Outa' the Loop (with Bikes and Books) - The Chainlink2024-03-29T15:25:16Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/outa-the-loop-with-bikes-and-books?feed=yes&xn_auth=noThanks Albany Park Al! There'…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-07-16:2211490:Comment:7289712013-07-16T17:44:46.555Zglobalguyhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/daSquareWheelman
<p>Thanks Albany Park Al! There's also <em><a href="http://www.goreyography.com/default.html" target="_blank">Edward Gorey</a></em>'s <em>The Epileptic Bicycle.</em><br></br><br></br> <cite>Albany Park Al said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/outa-the-loop-with-bikes-and-books?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A661949&page=2#2211490Comment728794"><div><p>I'm reviving this thread to say that I've got good use of it, so thanks for the tips!</p>
<p>A couple of months ago, I…</p>
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<p>Thanks Albany Park Al! There's also <em><a href="http://www.goreyography.com/default.html" target="_blank">Edward Gorey</a></em>'s <em>The Epileptic Bicycle.</em><br/><br/> <cite>Albany Park Al said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/outa-the-loop-with-bikes-and-books?id=2211490%3ATopic%3A661949&page=2#2211490Comment728794"><div><p>I'm reviving this thread to say that I've got good use of it, so thanks for the tips!</p>
<p>A couple of months ago, I read Jerome K. Jerome's two 'Three Men...' books with great pleasure. I recommend the Penguin edition which includes both books, as well as an introductory essay which does a fine job of placing Jerome in context. </p>
<p>Even more of a hit around our house have been the Flavia de Luce books by Alan C. Bradley, as recommended by Jane above. Our girls are now well past the age of Flavia (10-11) but we all still like books with spunky young heroines. They don't come any spunkier than this pint-sized, bicycle-riding, mad-scientist sleuth. My wife particularly loves the books. I'm on the fifth one now, which apparently ends in a cliffhanger, not to be continued until 2014</p>
<p>And as we are enjoying watching the Tour de France, I tried, again, recommending 'French Revolutions,' one of my favorites, to my wife, despite her ignoring it previously. This time she's given it a try and was laughing last night.</p>
<p>Also the thread led me to read another book I'd wondered about for years, The Third Policeman, which would have seemed to be right up my alley, but was not. Oh well!</p>
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<p>I'm reviving this thread to say that I've got good use of it, so thanks for the tips!</p>
<p>A couple of months ago, I read Jerome K. Jerome's two 'Three Men...' books with great pleasure. I recommend the Penguin edition which includes both books, as well as an introductory essay which does a fine job of placing Jerome in context. </p>
<p>Even more of a hit around our house have been the Flavia de Luce books by Alan C. Bradley, as recommended by Jane above. Our girls are now well past the…</p>
<p>I'm reviving this thread to say that I've got good use of it, so thanks for the tips!</p>
<p>A couple of months ago, I read Jerome K. Jerome's two 'Three Men...' books with great pleasure. I recommend the Penguin edition which includes both books, as well as an introductory essay which does a fine job of placing Jerome in context. </p>
<p>Even more of a hit around our house have been the Flavia de Luce books by Alan C. Bradley, as recommended by Jane above. Our girls are now well past the age of Flavia (10-11) but we all still like books with spunky young heroines. They don't come any spunkier than this pint-sized, bicycle-riding, mad-scientist sleuth. My wife particularly loves the books. I'm on the fifth one now, which apparently ends in a cliffhanger, not to be continued until 2014</p>
<p>And as we are enjoying watching the Tour de France, I tried, again, recommending 'French Revolutions,' one of my favorites, to my wife, despite her ignoring it previously. This time she's given it a try and was laughing last night.</p>
<p>Also the thread led me to read another book I'd wondered about for years, The Third Policeman, which would have seemed to be right up my alley, but was not. Oh well!</p> All great suggestions folks!…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-04-02:2211490:Comment:6636082013-04-02T18:08:57.877Zglobalguyhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/daSquareWheelman
<p>All great suggestions folks! I thought of adding The 3rd Policeman but wanted to see if others would suggest it (Thanks Peenworm) but I can't endorse Mr. Byrne since he stole <em><a href="http://bicycle-diaries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my blog title</a> </em>for his book. And he's never, ever written me a "thank you" fpr being clever first :) <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Peenworm Grubologist said:…</cite></p>
