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Sunday, July 24, 2011
How Many Bikes Are You Riding?
Giving this some more thought, I can see how I arrived at experimenting with multiple bikes. I don't drive, so every time I leave the house to do anything it is on a bike. But I don't have a consistent commute either, instead traveling between different places numerous times a day. The destinations vary, the distances vary, even the terrain varies. And that's all just for transportation. Add an interest in touring and roadcycling to the mix, and it's easy to see how things can get out of hand!
How many bikes do you have in rotation at a time? Do you enjoy switching from one bike to another, or are you a creature of habit who prefers to stick with the same one(s)?
63 comments:
I prefer to stick to the same ones, mainly because if I had to actually decide which bike to ride I'd never end up going anywhere :-pReplyDelete
Then again, we don't get much snow around here (though it does get close to zero some winters and even lower overnight) and I don't really do rides that I'd class as being sporty, so my needs are a lot less varied and don't need anything more specific than what I've already got.
I find that, like you, I might own a few bikes at a time, but I ride two or three of them during a particular period of time (a season, usually). As an example, my road bikes won't see much action during the winter, but I will use a utilitarian bike for transportation and a fixed gear for recreational rides on short winter days.ReplyDelete
I have four single bikes, and half a tandem. But I ride my Rivendell All-Rounder 90% of the time. The other bikes are specialized (small s) and just don't get dusted off and used all that much. A 29er MTB and a skinny-tired road bike on opposite ends of the spectrum, along with a 1970 Schwinn 3spd. I've thought about it and could easily go down to my one bike if necessary and without regret. It's a little bit heavy for a fast road bike, a little too delicate for a burly MTB, but if the engine is willing, it can go just about anywhere I need it to.ReplyDelete
I have two, right now: the Raleigh Sports, and my Viva Kilo. They are very similar in terms of use, though I can rider the Sports harder, faster and longer than the enormous Kilo. Still, somedays nothing but a big Dutch-ish bike will do.ReplyDelete
I have a new bike possibly coming soon, that will hopefully fit me and be faster. Right now, that's all I'm craving beyond what I have: a bit more speed and a few more gears. I think three is my magic number, but I said that about one... then two...
I keep three in the living room, two in the garage hanging from hooks. A flip-flop single speed stays in the living room year 'round for commuting on dry days. A light touring (long rides with bags) and a market bike (farmer's mkt) are my occasional summer season bikes. A 70's Trek 1x5 with fenders (for rain) and a Peugeot with Vitus 980 tubing (short fast clear winter days of pass hunting) are my occasional winter bikes.ReplyDelete
I enjoy the SS the most, but it's just not appropriate for all conditions.(hills, loading) I suppose I could combine missions and reduce if I really had to, but it's convenient to have them all set up for their tasks and to-hand.
I have three a Gazelle step thru with an electric 250 watt kit on, which I use all the year, a Dahon folder for when using public transport. Finally gathering dust in the garage a road bike I have had for 35 years and have not used for 15 but can't seem to bring my self to sell.ReplyDelete
I only have two which are in good condition. The third is an old clunker which I keep for sentimental reasons. I have a Surly Pacer to commute and do sightseeing rides around the city. And my Scott Spark mountain bike to thrash around trails in. I love both equally and I have panic attacks sometimes when one's is at home about people breaking in the house and stealing one of them. I'd love to get an upright bike to add to the collection to cruise around in and do shopping or picnic rides.ReplyDelete
I am mostly riding my Hewitt Audax bike. I was mainly riding my il Pompino fixie for commuting but it needs some attention. I've recently stripped down my Ribble to use as a fast road bike, probably go out on that today. Then we also have the tandem which gets about 1000 miles per year. Then there is also the Orange P7 mtb and the Marin full suspension, neither of which have seen much use this year. The current project is to turn my old Claud Butler mtb into a tourer, but can't afford the parts at the moment.ReplyDelete
I have 4 bikes, but ride one most often. That is because most of my riding happens on my long-ish commute and this one bike is always ready to handle rain, darkness and as the ability to carry my weighty load of things to work. And it's very comfortable. It's my trusty and regularly mentioned (no, I am not a shill for GP) Sam Hillborne. I also occassionally use an old Schwinn if I need to park somewhere that's not so safe and my fixed gear. The fixed gear can't easily accomodate fenders and can't carry much, but it's a joy to ride and look at on the few nice summer and fall days we have in Portland.ReplyDelete
I only have one bike in use so that settles it for me. I do own another bike, my bike from when I was a child which I am getting new tyres for, and once it is roadworthy again, I may start using it, I certainly hope so. As I only cycle for transportation, I don't see me really needing other bikes. I also find that storing them is a problem, I don't want bikes cluttering up the house and I don't have a garage. I gave away the racing bike I used to have once I got my current bike as its narrow tyres and bent over position are not so practical for transportation.ReplyDelete
I used to ride the fixed gear 365 days a year, then i got a three speed for cargo use. Then a road bike for long rides, yet i did my century fixed. Then i got a mountian bike for the winter. Now i just have a three speed for everything, sold the rest when i moved into a tny apartment.ReplyDelete
I have 2, soon to be 3. The Surly LHT gets used 99% of the time, my new (old) Dahon folder gets used for runs into town occasionally and a night/ice bike is under construction (waiting for Peter White wheelsets *yay* and a couple other parts). It's as much a resource issue as anything else for me; if I could afford it I'd have more choices, though I suspect I'd still ride 1 favorite most of the time.ReplyDelete
I ride my mixte for all utilitarian riding, my Riv Hunqapillar for most trips over 25 miles and my Trek roadie for club rides and a plain old adrenaline rush. In winter, I'll ride m my Jamis commuter exclusively.ReplyDelete
I'm agonsing about this at the moment actually, because when my Aerospace Sport restoration is finished, I'll have two bikes with essentially identical frames and wheels, but one will be 5 speed and the other will be 10 speed. Can I justify keeping two so similar? Will I ride both equally or will there be a favourite? One will have swept touring bars and the other will have flipped Nitto Doves for a more aggressive riding position but otherwise, same bike. Think Sports Coupe x 2.ReplyDelete
Apart from those I have an early 90s Gary Fisher which I plan to make into a 650b/cyclocross/MTB hybrid. This sturdy bike will be my off-roader/tourer and will also tow the trailer bike with my daughter on board. Think Subaru Station wagon.
