Summer 1997

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• 1997 Thrift Drug Classic In Photos   By Jim Joyce & Dale Chenault
        TBE-xclusive! This photo feature captures the USPRO Women's Championship
       and Men's Race in grueling 110-mile journey through Pittsburgh on June 8.
       ~ Race Facts and Results in Brief
       ~ Selected Women's Race Photos
       ~ Men's Race -- Sycamore Street Climb Up Mt. Washington
       ~ Selected Men's Race Photos
       ~ Winners Gather to Collect Honors
       ~ Don't miss CrankMail's (Cleveland area magazine) coverage of this event
  
  
• 1997 Newsweek's 24 Hours of Canaan (Photos) By James Johansen
         The East's major mountain biking event (Canaan Valley, WV) seen through the
        camera lens of WV Photographer whose work has made the cover of Dirt Rag.
        Great night shots!
  
  
• 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. Outa his way!
  
  
• A Guide to West Virginia Biking Guides  By Dale Porter
          Avid WV road and dirt biker picks, pans, and gives mini-reviews of 10 books.
        Here's the dirt...
  
  
• Report From an Anonymous TOSRV Rider  Anonymous
        A. Nonymous, member of the Western PA Wheelmen, chronicles his/her
        weekend on the Tour of the Scioto River Valley (Columbus to Portsmouth, OH
        and back). Also appears in our Ride Reviews page.
  
  
• Magic (Re)Visited: Wheel & Rock to Woodstock  By Alan Ira Fleischmann
         TBE-xclusive! Prolific author and WV cyclist thoughtfully recalls trip to Yasgur's
        Farm via the Wheel & Rock Tour.
  
  
• Dress Reform for Women Rendered Probable By the Bicycle
  Uniform
        1896 letter originally from the Journal of the American Medical  Association shows
        a woman's disdain for the garb of the day when bicycling (from the Stark County OH
        Bike Club's Spokin' Word).
  
  
• Wild, Wonderful West Virginia  By John Kazeva
        Fun memoir of a frolic through the Eastern Panhandle of WV via the C&O Canal
       Trail by W.PA native/wordsmith/& webmaster of Bicycling in DC. Yep, yunz gonna
       have a good time an'at with dis.
  


• Regional Website Roundup (all from sites in OH-WV-PA)
         Advocacy: ISTEA and Other Timely Info. By Barry Fluxe
            Ohioan keeps eye on Congress in Stark Co. B.C.'s Spokin' Word.
        Barath's Passages  By Michael Barath 
            Spokin' Word columnist takes a look in the mirror and sees he's getting older
        News From Crank Mail  Edited by James Guilford
               Timely briefs from the magazine that serves bicycle organizations in Northeast
            Ohio, esp. Cleveland area.
        Pacelines and Crosswinds  By Rob Westerndorf
            More tips from the archives of the Queen City Wheelmen Nwltr.
        Caperton Puzzle Piece  By Maxx T. Walker
             Like a jigsaw puzzle, WV Rail Trail network coming together, from Trail Tracks,
             newsletter of the West VA Rails-to-Trails Council.
        
• Special Feature From Site Unseen (outside region)
        24 Hours of Carpal Tunnel  By David Schloss
                Ground view look at truly gnarly race/festival--24 Hours of  Canaan--from
             GearHead online magazine.

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