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Cycling

Last updated 3/1/97

Sure, cars give us freedom, but as my favorite philosopher, Benjamin Franklin, always said, "There is no such thing as freedom without responsibility." A good start would be to limit the number of cars on the road. I ride my bike. Tom Magliozzi, Bicycle commuter and co-host of the syndicated radio show Car Talk.

I love cycling. Road cycling. For now, here are a few of my favorite internet cycling resources. When time permits I'll add more links, cycling-inspired poetry, and a picture or two. 

  • You must visit Don True's TRUE Storys Cycling Humor website. Don True's hilarious stories are simply too good to pass up!
  • Crank Mail is a publication by Clockwork Press devoted to cycling in Northeast Ohio. The page includes links to Cleveland area bicycle clubs and club ride calendars.
  • Cycling.org is the internet source for cycling information.
  • League of American Bicyclists is probably the best cycling advocacy group in the United States.
  • Subscribe to the LABannounce mailing list by the League of American Bicyclists for League notices on advocacy, education, and recreation.
  • The League also has a LABmembers mailing list devoted to member discussions.

 Last updated 3/1/97


October Warm
by Michael Blotzer

I cannot turn
    down the road
        to the house
            where dinner waits

The morning's frost
into October warm evaporated
and the road stretches through red and gold
to a sky as blue as the black of space

The rthym of heart and lungs
of legs and cranks
the whisper of chain and gears
of tires on pavement
form a mantra that chants

There is no past
    no future
        there only
is