Then there's the Raleigh Stow-Away 22 inch folder which is the shopping bike. Think Smart car.
With a family of four and a total of 12 bikes between us, space is getting tight! b
Right now I have kidney stone like pain, so bikes are right out. When I do need to go anywhere, I've been sticking to my mixte dressed up as a city bike for comfort. I'm afraid my roadbike hasn't been touched in three weeks and probably has a spider web on it by now. :(ReplyDelete
I have three bikes: a classic old Miyata touring bike, a womens' style Ross mountain bike with fat tires, and a Trek mountain bike set up with narrower tires. I mostly ride two at a time. Currently it is the Ross for around town errands, and the Miyata for faster commuting to my job.ReplyDelete
I have 5 but really only ride two and occasionally a third. I have an old hard-tail MTB that is my "do every thing" bike. Fenders, rack, basket, baby seat, all that. That gets about 75% of my use. I have a road bike that gets another 20% and my even older hard-tail gets the rest of my "normal" time. I also have an old geared Raleigh that I take for a spin from time to time,in fact I think I'll take her out this morning instead of the Trek!ReplyDelete
I own five, all stepovers of one kind or another - the sportiest feeling is my Brompton (most aggressive position, etc), but none are roadbikes. I tend to go in phases when either two or three are in rotation, depending on whether I'm mostly doing purely transportation rides, how long those are, how much stuff I'm carrrying, etc. The Abici has been neglected for a while because I haven't been doing bike trails (lost the habit when they were flooded for ages); that single-speed coaster-brake bike is entirely frivolous - haven't yet started using it for transportation. The Pashley was neglected for a while because its 1st gear doesn't work well (I'm the opposite of a mechanic myself and the bike shops round here are kind but not used to 5 speed SA hubs), but I just rediscovered how much I love her, as long as I stick to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, so I've started using her again and just walking up any really steep hills, which are always very short round here. Rivendell and the Orco Ariel are in constant rotation (Rivendell for country rides, Ariel for town), but when the snow comes the Rivendell will hibernate.ReplyDelete
I don't use the feeble bus system round here and don't drive, so I depend entirely on feet, bikes, taxis and friends with cars, and I *love* having five bikes - both for practical reasons and because the subtle and not so subtle differences are so much fun - a constant process of discovery, with an extra boost every so often when returning to one that's been neglected, as I just did with the Pashley. I'm very grateful to "Lovely Bicycle", because I don't think I would have considered ending up with five bikes otherwise.
I ride exclusively for sports/fitness, with a side focus on seeing the sights. I won't call it touring because I typically ride 15-30 miles and "touring" always seems like a longer range endeavour.ReplyDelete
I have a "relaxed" geometry carbon road bike (Specialized Roubaix), a more aggressive Ti road bike (Motobecane LeChamp), and a steel single speed track/road bike (Windsor Clockwork).
Ideally I'd ride one geared bike and throw in the single speed periodically for shorter runs, training (hills!), or flat terrain such as typically found in the beach communities my family visits during the summer. I'm basically doing that, but I am still testing the carbon and Ti bikes against each other to see what I prefer. I also have a little lust for a vintage road racer from Italy or France. But my wife might read me the riot act if I try to shove a 4th bike into our small garage...
My rotation changes a bit, but here's the general pattern of use for my current collection:ReplyDelete
- 1972 Jeunet, porteur conversion: everyday commuter with big front rack and saddlebag. This is the bike I grab to go to work or to run errands around town. This bike sees about 95% of the total number of bike trips I make, and is used almost every day. But the trips with this bike are also the shortest-- they rarely exceed 5 miles at a time.
- 1984 Shogun 650B: trail bike, dirt road bike. A little
- 1988 Trek 560: fast road bike. I take this on spirited rides of anywhere from 15-75 miles. Most recently, I've been using it for weekly hill training rides. Easily the fastest bike in my collection and very comfortable. But it is strictly a road bike and can't be used to carry much luggage.
- 1978 Raleigh Competition GS: fast road bike. Lots of overlap with the Trek in terms of purpose, but also lots of overlap with my toe clips, so this one is being reconsidered... may leave the stable, or may become the subject of a creative reconfiguration? 650B?
- 1988 Schwinn Voyageur: touring/camping bike. Newest bike in the collection, and it will probably be used for S2Os and other camping trips.
- 2003 Bike Friday Tandem: family bike. I ride my daughter to school on this during the school year.
- 1951 Raleigh DL1 3-speed with rod brakes. Parade/tweed ride bike. Supremely comfortable but simply not practical as an everyday bike given my needs. Last time ridden was last summer.
