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Links I find useful, humorous, or otherwise groovy.

What I'm reading

Need for the Bike by Paul Fournel I can't recommend this book highly enough. It really taps into the spirituality of cycling, at least to this reader.

Bobke II by Bob Roll. This book is a collection of essays and diary entries that Bob wrote about bicycle racing, both when we was actively racing (including the Tour de France), and after. Bob is a funny individual, as you may have seen if you watched any of OLN's coverage of The Tour the last few years.

Bicycle Love, a collection of short stories about cycling. This book is an compilation of short stories written by people about cycling. Some folks may be "writers" by trade, most are not. It is mostly about recreational riding, and the re-discovery of same by folks that "had not ridden since I was a kid". I found this book very entertaining, and many of the stories struck a chord with me about why I ride, and what cycling means to me.

Cycling Links

The Bicycling Wiki, hosted by Jim Carson. This is a publicly accessible database that can be edited by the greater cycling community. Feel free to visit and contribute your cycling information, links, rides, and contribute to this body of knowledge.

Claire Petersky's Bicycling Meditation Website. This is a cool little site that delves into the spiritual aspects of cycling. After browsing her site, I made myself a tibetan prayer scroll (such as the one on the right) and placed it on the front hub. It spins it's message of compassion with every turn of my front wheel.

Jim Carson, a cycling kinda guy. I first discovered Jim and his sense of humor by some of his postings on the Cascade Bicycle Club's message boards. From there, I found a link to his website, which is primarily a blog where he writes about cycling, commuting, food, death, taxes, technology, and whatever else is on his mind. I finally met him in person on one of the Cascade free daily rides that I was co-leader on.

Jim was written up as the Cascade Bicycle Club's Cyclist of the Month in their monthly publication, The Cascade Courier, January 2006 issue.

He also hosts the Bicycling Wiki (mentioned above), and the Northwest Cycling Event Query-o-matic, a database of bicycle rides and events in the region.

Sheldon Brown Great bicycle tech info. When someone asks me to point them in the direction of some good technical bike information on the web, this site is usually the first that comes to mind. Sheldon is a part of Harris Cyclery over on the right coast somewhere, and has spent a lot of personal time building some great web-based bicycling references.

Sheldon has also put together a few podcasts that I thought were pretty good, but he has not posted any since early October, leading me to believe that the well may have gone dry, unfortunately. Sheldon, if you read read this, please take note!

I’ve found another podcast focused on the high-end recreational cyclist, called The Fredcast. A “Fred” is not a name, but rather a label for a high-end recreational cyclist that loves riding, and acquiring cycling gadgets. The program is really well produced, and David does a great job presenting a broad range of information about cycling to every program. If you think you'd like a radio-type show about cycling, you should definately give this one a try.

A bicycle racing news site that knows how to have fun. Pez gives a different perspective than the other cycling news sites, some interesting product reviews, and training information. The guys will enjoy the Daily Distractions.

Family Websites

Hen House Quilts my sister's quilting business

My Lost Friends, folks I'd love to touch base with again.

Other Websites

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Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum Astoria Oregon group restoring WWII LCI's. It was on a ship such as these that my father sailed on in World War II.