| General | Many bicycle related publications currently circulate, both in the mainstream and below sophisticated radars; the dedicated commuter, however, now has a compendium of information to aid and occupy him or her on rides long and far, alone and in groups. The bicycle army simply requires one to ride, and ride often. Onward!
Prepared under the direct inspiration of bicycles everywhere.
Available at the following locations nationwide for Six American Dollars ($6.oo), or online and via subscription:
Available at the following locations nationwide for Six American Dollars ($6.oo), or online and via subscription:
EAST COAST:
+ Grove Street Bicycles, Jersey City, NJ
SOUTHEAST:
+ SoPo Bicycle Co-Op, Atlanta, GA
+ Inman Perk Coffee, Atlanta, GA
+ Bici Cooperative, Birmingham, AL
SOUTH:
+ Eco-Wise, Austin, TX
MIDWEST:
+ Seagull/Octopus, Columbus, OH
+ Cars R Coffins Coffee Bar, Minneapolis, MN
+ One On One, Minneapolis, MN
+ Arise! Bookstore, Minneapolis, MN
+ Commute Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
+ Beans & Barley, Milwaukee, WI
+ Ritual Cafe, Des Moines, IA
+ Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, IA
+ Quimby's Bookstore, Chicago, IL
WEST:
+ The Cycologist, Fort Collins, CO
+ The Red Table Cafe, Fort Collins, CO
+ Green Logic, Fort Collins, CO
+ Matter Bookstore, Fort Collins, CO
+ New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, CO
+ Brave New Wheel, Fort Collins, CO
+ Al's Newstand, Fort Collins, CO
+ Old Firehouse Books, Fort Collins, CO
+ Full Cycle, Fort Collins, CO
+ Starry Night Coffee Company, Fort Collins, CO
+ Cafe Ardour, Fort Collins, CO
+ Everyday Joe's, Fort Collins, CO
+ Fort Collins Food Co-op, Fort Collins, CO
+ Bookrack, Fort Collins, CO
+ Nature's Own, Fort Collins, CO
+ Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Boulder, CO
+ Vecchio's Bicicletteria, Boulder, CO
+ Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO
+ Tattered Cover, Denver, CO
+ Bike & Trike, Rock Springs, WY
+ Coal Creek Coffee Company, Laramie, WY
+ Night Heron, Laramie, WY
+ Fine Edge, Laramie, WY
+ Truckee Book & Bean, Truckee, CA
NORTH:
+ Boneshaker Coffee Company, Bismarck, ND
+ Farm to Market Bicycle Co., Whitefish, MT
WEST COAST
+ Free Range Cycles, Seattle, WA
+ Elliot Bay Books, Seattle, WA
+ Left Bank Books, Seattle, WA
+ City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco, CA
+ Newsbeat News, Sacramento, CA
+ Newsbeat News, Davis, CA
+ Powell's City of Books, Portland, OR
+ Powell's on Hawthorne, Portland, OR
+ Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
+ Black Star Bags, Portland, OR |
| Heroes | Sheldon Brown, for one. And Major Taylor. There are more, of course, but we thought this space might be best used to preview BA 42-300, which is NOW available!
From "Bicycling and Freedom in American Film: The Ice Storm" by Mr. Dan DeWeese
"...We are used to seeing bicycles presented as an antidote to commuter-traffic stress, fossil-fuel poison, or middle-age spread. In The Ice Storm, though, Wendy’s solitary bike ride is the only moment of ease or grace that appears to occur anywhere in town. This is bicycle riding not as an antidote to stress or indolence, but to the experience of daily life as a slow hell. And the duration of the relief Elena enjoys while admiring her daughter as she glides past on the blue cruiser? About ten seconds."
From "The Bicycle Paintings of Ms. Jackie Avery"
"...Boneshaker, as it is apt at and known for doing, therefore promptly tracked down Jackie Avery, the artist in question and whose work we could collectively not stop thinking about or discussing for many days. We have had occasion since then to ask the talented Ms. Avery a few questions about her inspirations and, appropriately, her prominent attraction to bicycling.
Boneshaker: How long have you been painting?
Jackie Avery: I’ve been painting all my life. My mom is a professional sculptor, and I really have her to thank for demonstrating that making art is a valid career choice. She is very nutty and irreverent, and a great artist.
BA: What got you into painting portraits of bicycle-related subjects specifically in the first place?
JA: My first bicycle painting was a gift for my husband Jake, who is a bike nerd. Of course, that was before we moved to Portland where there is a totally different scale for bike nerdiness. Now he’s just normal. Jake’s greatest bike score was bringing an old butcher’s delivery bike back from York, England, and restoring it. That bike was a beast!
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From "Is Biking, Is Rain" by Mr. Matthew Hein
"How does it feel when get inside? Sometimes have to pee, so slam the door, peel off rubber gloves that go “thwack,” and hustle to the bathroom with helmet, bag, and jacket All on.
Wet laces wet inside the rubber gloves or no rubber gloves, just wooly sleeves. Wet, usually with some part not wet, like under arms and under upper legs. And then, what to remove next? To put socks and pants on rocks near heaters, start boiling tea water before stripping, to listen to a record in the meantime? It’s just so nice to vacate, evacuate. Don’t pee in rain-soaked clothes. Maybe comes call, or remember a date, a show, a party for someone. Make the tea, or pour the hot water and honey and lemon with whiskey. That’s nice. It’s dark at five thirty, morning or night. Doesn’t need checking, the window or web..."
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