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 9:28 AM
Three for me. I have a road bike (a carbon racer), a mountain bike (dual suspension cross country race bike), and a steel single speed that I use for transportation. I would like to own more, but honestly I think 3 is about the practical limit for me... and I think my wife would probably kill me. When we met, I had 5 (a single speed mountain bike and a cyclocross bike), and for some I could see that being OK, but I definitely felt that 5 was more than I could really use. I'm against bicycle neglect, so I had to find a couple of my bikes a good home where they would be used and appreciated.ReplyDelete
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I have two bikes -- a Retrovelo Paula and a replaceable modern mixte. I make my decision almost entirely based on where I'll be locking up and at what time. When I do quick errands I take the Retrovelo. When I ride my son to school, Retrovelo, but when I go out at night in or need to leave the bike for a while in Manhattan, I take the mixte.ReplyDelete
I've come to the conclusion that I/we need one more bike -- a plain black and extremely modest used, old Dutch bike that could do all the work of the Retrovelo whilst attracting less attention.
Right now with it being the dog days of summer I have been riding my Raleigh road bike, due to it being far lighter than my other main bike, a Globe Haul. The carbon fork and excellent gearing mated with the drop bars makes it extremely nice to get around with compared to my upright Globe.ReplyDelete
I use the Haul for grocery runs right now as the store is only .5 miles from my house.
I doubt I'll be using the Raleigh this winter as much, but not because of snow (I live in the south,) more for the ability to pile on the layers and stay comfortable. I doubt the agressive posture of my road bike will be conducive to large jackets and layers ;)
I've got two that are rideable (Jamis Commuter and Van Dessel Country Road Bob) and one in the works (Ross Professional that I'm trying to restore without spending any money).ReplyDelete
Right now, a second bike is mostly an insurance policy, if one breaks down and I still need to get somewhere. When I used to have time and money for leisure riding I usually had one bike set up for pavement and one for off-road.
I rode my Madone for a year or two (yeah, nice bike but not an ideal first bike - wasn't my choosing) before getting my commuter cross-check. The madone stood neglected for 2 or 3 years after that. So I think of myself as a one-bike guy.ReplyDelete
But just in the last month or so I've started riding the madone again for early morning workout rides, and I'll admit it has some advantages for that purpose!
Somehow, two bikes feels like a lot more maintenance than one. I realize that dividing the mileage between bikes should make it a wash, but nevertheless I find myself doing a lot more tinkering.
I keep a 3spd downtown at the office, which is perhaps my favorite bike and the one that gets ridden the least :-( At home I have three other bikes I ride about equally: a sport tourer for path and road, an early 90's MTB/hybrid for path and firetrails, and an early 80's MTB (being converted to an upright city bike) for towing my son's trail a bike. I have a slight interest in trying a sportier road bike or single speed, but I don't get enough time on the bikes I have now, so I'm in no hurry to get another.ReplyDelete
I really only ride for transportational purposes, so I just have the one bike, the DL-1 :) I have to say, I'm pretty glad about it, as if I had to pick one bicycle, that DL-1, outfitted the way we have it now, is pretty much exactly what I would pick. I do sometimes ride my wife's WorkCycles as well, so I guess technically I ride two bikes :)ReplyDelete
I got back into cycling via English 3 speeds but have gradually transitioned generally to road bikes, albeit steel luggers whether multi-speed or single (no fixies for me thanks). I would say 3 or 4 bikes are in my working stable at a time. The actual riding is 75% serious road, 15% single and 10% old Raleigh 3s and my pet Guv'nor.ReplyDelete
- LucienrauJuly 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM
I've got two bkes, a surly big dummy that I ride 90% of the time since most of my rides are hauling a toddler on errands and a salsa vaya for everything else. I have thoughts of getting an 80's mtb for winter and locking up at the train but I so rarely ride without a child in tow it's probably not worth it.ReplyDelete
I have a fast, an old, a rugged and a big. Right now I'm over all of them. That'll change.ReplyDelete
In fact as we speak, I am driving the car typing away. Dude watch out!
As a result, I request people keep their comments short.
Only one just as almost everyone in here.ReplyDelete
In urban cycling people here only ride junkers and clunkers. The culture of investing in quality bikes is waaaaay too foreign and is only common in sports cycling where, on the opposite, people invest loads of money.
The city is configured and organised in such a way (stairs, rentals)that most people leave their bikes outtside. Between thieves and the winter...
Sports folks have biggers places, are homeowners, so they can protect their bikes and they will have several of them.
My main ride is a slightly too small 1999 Gary Fisher hardtail MTB with slick tires and a Carridace saddlebag. I also have a folder for multi-modal and travel.ReplyDelete
All this changes in 2 weeks when Bikeman finishes building the used Sam Hillborne frameset I sent them.
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 1:19 PM
I used to have a whole fleet of bikes, but soon realized that that requires too much maintenance. So now I have two: a Ti brevet bike, and a Ti/Rohloff commuter. Both are high end, and accordingly, low maintenance. In the end, I've found it more satisfying to have a couple of really superb (and versatile) bikes than to have all sorts of more specialized bikes.ReplyDelete
- Walt DJuly 24, 2011 at 1:31 PM
My stable is very small and very purpose dedicated.ReplyDelete
My Worksman PAV 3 speed trike is my "pickup truck" for larger loads and s-l-o-w rides when I just want to toodle.
Next is my Schwinn "World Tourist" city bike that was my main bicycle until I put it in semi retirement. This bike has the delightful "shimano front freewheel" system that allows shifting with no pedaling unlike most derailleur systems.
Then there is my fun bike....a Bridgestone Japanese city bike that is a mixte. This model was never sold in the U.S.. I got it from a serviceman who brought it back from Japan. The quality of this bike is amazing!!
Finally, a 2010 ,built to my order, Worksman Cruiser pimped out all the way! :^))
I ride ONE bike at a time. It's all I can store, so I have to get rid of a bike before I get another, and then customize it to my tastes/needs. So it's my load carrying/transport/commute/fun/mountain bike. I can only ride one at a time anyway, so why confuse the issue?ReplyDelete
Maybe they will come out with transformer bikes, soon? So you could ride a road bike to the market, convert it to a load carrying bike to ride home, that sort of thing.
