yeah, the mike barry article was a gem - great guy, and its always kinda fun to see someone poke gaping holes in grants line of reasoning, and sometimes deliberate preferences toward retro-for-retros sake and jury-rigging things that can be done properly (even to the point of engineering jury-rigs into his products at times!)
a few years back, at the last running of the human powered rollercoaster (a figure 8, over/under wooden veldrome that some people involved with the toronto messenger community built), mike had part of his bike collection hanging from the ceiling of the big warehouse the track was set up in, and we had a little book made up with info about all the bikes, and announced bits about each during breaks in the action... some great stuff from high wheelers up through the present day. i helped take down the bikes after the event, and there was much to be drooled over, thats for sure...
if youre ever in toronto and have a chance to drop by bicycle specialties, DO. its a great shop, with lots of cool list-relevant stuff hanging around.
-joel
>Great articles in the latest Rivendell Reader. I particularly
>enjoyed the interview with Mike Barry. While I don't ride Brooks
>saddles, the article on the Swallow is certainly interesting.
>Finally, Kirk Pacenti's lugs cap off this edition for me. There are
>other articles on French bikes, riding tips and a nice memorial to
>Dr Ed Burke. In the riding tips, there is discussion about "hot
>foot". While I'm not a physician, I have been operated on for this
>condition-Morton's Neuroma in my case. It is caused by tight shoes.
>In my case, the nerve that runs between the 3rd and 4th metatarsal
>(forward outside of the ball of my foot) became enlarged from the
>build up of tissue to try to shield the nerve. Without grossing you
>out, when removed, the ends of the nerve were about the color and
>size of a piece of spaghetti while the center enlarged section was
>larger than my thumb!! Mine was caused by a combination of too many
>hours in combat boots and riding bicycles with clips/straps with the
>straps too tight. Anyway, just a bit of commentary from the
>sidelines. Lou Deeter, Orlando FL
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...