Riders off! Norman Taylor and Ian Hibell

In separate sad events, two renowned figures in cycling have passed.

Norman Taylor, famous as one of the Taylor Brothers of Jack Taylor
Cycles, has passed away from complication of pneumonia at the age of 85.
He had suffered a stroke in 2003 but still rode his bike for a few years
after that.

Ian Hibell, well-known world tourist who was the first person to
complete an all-overland traverse of the North and South American
continents including forging his way through the roadless Darien Gap,
was killed in a road accident in Greece at age 76. Hibell was struck by
one of two cars that were racing on the road. The drivers did not stop
but witnesses did get the registration number and the driver that struck
and killed Hibell was arrested several hours later.

Old Man Time continues to steal a march on us all and the tall trees
eventually fall. First Sheldon, now Norman and Ian. Tough year for
cycling! Keep well and ride lots. To quote the philosopher B.A.
Summers, "seize the moment, 'cuz tomorrow you might be dead." Ride bike!

Tim McNamara wrote:
... To quote the philosopher B.A.
Summers, "seize the moment, 'cuz tomorrow you might be dead." Ride bike!

Is not "Ride bike!" attributable to Jobst Brandt?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

In article ,
Tom Sherman wrote:

Tim McNamara wrote:
... To quote the philosopher B.A. Summers, "seize the moment, 'cuz
tomorrow you might be dead." Ride bike!

Is not "Ride bike!" attributable to Jobst Brandt?

In the newsgroups it is. Although as kids in the 'burbs of Chicago we
all went out to "ride bike" every day all summer long, so I've never
seen it as proprietary to Jobst.

"Tim McNamara" wrote in message
...
In separate sad events, two renowned figures in cycling have passed.

Norman Taylor, famous as one of the Taylor Brothers of Jack Taylor
Cycles, has passed away from complication of pneumonia at the age of 85.
He had suffered a stroke in 2003 but still rode his bike for a few years
after that.

Ian Hibell, well-known world tourist who was the first person to
complete an all-overland traverse of the North and South American
continents including forging his way through the roadless Darien Gap,
was killed in a road accident in Greece at age 76. Hibell was struck by
one of two cars that were racing on the road. The drivers did not stop
but witnesses did get the registration number and the driver that struck
and killed Hibell was arrested several hours later.

Old Man Time continues to steal a march on us all and the tall trees
eventually fall. First Sheldon, now Norman and Ian. Tough year for
cycling! Keep well and ride lots. To quote the philosopher B.A.
Summers, "seize the moment, 'cuz tomorrow you might be dead." Ride
bike!

Didn't Ian Hibell also ride from Europe to India in the mid 70s and report
on his adventures in Bicycling Magazine? I especially remember the article
about crossing Afghanistan.

Chas.

In article ,
"* * Chas" (remove spamski to e-mail me)
wrote:

"Tim McNamara" wrote in message
...
In separate sad events, two renowned figures in cycling have
passed.

snip

Ian Hibell, well-known world tourist who was the first person to
complete an all-overland traverse of the North and South American
continents including forging his way through the roadless Darien
Gap, was killed in a road accident in Greece at age 76. Hibell was
struck by one of two cars that were racing on the road. The
drivers did not stop but witnesses did get the registration number
and the driver that struck and killed Hibell was arrested several
hours later.

snip

Didn't Ian Hibell also ride from Europe to India in the mid 70s and
report on his adventures in Bicycling Magazine? I especially remember
the article about crossing Afghanistan.

Yes, according to his friend Nic on www.bikebrothers.com, Ian took a
couple of years off for a tour many years ago to "get it out of his
system" and came back 10 years later. And never really did get it out
of his system, touring both the Americas and the European/African
continents from end to end overland as well as many other tours. The
cycling community has been blessed with a number of peripatetic
wanderers like Ian, Hans Stucke, Ken Kifer, etc., who share their
experiences in written form- and sadly too many of them gone. Who will
be the next generation of cyclists of stature?

Thanks to the original Trento Bike Pages put up many years ago and its
offspring like www.crazyguyonabike.com, we are all enriched by the
sharing of bike touring experiences. I just read Joff Summerfeld's 2+
year world tour on a "penny farthing" reports on "crazyguy." Wonderful
stuff, and he even met up with a well-known wreck.bikes.* regular while
in California! (Whose bike seemed nearly as tall as Joff's Penny!).

Tim McNamara wrote:
...
Thanks to the original Trento Bike Pages put up many years ago and its
offspring like www.crazyguyonabike.com, we are all enriched by the
sharing of bike touring experiences. I just read Joff Summerfeld's 2+
year world tour on a "penny farthing" reports on "crazyguy." Wonderful
stuff, and he even met up with a well-known wreck.bikes.* regular while
in California! (Whose bike seemed nearly as tall as Joff's Penny!).