Funny how you/I/we might aim for 1 perfect bike but end up with many. They are charismatic.ReplyDelete
I pin it at 3. The Boulder 700c is does most of everything, but I like it so much that I recently picked up a 650b Boulder for rougher stuff. Goodbye MTB! There's also a IGH commuter for the nastier parts of the year.
Veloria, I have to ask...if you had to have 1 bike, what would you pick?
I only own one, so only ride one. It's a very unsexy Raleigh hybrid, but it does everything I need: transportation, light touring (20-30 miles), cargo. I plan to start taking it on rails to trails soon. Sometimes I think about getting a dedicated mountain bike because that's an area of cycling I want to explore, but I think I'd have some difficulty storing it, since we rent and my husband has a "no bikes in the house" rule. Heh, that makes him sound mean... it's not really a "rule," just a feeling that things that are used outside shouldn't be brought inside. Which I agree with, actually. The apartment's too small without bringing bikes into the equation.ReplyDelete
- Steve RJuly 24, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Just sold my mountain bike, so I have three bikes left that I ride: a 1983 Univega Gran Turismo set up as something of a city bike, a recently-acquired (used) Rivendell Atlantis, and an ICE Adventure recumbent trike. The Riv sees the most use, and I suspect that it's going to replace the Univega as my commuter as well as my have-fun bike. (My commute is only a mile or two, and I only ride when the weather is decent, so I'm not sure it even counts.) I take the trike when I want a somewhat more relaxing experience. It's like riding a Barcalounger down the road. Great for taking in the scenery. Because of the reduced wind resistance, it's actually faster than my other bikes on downhills, and about as fast on flats. On uphills? Well, let's just say it'll get me there, but not in record time.ReplyDelete
Just two, my 3 speed mixte everyday transportation bike and another 3 speed market bike. I would like to add a road / light touring bike to the stable though.ReplyDelete
- MFarringtonJuly 24, 2011 at 4:19 PM
I have 2 bikes, a mixte/touringish/roadish bike and a DL-1. I live in a really small apartment so I don't think I could fit anymore bikes. My mixte already takes up my entire closet, and the DL-1 sits in front of the fireplace as a weird piece of interior decor.ReplyDelete
However, I'm currently fighting gallantly against the urge to liquidate both of my bikes to purchase a used Gazelle T8 which I had the chance to test ride today and LOVE. :) It has all of what I love about my DL-1 without the limitations of the rod brakes and the addition of extra gears.
Ugh, decisions!
I have my 'cross bike and a 29er, both single speeds. I commute on either: cross for direct commutes, and the mtn. bike for when I take detours into the San Gabriels or Verdugos.ReplyDelete
I'm also a half-owner of a tandem that the Mrs. and I are about to take to the theater right now...
Woot! Another Bridgestone owner! I have a Pre-Grant Peterson Bridgestone mixte and I agree.. awesome quality. She's my favorite ride! I see them on marktplaats.nl all the time for under 100 euros complete with Dynex brakes. No one appreciates them anymore because the Dynex brakes weigh a ton and you can't get replacement pads.ReplyDelete
- Dave TalsmaJuly 24, 2011 at 5:44 PM
1992 hand made Assenmacher road bike, 1949 Schwinn Black Phantom, 1968 Schwinn Sting Ray Deluxe 2-speed and a brand new Ant Truss 3-speed (on its way!) I ride all of them depending on my mood. My Assenmacher is the favorite of the local bike club also.ReplyDelete
My main jack-of-all-trades bike, a fairly upright LHT, was destroyed along with my car in an accidents about a month ago. The rest of the stable consists of a couple projects, a couple of framesets and piles of components that need to be either sold or donated, and a couple of old (1997ish and 1988) mountain bikes. The 88 Miyata is slated to be re-purposed and gussied up, as the LHT replacement. The kona will probably forever be my trailbike, but I'm toying with using the LHT's wheels (they were salvageable) on the kona and buying a Supernova off-road light, just for S&G.ReplyDelete
Gotta finish my fuji roadbike-turned-townie project, build some wheels for my worksman, and possibly get a cycletruck used for groceries and laundromat use. I also have a Hero JetGold roadster (Indian-made DL-1 knock-off) that weights about 5000lbs. Most of my rides are divided between the Hero and the Miyata these days, depending on the weather. (No fenders on the Miyata yet.) The LHT used to see 90%-plus of my on-road rides. So, if you're counting, that'd be 5 bikes, plus a possible cycletruck. Of course, once I finish my worksman, I won't need the Hero, but my wife loves it and it'll prolly become her beater-bike. I've always wanted to keep it to <5 bikes, but I have one more fiendish scheme....
I'm saving up to buy something custom and insane, a regular vanity-bike befitting a curmudgeonly fat guy. Any suggestions? (I have some ideas, but they change so rapidly!)
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 6:17 PM
The downside of having a garage? I can store bikes. Right now, I have four modern bikes and four vintage ones. The moderns: a Gazelle Toer Populair (commuting), a Gazelle Miss Grace (quick market trips/fun), a Merlin -- titanium -- racing bike, and a Sam Hillborne for longer rides (set up with albatross bars). The vintage: a Raleigh Sprite, a Raleigh Super Course, a Raleigh Sports, and a Schwinn Suburban. It's ridiculous, I know, but I will be downsizing very soon. Gun to my head, I would keep three -- the Hillborne, the Toer Populair, and the Merlin. If I could only have one? Definitely the Hillborne. Love, love, love that bike!ReplyDelete
- heatherJuly 24, 2011 at 6:20 PM
There are many bikes I'd like to have, but all would potentially be a bit different. I would very much like a lovely fast road bike before the summer ends and it's back to miserable rain.ReplyDelete
I ride my surly lht most of the time, but my raleigh 5 speed on shorter tripsin the summer/spring/fall. But, since I have had such trouble with the surly and the tires keep going flat, I have been riding the raleigh almost exclusively and it is getting a bit hard on the legs with lack of gears for hills. Nor does it have racks and I haven't found a cheap/second hand nice saddle bag, so am always lugging stuff in bags on the handlebars and on my back which I am not supposed to do. Oh it needs a basket but I didn't want a basket on it...