<p>All great suggestions folks! I thought of adding The 3rd Policeman but wanted to see if others would suggest it (Thanks Peenworm) but I can't endorse Mr. Byrne since he stole <em><a href="http://bicycle-diaries.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my blog title</a> </em>for his book. And he's never, ever written me a "thank you" fpr being clever first :) <br/> <br/> <cite>Peenworm Grubologist said:</cite></p>
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<p>Another quick recommendation would be David Byrne's <em>Bicycle Diaries</em> in which he has thoughts in different places, while riding bikes, and it's David Byrne so his thoughts are Something. </p>
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<p>Gonna definitely have to Second recommending <em>The Third Policeman</em>. </p>
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<p>Another quick recommendation would be David Byrne's <em>Bicycle Diaries</em> in which he has thoughts in different places, while riding bikes, and it's David Byrne so his thoughts are Something. </p>
<p>Gonna definitely have to Second recommending <em>The Third Policeman</em>. </p>
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<p>Another quick recommendation would be David Byrne's <em>Bicycle Diaries</em> in which he has thoughts in different places, while riding bikes, and it's David Byrne so his thoughts are Something. </p> Dan, I think this is the link…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-04-02:2211490:Comment:6634312013-04-02T15:41:46.234ZLisa Curciohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/LisaCurcio
<p>Dan, I think this is the link: <a href="http://djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html">http://djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html</a></p>
<p>(No "www"--that did not work.)<br></br> <br></br> <cite>dan brown 4.4 miles said:</cite></p>
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<p>Dan, I think this is the link: <a href="http://djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html">http://djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html</a></p>
<p>(No "www"--that did not work.)<br/> <br/> <cite>dan brown 4.4 miles said:</cite></p>
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<p>I love this blog - It's written by a freelance writer who biked solo coast to coast in 2002.</p>
<p>It's a daily diary of his adventurous journey with lots of local flair and photos :</p>
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</blockquote> great ideas garth (and others…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-04-02:2211490:Comment:6632692013-04-02T14:36:35.069Zdan brownhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/danielbrown
<p>great ideas garth (and others).</p>
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<p>I love this blog - It's written by a freelance writer who biked solo coast to coast in 2002.</p>
<p>It's a daily diary of his adventurous journey with lots of local flair and photos :</p>
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<p><a href="http://http://www.djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html</a></p>
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<p>great ideas garth (and others).</p>
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<p>I love this blog - It's written by a freelance writer who biked solo coast to coast in 2002.</p>
<p>It's a daily diary of his adventurous journey with lots of local flair and photos :</p>
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<p><a href="http://http://www.djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.djwriter.com/cycling/c2c/index.html</a></p>
<p> </p> A book series that I love, bu…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-04-02:2211490:Comment:6634932013-04-02T04:44:00.227ZJane Healyhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Jane
<p>A book series that I love, but which only tangentially involves bikes, is the Flavia De Luce series of mysteries. Flavia is a child genius essentially left to run amok in the decaying ruins of the family mansion. Her means of getting just about everywhere is to ride Gladys, her hand-me-down bicycle. Gladys is as much a character in the books as an inanimate object can be.</p>
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<p>Here's her introduction:</p>
<p>"Until I rescued her from rusty oblivion, my trusty old three-speed BSA…</p>