But the "Famous Yellow Bicycle" does not look that tall by a SUV:
http://i1.tinypic.com/505ukc2.jpg.

Here is the direct link Tim refers to:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3Tzut&page_id=72003&v=3J.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

* * Chas wrote:
"Tim McNamara" wrote in message
...
In separate sad events, two renowned figures in cycling have passed.

Norman Taylor, famous as one of the Taylor Brothers of Jack Taylor
Cycles, has passed away from complication of pneumonia at the age of 85.
He had suffered a stroke in 2003 but still rode his bike for a few years
after that.

Ian Hibell, well-known world tourist who was the first person to
complete an all-overland traverse of the North and South American
continents including forging his way through the roadless Darien Gap,
was killed in a road accident in Greece at age 76. Hibell was struck by
one of two cars that were racing on the road. The drivers did not stop
but witnesses did get the registration number and the driver that struck
and killed Hibell was arrested several hours later.

Old Man Time continues to steal a march on us all and the tall trees
eventually fall. First Sheldon, now Norman and Ian. Tough year for
cycling! Keep well and ride lots. To quote the philosopher B.A.
Summers, "seize the moment, 'cuz tomorrow you might be dead." Ride
bike!

Didn't Ian Hibell also ride from Europe to India in the mid 70s and report
on his adventures in Bicycling Magazine? I especially remember the article
about crossing Afghanistan.

I think the 70's Buycycling series was by John Rakowski (spelling?). At
least, I know there /was/ such a series by J.R.; don't remember two
separate series in that timeframe.

Mark J

Mark wrote:
* * Chas wrote:
"Tim McNamara" wrote in message
...
In separate sad events, two renowned figures in cycling have passed.

Norman Taylor, famous as one of the Taylor Brothers of Jack Taylor
Cycles, has passed away from complication of pneumonia at the age of 85.
He had suffered a stroke in 2003 but still rode his bike for a few years
after that.

Ian Hibell, well-known world tourist who was the first person to
complete an all-overland traverse of the North and South American
continents including forging his way through the roadless Darien Gap,
was killed in a road accident in Greece at age 76. Hibell was struck by
one of two cars that were racing on the road. The drivers did not stop
but witnesses did get the registration number and the driver that struck
and killed Hibell was arrested several hours later.

Old Man Time continues to steal a march on us all and the tall trees
eventually fall. First Sheldon, now Norman and Ian. Tough year for
cycling! Keep well and ride lots. To quote the philosopher B.A.
Summers, "seize the moment, 'cuz tomorrow you might be dead." Ride
bike!

Didn't Ian Hibell also ride from Europe to India in the mid 70s and
report
on his adventures in Bicycling Magazine? I especially remember the
article
about crossing Afghanistan.

I think the 70's Buycycling series was by John Rakowski (spelling?). At
least, I know there /was/ such a series by J.R.; don't remember two
separate series in that timeframe.


Hibell's expliots were featured inside the Evian Pirelli catalog with
photos. Perhaps you saw him there?

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org/
Open every day since 1 April, 1971
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

In article ,
Tom Sherman wrote:

Tim McNamara wrote:
... Thanks to the original Trento Bike Pages put up many years ago
and its offspring like www.crazyguyonabike.com, we are all enriched
by the sharing of bike touring experiences. I just read Joff
Summerfeld's 2+ year world tour on a "penny farthing" reports on
"crazyguy." Wonderful stuff, and he even met up with a well-known
wreck.bikes.* regular while in California! (Whose bike seemed
nearly as tall as Joff's Penny!).

But the "Famous Yellow Bicycle" does not look that tall by a SUV:
http://i1.tinypic.com/505ukc2.jpg.

No, indeed. That is one tall SUV!

Here is the direct link Tim refers to:
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3Tzut&page_id=72003&v=3J.

Reading Joff's report and looking at the photos, it would seem that a
penny farthing is something of a babe magnet unlike my own bicycles.
Perhaps the chiseled countenance of the rider has something to do with
it, compared to my own graying visage.

On Tue, 2 Sep 2008, Mark wrote:


Didn't Ian Hibell also ride from Europe to India in the mid 70s and report
on his adventures in Bicycling Magazine? I especially remember the article
about crossing Afghanistan.

I think the 70's Buycycling series was by John Rakowski (spelling?). At
least, I know there /was/ such a series by J.R.; don't remember two separate
series in that timeframe.

I am now looking at the cover of BICYCLING magazine, Oct. 1980.
It's a picture of Ian Hibell cycling in the Sahara. The article
in that issue in just an anecdote about getting lost in the
Sahara and nearly dying in 1976. I seem to remember that
I had heard the name "Ian Hibell" at lot back then, so
there may have been other articles in magazines by or about him.



--

David Dermott , Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada
email:
WWW pages: http://www.dermott.ca/index.html