I have a gitane mixte that is sort of fixed up and mechanically a bit questionable, but needs a saddle so have not ridden it. It's supposed to be a bike to take into the city, but that rarely happens and I hope to turn it into a winter bike with internal hubs and drum brakes, and racks so I can use it as my main transportation ride year round.
I have a trek 420 frame that will replace the surly if it ever gets built. The frame is a bit too large with 700 wheels so do a 650B conversion so I can have a rando/touring bike with the mythical 650B thing going on.
I have 2 bikes that I will sell. A mountain bike from the mountain bike is fine for road commuting days and a hideous modern BSO bought under duress because it was too ridiculous commuting on a mountain bike with shocks. Both have been kept for visiting family, but I gotta cut down on the bikes and make room for future bikes.
My husband has 3 bikes at the moment, but only every has one ridable bike on the go. One bike is old and worn out so he's just deciding what to do with it and another bike is a summer/good weather only road bike.
Here is a quote from a Rivendell Reader re. the proper number of bikes:ReplyDelete
"How many bikes?
Seven is good. A beater, a bomber, a single-speed,
a touring bike, a lightish road bike, a do-all
racked and bagged bike, a mixte, a loaner, and
a work in progress. Seven? Make it nine."
What's to argue with?
Two bikes total. One is the $300 LBS window special that got me back cycling but it's on the shelf now. Bought a cyclocross bike as my main one now and it's what I'm riding now. Don't really have room for a third but it would be a pure road bike if I could swing it.ReplyDelete
I've got 2 that I use everyday, but technically 5 bikes all together. The Pashley for commuting to my morning job and trips to the grocery store OR out to the barn if the weather is nasty. The Fuji mixte for commuting to the barn and any fun trips that require transporting a bicycle by car (since the Pashley really doesn't play well with car racks). Then there's the Hercules which has been retired but I can't seem to part with, the Kettler mixte, which needs to be overhauled so it's on "holiday" and a Ross 3speed that is in pieces and I really out to CL.ReplyDelete
I had one bike for years, an electra cruiser that I love. Then I added a Trek Fx 7.3 for longer bike tours, and a Pashley - me dream bike. Recently I was given a Schwinn, and now I am toying with the idea of selling one of the other bikes, because it seems excessive to me to have four (and I am only speaking for myself here).ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 24, 2011 at 10:18 PM
Only two 'cause there are 3 non-rolling projects.ReplyDelete
1. Heavily modified Indian DL-1 clone. Has fixed, is used for everything, even sometimes as winter trainer.
2. 1963 Rickert. Good for everything. A real racing bike with 44cm chainstays and fender eyelets. 71 x 74 with 50mm rake, room for Jack Brown & GrifoXS. Unstoppable. Will not become a project bike. Every part that has age & class that might break someday is also something with cheap available & good substitutes & workarounds. Carries saddlebag unnoticed. Many days feels faster than those modern project bikes.
Not ridden but in running order: 1958 Schwinn Spitfire, twenty-inch wheel. Seventh birthday bike. Used by generations of kids, fleets of neighbor's kids. Rescued from dumpster twice. Mostly original.
Parks by fireplace.
I've got 6 bikes:ReplyDelete
2005 Specialized Roubaix carbon-fiber road bike
1992 Trek 7000 non-suspension mountain bike
1981 Raleigh Super Record lugged-steel road bike
1973 Raleigh Sports
1970s Raleigh DL-1 Tourist
1960s Columbia Twosome tandem
The Trek is the one that's used the most -- I've got it set-up for shopping, commuting, and about-town riding. For road cycling, it's either the Super Record or the Roubaix. I've been working on the DL-1 this year, so it hasn't been out much lately, but that's been used mainly for cycling to dinner, coffee, etc., in town, or for just pootling about. The Sports has been in pieces – the much-needed restoration is constantly being pushed back due to other projects and maintenance. Speaking of maintenance, that's one drawback of owning more than a few bikes.
I'm surprised to hear you say the fewer the better!ReplyDelete
Of my three bikes, I ride them all equally depending on my mood. Except for the long winter months, when I almost exclusively ride my Dutch bike with studded tires. If I got into road cycling or mountain biking, I'd definitely have to get more bikes. But for now the top of my need/want list are a cargo bike and a folding bike. :)
I ride a folding bike for working everyday.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 1:05 AM
A functional, fendered commuting/rain bike that I can ride any day of the year (1983 Raleigh Grand Prix). It's equipped with U-lock, lights, bell, sprung leather saddle, saddle bag, and wider 27 x 1 1/4 " tires, and is understated enough that I can lock it up places without worrying.
A lighter road bike that is fancier, prancier, and more enjoyable on fast training rides and climbs (1988 Bianchi Super Leggera). I prefer riding this one when I can. However, having two bikes makes it possible to keep riding even if the weather is bad, and to still get back and forth to work even if one of the bikes is out of commission.
Two formulas for the correct number of bikes:ReplyDelete
N+1, where N is the number you currently own;
S-1 where S is the number that would get you divorced.