<p>A book series that I love, but which only tangentially involves bikes, is the Flavia De Luce series of mysteries. Flavia is a child genius essentially left to run amok in the decaying ruins of the family mansion. Her means of getting just about everywhere is to ride Gladys, her hand-me-down bicycle. Gladys is as much a character in the books as an inanimate object can be.</p>
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<p>Here's her introduction:</p>
<p>"Until I rescued her from rusty oblivion, my trusty old three-speed BSA Keep Fit had languished for years in a toolshed among broken flowerpots and wooden wheelbarrows. Like so many other things at Buckshaw, she had once belonged to Harriet, who had named her <em>l'Hirondelle</em>: "the swallow." I had rechristened her Gladys. </p>
<p>Gladys' tires had been flat, her gears bone dry and crying out for oil, but with her own onboard tire pump and black leather tool bag behind her seat, she was entirely self-sufficient. With Dogger's help, I soon had her in tiptop running order. In the tool kit, I had found a booklet called <em>Cycling for Women of All Ages</em>, by Prunella Stack, the leader of the Women's League of Health and Beauty. On its cover was written with black ink, in beautiful, flowing script: <em>Harriet de Luce, Buckshaw</em>.</p>
<p>There were times when Harriet was not gone; she was everywhere.</p>
<p>As I raced home, past the leaning moss-covered headstones in the heaped-up churchyard of St. Tancred's, through the narrow leafy lanes, across the chalky High Road, and into the open country, I let Gladys have her head, swooping down the slopes past the rushing hedges, imagining all the while I was the pilot of one of the Spitfires which, just five years ago, had skimmed these very hedgerows like swallows as they came to land at Leathcote.</p>
<p>I had learned from the booklet that if I bicycled with a poker back like Miss Gulch in <em>The Wizard of Oz</em> at the cinema, chose varied terrain, and breathed deeply, I would glow with health like the Eddystone Light, and never suffer from pimples: a useful bit of information which I wasted no time in passing along to Ophelia.</p>
<p>Was there ever a companion booklet, Cycling for Men of All Ages? I wondered. And if so, had it been written by the leader of the Men's League of Health and Handsomeness?" excerpt from <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie</span> by Alan Bradley</p>
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<p>There's more about Gladys, but you'll need to buy or borrow the book. They are all deeply engaging tales and written with much wit.</p> http://familyonbikes.org/ A w…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-03-30:2211490:Comment:6625142013-03-30T13:14:19.214ZMike Schwabhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeSchwab80
<p><a href="http://familyonbikes.org/">http://familyonbikes.org/</a> A whole family riding bicycles for years on end.</p>
<p><a href="http://familyonbikes.org/">http://familyonbikes.org/</a> A whole family riding bicycles for years on end.</p> http://www.downtheroad.org/ T…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-03-30:2211490:Comment:6625112013-03-30T13:12:54.593ZMike Schwabhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeSchwab80
<p><a href="http://www.downtheroad.org/">http://www.downtheroad.org/</a> Three books published, a lot more info on the web site than the books.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.downtheroad.org/">http://www.downtheroad.org/</a> Three books published, a lot more info on the web site than the books.</p> One would have to have a Kind…tag:thechainlink.org,2013-03-30:2211490:Comment:6625772013-03-30T12:17:57.561ZLisa Curciohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/LisaCurcio
<p>One would have to have a Kindle! I will never get over wanting to have real books. </p>
<p>While I am here, I have two recommendations that are travel related but not bike related:</p>
<p>Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay. This one has made a comeback recently.</p>
<p>Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski</p>
<p>I can never remember how to make the title into a link--sorry.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Tim Heckman said:…</cite></p>
<p>One would have to have a Kindle! I will never get over wanting to have real books. </p>
<p>While I am here, I have two recommendations that are travel related but not bike related:</p>
<p>Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay. This one has made a comeback recently.</p>
<p>Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski</p>
<p>I can never remember how to make the title into a link--sorry.<br/> <br/> <cite>Tim Heckman said:</cite></p>
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