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Rilke, Tolstoy, and travel...
Published on 2010-02-18 06:33:00
your house is justthis side of great distancesOf course this has to do with bikes and books ... but first, I figure about half of you out there use Internet Explorer to view Bicycle Diaries. Microsoft's nefarious product doesn't load it very well. It often center justifies the posts putting the right sidebar all the way down to the bottom of the page. Try instead Mozilla Firefox as your browser. It's FREE, only taking a few minutes to load. It also has a great reputation in contrast to the Wind
their passions a quotation
Published on 2010-02-16 05:48:00
w/apologiesto Oscar WildeAs I hit the mid-February dull-drums, I've been turning my head towards spring with a little restoration project. It's not only keeping me from self-medicating the darkness away in my local neighborhood joint. There's nothing like scouring several decades worth of rust off steel rims for ruminating about the vélotariat.Why do researchers who've never been on Critical Mass write as if it just popped out of nowhere on the streets of America?Why do they typically recycle
That to which we should all aspire
Published on 2010-02-12 06:30:00
roll longand prosperFrom the Daily Mail on-line:It was six decades ago that Owen Hook fell in love with the shining bicycle in his local department store window. But today, the Raleigh push bike is still going strong. Mr Hook, 72, who paid for the top-of-the-range, three-speed Raleigh bike in 36 monthly installments of just ten shillings (50p) 57 years ago, said yesterday that it showcased British craftsmanship at its best.Read more here!