So interesting to hear about everyone's collection. Somehow, I have five.ReplyDelete
60s Sears Puch 3-speed
60s Fleet Wing Cruiser
70s Motobecane Riviera Folder
80s Raleigh Wisp Mixte
08 Giant Transend
Technically, the only ones that are fully operational at the moment are the Fleet Wing and the Giant. While the Fleet Wing is not practical, it is lovely. The Giant is supposed to be practical (and is the bike that got me back into cycling), but having ridden 50 year old bikes that are easier to ride, I realize that is not long for life in my garage. I just have to get everybody else fixed up.
- AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 11:08 PM
Oh, I have too many. Being short, I'm always on the lookout, but I think I'm at the point of thinning the herd. All roll on either 26" or 650c & are 46-49cm.ReplyDelete
1. 2001 Riv All Rounder (my do everything)
2. 1999 Bianchi Eros(road)
3. 1997 Yakota Yosemite (mtn w/suspension stem)
4. 90's Trek 8700 (single speed mtn - my only non-steel bike; aluminum & carbon fiber)
5. 90's Bridgestone XO-1 (road for when I want something different)
Plus a few frames waiting for a build
1. Colnago
2. 2nd Bianchi Eros (for a fixed gear)
3. Univega
All are lugged steel, except for the 8700. What I ride depends on my mood & where I'm riding. But most will go most anywhere. Only limit is the narrow road tires on the Bianchi.
Hey, it's cheaper than collecting cars. Healthier, too
Philly, PA
"I'm surprised to hear you say the fewer the better!"ReplyDelete
I can see why you'd think that : )
But I am experimenting with many in hopes of ending up with a few. Maybe 5... Wait, that's still many!
I have seven bikes I use as of now. I do constantly rotate between them all, but it really does depend on what I am doing. If I am in a rush or biking to some place several miles away, I take my Univega Gran Premio or my unknown Columbus tubing frame with campy/shimano 600 components and wheelset and STI shifters. If I am in a lazy mood or want to run over everything, I ride my Cannondale aluminium, or Peugeot oriental express with Scott handlebars or my claimed-to-be cyclocross bike. I'm giving away my fixed gear and motobecane.ReplyDelete
The one I ride the most (school, train +pubrunning): 2001 Fuji Cross. Unassuming, fast enough & multitalented. The uglier it's gets, the more useful it becomes. Parrot colors...ReplyDelete
Weekend Trips: 1991 Bridgestone RBT or XO2, set up as a light touring.
Weekend club rides: 1st gen carbon roadshark, psychodelic paintjob & "obsolete" lugs.
Mud toy: Jamis Dragon.
Useless, enjoyable, anachronistic toys: Peugeot PX10, Raleigh International & Pinarello CX.
I wish I had: minus 2 road bikes,+ 1 french porteur.
For me 3 has been the happy Zen, 5 a good place, 7 was enjoyable excess but more becomes a bit chaotic...
PD: I wished I had a good folding bike for plane/train traveling or city commuting. It would replace my commuter in my minimum 3.ReplyDelete


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Legal Question in DUI Law in Pennsylvania
Public Urination
My friend and I were caught for public urination. We are both above 21 and were on a college campus. The police took our licenses, read numbers off of mine and gave my license back. My friend had to take 2 breathalyzers and they kept his license. Neither of us received anything on paper. Will I be getting a citation in the mail? And why was my friend treated differently? How much will this cost me?
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You may receive a summary citation in the mail for a court date. Between fines and court costs, you should still be under $500. The county in which this occurred almost certainly has a diversion program (if this is your first offense) where you can pay a small fine and do some community service to have the citation dismissed.
The police may also use their discretion and simply let it go - you may never receive anything in the mail. In other words, the police may have just been flexing their muscles a little bit and have no intention of doing anything further.
As to why you and your friend were treated differently, I suggest this has more to do with the whims of the police than anything else. Or, perhaps, the police were considering an arrest for public drunkenness if your friend's blood alcohol level were above a certain amount. I guess we would have to ask the cops to be sure.
In any event, don't let this worry you unduly - whatever happens, you should be fine. If you get something in the mail and it upsets you, go consult with an attorney. Many offer free consultations. Good luck.


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I have written a code to implement an algorithm for base conversion from decimal to any base between 2 and 36 given in RG Dromey. Below is my code and I have a few questions relating to it:
1. Why is there a need for reverse conversion to characters of the ascii value after conversion before storing them in the array newrep.Code:#include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> int main() { int newbase,zero=atoi(0),q,ndigit=0,r,ascii,i; char newrep[100]; printf("Enter number and base(between 0 and 36) to be converted"); scanf("%d%d",&q,&newbase); while(q!=0) { r=q%newbase; ndigit+=1; ascii=zero+r; if(ascii>atoi(9)) { ascii=ascii+7; } newrep[ndigit]=(char)ascii; q=q/newbase; } for(i=ndigit;i<=1;i++) { printf("%d",newrep[ndigit]); } system("pause"); return 0; }
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"Black Moon Rising" is one of those rare 80's films that's a bit of an amalgamation– it's a B list film with an A list pedigree. The leads are Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones, and veteran thespians Linda Hamilton, Robert Vaughan, William Sanderson, and Nick Cassavettes. Even better, the script was conceived by the legendary John Carpenter, a man revered in most cinematic circles. Yet it's from Roger Corman's New World Pictures, and helmed by a director who exchanged low budget films for television. So how does this cross pollination of differentiated talent bear out? Surprisingly well, presenting a diverting action film that's the cream of the 80's adventure genre.
