Highlights from the Spring 2009 issue
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1930s Cycling: • The French Diagonals: the first organized, unsupported long-distance rides • War-Time Cycling in Paris • The Technical Trials and Modern Lightweight Bicycles (The cover photo shows the winning team at the 1943 tandem taxi races in Paris. For a movie of this event, click here. After 3:36 minutes, you see this team in action.) |
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Bicycle Touring Boom during the Depression: How paid vacations allowed 1930s French workers to travel by bicycle. |
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TEST: Boulder Bicycle Randonneur An affordable, fully integrated bicycle that is ready to go, any distance, any weather, any terrain, even at night. |
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1960 René Herse Fédéral An affordable, fully integrated bicycle from 1960, ordered by Dr. Clifford Graves for his first European tour. |
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Ride: Brest-Menton in 1930 The first diagonal – 1502 km on a tandem in adverse weather. A true adventure! The Cyclos Montagnards: A return to the roots of randonneuring with an emphasis on performance and self-sufficiency. (See link above for more info.) |
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Builders Speak: Making a Mandrel to bend fork blades The challenge of getting a tight bend at the bottom of the blade. Randonneuring Basics: Avoiding the Bonk How to feed your body on long-distance rides. |
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Brake contest: How does the 1935 Schulz brake (see photo on left from The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles) work. Here is the solution to Bicycle Quarterly's brake contest (pdf format). and much more. |
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Also new or updated: • Bike test sample article now available online (pdf file, 600 kB). • Rides Archive with great rides off the beaten path. • Image Archive with color photos of bicycles featured in Bicycle Quarterly. • Full table of contents (scroll down to the bottom for current issue). • Glossary of many terms and names found in Bicycle Quarterly. |
