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Reading Forester is a bit like reading Isaac Newton.
The writing may not be sparkling and concise, but it was groundbreaking in its time. =v= Given the claims that what he describes are proper riding techniques known to and practiced by British club riders decades before Forester took pen in hand, I'd say "groundbreaking" is a gross exaggeration. =v= Certainly compiling these techniques into a dogma that some found compelling was a step in the history of bicycle advocacy, but that ain't Newton by a long shot. _Jym_ |
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Jym Dyer wrote:
Reading Forester is a bit like reading Isaac Newton. The writing may not be sparkling and concise, but it was groundbreaking in its time. =v= Given the claims that what he describes are proper riding techniques known to and practiced by British club riders decades before Forester took pen in hand, I'd say "groundbreaking" is a gross exaggeration. Hmm. Well, one way or another, Americans had not heard the message despite those supposed decades. Should we say he broke American ground, at least? (Incidentally, John Franklin has found it necessary to deliver the same message to the Brits. Most of them seem to have forgotten those techniques, if they ever really knew them.) =v= Certainly compiling these techniques into a dogma... Hmm. In most cases dogma isn't testable. The benefits of riding as a legitimate vehicle operator certainly seem to be. that some found compelling was a step in the history of bicycle advocacy, but that ain't Newton by a long shot. Even Newton said he was "standing on the shoulders of giants." -- - Frank Krygowski |
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