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Meeting cyclists via Usenet?
Does the reverse count? After reading Chalo on usenet, I now
realize I may have actually met him in the flesh. I used to live in a housing co-op in Austin Texas where a large guy called Chalo with large hair who rode a home-made bicycle used to visit. Can't be too many of those. I wasn't much into bicycles then. -harold |
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On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:31:25 GMT, Dane Jackson
wrote: I ran into Chalo at Bikeworks. He was teaching the class on wheelbuilding. What tipped me off was him talking about Jobst Brandt's book "The Bicycle Wheel" and describing him as a curmudgeonly engineer [1]. I figured out from that that he was a rb.tech reader. The fact that he's slightly larger than The Incredible Hulk didn't tip you off? -- Rick Onanian |
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Frank wrote:
Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? After a recent invitation ("If you're ever in the neighborhood...") I started thinking. I've actually met at least four cyclists via this route. I've ridden with two of the four, and one couple graciously took me and my family into their home on a recent bike tour. I've had a couple near misses, too - one guy was out of his far-distant town when I passed through (or alternately, knew enough to not answer the phone! ;-) And sadly, Ken Kifer never had a chance to accept our invitation here, although he'd planned to. Is this common? I don't recall meeting anyone off UseNet, yet, but have hooked with folks off various other on-line message boards. (GOBA, Tandemmag, AOL, Baton Rouge BC's Thanksgiving event, and so forth.) Would love to meet Claire! --Karen M. |
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"Karen M." wrote in message om... Would love to meet Claire! If you're ever in the Seattle area, don't hesitate to drop a line, we'll do a ride. That goes for most of you, not just Karen. You just get to decide if you're in the "most" category ;-) -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Cpetersky My bookshelf: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Cpetersky "To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you." |
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"Karen M." wrote: I don't recall meeting anyone off UseNet, yet, but have hooked with folks off various other on-line message boards. (GOBA, Tandemmag, AOL, Baton Rouge BC's Thanksgiving event, and so forth.) Same here, I've met a number of people through other newsgroups and Internet venues, and have made some terrific friends that way. From this list, I narrowly missed meeting up with Luigi de Guzman in Cambridge last summer. (Hey Luigi, where are you? Long Time No Read!). James Thompson also very kindly offered to introduce me to some of his bikes in central Paris, but so far I've been timid to take him up on it. Would love to meet Claire! Wouldn't we all, for bikes and Harry Potter! EFR Ile de France (who dreams of a pilgrimmage to the silvery lights of the Seattle-Vancouver area some day ...) PS: If anyone is planning a stop through in the Paris region, with or without bike, let me know. I feel I'm loosing a lot of close friends these days because their eyes start crossing when I start drivelling on again about bikes - so hard to share a mania. But there you have it - Mercury-Pluto sextile, obsessive mindset. |
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In rec.bicycles.misc Rick Onanian wrote:
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:31:25 GMT, Dane Jackson wrote: I ran into Chalo at Bikeworks. He was teaching the class on wheelbuilding. What tipped me off was him talking about Jobst Brandt's book "The Bicycle Wheel" and describing him as a curmudgeonly engineer [1]. I figured out from that that he was a rb.tech reader. The fact that he's slightly larger than The Incredible Hulk didn't tip you off? I suppose it should have, but I didn't really connect the two at the time. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon. -- Franz Kafka |
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"frkrygow" wrote in message ... Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? Several years ago ('96ish?), riding my homebuilt 'bent trike back to work at lunchtime...this minivan passes me and SCREEEEECHES to a halt. Turns around and two guys jump out. Conversation ensues.."Nice bike, blah de blah." Turns out we all were on the IHPVA recumbent and/or trikes listserv, and I had actually talked to one of them a coupla times previously. For some reason, they just happened to be driving through my subdivision. Pete |
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"Ken [NY)" wrote in message
... On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:46:29 GMT, "Claire Petersky" excreted: If you're ever in the Seattle area, don't hesitate to drop a line, we'll do a ride. That goes for most of you, not just Karen. You just get to decide if you're in the "most" category ;-) I'll be over tomorrow morning, say about eightish? My sons can house-sit while we ride. They tend to eat a lot though. That would be *fabulous*. My older daughter will be busy with a special exam all morning -- if your sons can mind my younger one, we have all morning to ride, and my husband can come too. He just did the grocery shopping, so there's plenty to eat in the house for your sons. What do you want to do -- ride around the top of the lake? That would be about what I'd like to do. It's a 45 mile loop from here, at least the route I like the best. They say chance of rain tomorrow morning, so bring your jacket. See you at 8:00! I can't *wait*! -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Cpetersky My bookshelf: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Cpetersky "To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you." |
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"Claire Petersky" wrote in message
news:uHJLb.10867$I06.73604@attbi_s01... I'll be over tomorrow morning, say about eightish? My sons can house-sit while we ride. They tend to eat a lot though. That would be *fabulous*. . What do you want to do -- ride around the top of the lake? That would be about what I'd like to do. It's a 45 mile loop from here, at least the route I like the best. They say chance of rain tomorrow morning, so bring your jacket. See you at 8:00! I can't *wait*! Ken, it's about 7:40 AM, and I'm just going to go upstairs and put on my tights. I'm looking forward to seeing you here in just a few minutes. It's not raining (although overcast), and as warm as 46 degrees already, so it looks like some good riding. If you're not here by 8:00, I'll be heading up and over the lake, so just catch up to me, ok? -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Cpetersky My bookshelf: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Cpetersky "To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you." |
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Well, Ken, you never showed, but I did write a review of this morning's
ride, which you may view over at r.b.rides. Sorry, you just missed out! -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Cpetersky My bookshelf: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Cpetersky "To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you." |
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