The Black Moon of the title is a hyper advanced automobile, designed by NASA and capable of exceeding over 300 miles per hour. It's also got an unexpected optional extra not factory installed–a computer tape secreted inside that implicates a powerful corporation in some very shady tax dealings. Jones plays Sam Quint, an ex-thief/government contractor who's stolen the tape, but forced to stash it in the Black Moon for temporary safekeeping. Which turns out to be less temporary than he thought, since the car is heisted by prodigious car thief Nina (Hamilton); she's working for a ruthless businessman who covets the dreamy wheels and secures it in his high security skyscraper. Now Quint has three days to deliver the tape to the government–but he'll have to team up with Nina and pull off the heist of the century to do it.
Tommy Lee Jones is perfect as Sam Quint, all world weary and tough enough to pull off the impossible. "Black Moon" came out several years before Jones gained acclaim, but even in 1986 his talent and immersion in the role shows he was a star in the making. Post "Terminator" Hamilton is equally good, injecting her role with plenty of spunk and spirit, but never forgets to add a slight dash of vulnerability to her performance. Making you forget he was ever in the "Police Academy" debacles, which taught kids to have less respect for law enforcement than they already had, Bubba Smith reminds you the former NFL player really can be a tough guy. While he's got little to do as a menacing thug, Nick Cassavettes makes the most of his screen time and exhudes a dangerous aura. Not someone you'd want to meet in a dark alley, (or even a well lit one). Notable actors Richard Jaeckel and Keenan Wynn also pop in, if anything to steal the occasional scene or two.
John Carpenter's script might not be the most logical ever written, but that's quickly forgotten with the screenplay filled with action scenes. It's a pity that the film fell into the hands of Roger Corman, who couldn't give it the budget to give things an adrenaline transfusion, but it's still fun to watch. It's a further pity they couldn't find a more adept director than Harley Cokliss, who handles the actors well but directs the action scenes in an understated manner. They're still pretty impressive, but still leave you longing for more. As the requisite corporate baddie, Robert Vaughan is adequate, he should be since he can probably play the role in a coma. Problem is, at times he seems like he's doing just that; like he's gotten so familair with the part, he's put his brain on auto-pilot and is already thinking about his next job.
"Black Moon Rising" is almost an unknown gem of a picture. Sure it's got a few flaws, but it's still worth the time to gaze upon it. Buckle yourself in for this ride and floor it–you'll be glad you did.
Harley Cokeliss (director) / John Carpenter, William Gray, Desmond Nakano (screenplay)
CAST: Tommy Lee Jones … Quint
Linda Hamilton … Nina
Robert Vaughn … Ed Ryland
Richard Jaeckel … Earl Windom
Lee Ving … Marvin Ringer
Bubba Smith … Johnson
Dan Shor … Billy Lyons
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We're thrilled to be introducing yet another fab writer and creative mind to the wht team. We hope you will all welcome Amy of The Nifty Foodie who will be sharing her foodie secrets and crafty projects with our readers every month ~ wht
Since the Holiday Season is officially here, I wanted to share with y'all an easy way to decorate the door without paying an obscene amount of cash! When I went to my local craft stores last year, I was shocked to find that wreaths were $50 and up.
I thought that there had to be an easy, cheaper way to do this, and with a little trial and error, I figured it out. This wreath is simple to make and takes maybe an hour to throw together!
DIY Door Wreath
Visit your local craft store for the following (estimated) low cost Supplies:
• hot glue gun and glue sticks ($5)
• 2 bunches of faux flowers and 2 bunches of faux leaves (bunches are usually on sale for about $1-$2 each)
• 1.5 inch ribbon, about 2 yards (Hint:seasonal ribbon is usually on mega sale at most craft stores.)
• vine wreath ($4)
• scissors
Tip: To save even more money, most craft stores have 40%-50% off one item coupons on a weekly basis. It's not as much for such low cost items, but every bit helps!
1. First cut the flowers and/or leaves from the stem. However, you want to leave a little bit of stem left on, so it's easy to glue the pieces together. Scissors work fine for this. It takes a bit of elbow grease, but they can do the work, especially on cheaper bunches (usually thinner stems).
2. Next just start placing leaves and flowers on the wreath until you find a pattern that you like. The great thing about vine wreaths is they have little openings for the stems to fit in perfectly, making arranging super easy. No need to glue yet, because you are just arranging right now. Take your time…
3. When done arranging, just glue on the stems with a fairly good sized dot of hot glue. Hold each stem in place until the glue sets (about 10 seconds). Work your way all the way around the wreath, leaving a small opening on the place on the wreath you would like for a bow to be placed.
4. Now, take your ribbon and make a bow for your wreath. Once it's finished, hot glue it in the gap. Need some bow guidance? Here's a simple tutorial on YouTube from decorator Meghan Carter on making bows.
5. Once your done, give the wreath a little shake, just to ensure that everything is secure. After that, place the wreath on your door with pride, and watch the neighbors get green with envy of your mad wreath-making skills!
I hope this tutorial inspires some of y'all to make this wreath. It's really not that hard to make, and you will be surprised at how cute they turn out! Happy Holidays!
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The trio begins this 2004 session, recorded at different spaces in Pennsylvania and New York, with "Left Behind." Cutler sends a thin, whiny line that elasticizes through the air. It's a warm-up and a shake-up as Bruer furiously beats time and Cutlter deftly picks at notes. The thuddy bass notes of Torres gallops up to his tinny, buzzy solo in the slowed-down section at the end.
"Mourning Dance" plays out the kind of wrung-out and dispirited feelings one gets but is too tired to rise up and do anything about. There is no resolution in sight for this type of blues! The time is free and dangles where Cutler's fingers wag. "Mourning Dance" is one big cadenza, and that is challenging in that each man is relying on his ears, eyes and gut to communicate these emotions.
