandy Question and
Answer passages from the most recent edition of our
"au repair extraordinaire's" Ask the
Mechanic, including "Bent Wheel
Blues" and "Sealants R Us."
Speculation
On the Next Century of Bicycling...
We are staging a repeat performance of
this time collection
of cycling thought during each season of the year 2000.
We asked Maurice Tierney,
Publisher, Dirt Rag, to
give a prediction for the next century...
"I predict we'll burn up all the
fossil fuels in our SUV's and all start riding bikes
everywhere again. Then we'll live in a Utopian society where
people actually get
along with each other. Peace."
From
The (tbe)X Files:
Timely selections from the Ghost of
Features Past.
Vacation Tips For Bike Maniacs Who Travel With
Non-Bikers By Jay T. McCamic
Our cranking (i.e.,
cranky?) Mark Twain lays out a summer vacation survival plan for
bicycle junkies.