Cutler hits the ruddy earth with "East River Delta". It's thick with changing speeds and times and swirls with eastern inflections. This piece exemplifies Cutler's brand of "avant-blues", employing irregular shifts in tempo and atmosphere. "Ardells Theme" gets funky and Cutlter leaves no lick unturned. Is that a putdown? Absolutely not. It's a treat to listen to an artist tipping his hat to his influences and, in Cutler's case, to his employers and bandmates - like vocalist Arziel "Z.Z." Hill and guitarists Wilson Pickett, Eliot Sharp and Jimmy Dale Gilmore.
"Cole's Mountain" sounds like a contemporary blues-rock anthem that speaks to a generation trapped by the manufactured angst of today's Adult Contemporary and Rock groups and their longing for radio staples by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble. Cutler slides in with a six-note riff that is the skeleton of the piece. By the fourth and seventh measure, Bruer and Torres have jammed their feet in the door. All three play it close to each bar and never slip out of the slick groove they've created.
Cutler brings about some Southern hospitality and twang on "Yippie-tai-yi-yo". Performed comfortably in ¾ time, Cutler coos as Torres shuffles his brushes like a pair of well-worn boots along a dirt wood-board floor. Both Cutler and Bruer take liberties with the tempo as they ease each time into the tonic (the C chord) from the V7 (the G7 chord). This gives "Yippie-tai-yi-yo" authentic charm. Cutler cuts out with "Cut 'n' The Dove", a free solo work that partially relies on electronic effects to create stillness and a bit of introspection.
Folks like Cutler are fortunate to partner with record labels that nurture artistic growth, musical integrity and are willing to shout from the rooftops their dedication and faith to the music. Cutler's with New York-based Fountainbleu, a label that 1) shares his passion for roots music and 2) is in close proximity to him (he lives in New York.)
Trio/Live is a slim but satiable guide through parts of Americana and one looks forward to more extended works from the trio. When one puts their finger firmly down on one destination on a map, they, in actuality, will go nowhere. Cutler travels freely around the musical globe and seems to find his way around with no problems.


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REGULAR SAVER ALMOST GONE FROM IRISH MARKET - The monthly savings index compiled by Nationwide UK and the ESRI has fallen to its lowest level since April 2010. Of the consumers surveyed over the past month, three out of five now believe that Government policy actively discourages saving. Just under half of those surveyed say they are not saving anything at all. That figure has increased by 15 percentage points from 33 to 48% over the past 12 months.
Brendan Synott, managing director of Nationwide UK, says that recent times has seen a three pronged effect on the savings market - the decline in the deposit rates for most savers, and the new Budget measures to increase DIRT and tax on savings income. ''It is not a good scenario for savings for the moment,'' he states, adding that the poor return on saving is causing apathy. Mr Synott says that Government policy is actively discouraging people from saving as it seeks to rebalance consumer spending and saving. However, he points out that recent retail figures over the key Christmas shopping period were strong. The percentage of people who can save has been declining, Mr Synott says, while their ability to save has also weakened. He states that the regular saver has almost disappeared from the Irish market and that a lump sum culture has appeared.
$1 TRILLION COIN IDEA SHELVED BY WHITE HOUSE AND FED - Should the US Treasury mint a $1 trillion platinum coin to help the country avoid having to raise its public borrowing limit within the next month? It may sound reminiscent of a joke from the Simpsons but in some quarters the suggestion is being taken very seriously indeed. LA-based financial writer Tom Petruno says the US is going to run up against its debt limit - about $16 trillion - by February or March. He explains that this limit is a restriction kept by Congress, who instead of abolishing it, keep raising it and setting new targets. Once the Treasury gets close to that limit, the GOP comes in and demands new Budget cuts. If the US hits the ceiling, it can no longer borrow and in theory, the government shuts down and the US could default on its debts.
Tom Petruno says that now, some people are asking whether US President Barack Obama could use a weapon against the GOP. Giving some background to the coin question, he says that some years ago a law was passed to allow the Treasury to mint platinum coins of any denomination. Legally, the US Treasury could mint a $1 trillion coin , deposit it at the US Federal Reserve and if the Fed recognised that it was worth $1 trillion, the Treasury could draw on that account, pay US bills and keep the country running. The idea has been in the media for some weeks, but on Saturday the While House came out and said no while the Fed also said it was not a good idea. But Mr Petruno says that issue has not gone away with some insisting that it would be a much better idea that seeing the US default on its debts - something that would have huge ramifications for the rest of the world.
MORNING BRIEFS - Fees for those responding to insurance claims made through the Personal Injuries Assessment Board have been cut by 30% from €850 to €600. The cuts were announced by Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton who is now putting pressure on insurance companies to pass any savings on in terms of cuts to premiums.
*** The founder of green cement producer Ecocem believes the cement industry is benefitting from a multi-million euro windfall due to anomalies in the EU's Emissions Trading System. Quoted in this morning's Irish Times Donal O'Riain says carbon credits, allocated to cement firms based on historic levels of production, are being sold for tens of millions because demand has fallen nearly 75% since the peak of the boom. That means, he says, many of the credits are surplus to requirements for the cement industry. He believes the ETS regime should be changed so that the unused credits go to the state rather than industry which he says could generate up to €250m for the exchequer over the next seven years.
*** Dublin hotels were the second best performers in Europe last year according to a report covering 19 European cities produced by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report ranks Dublin second based on growth of nearly 14% in revenue per average hotel room over the past year, a key measure of success in the hotel industry.


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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
One thousand and one thanks to our good friend Syeuk2002, who, unsolicited and out of the kindness of his heart made this beautiful new banner gracing the top of the screen. Who could that lovely boy in the picture be, I wonder? Thanks again S. To misquote Spencer Tracy, I don't have a lot of subscribers, but what there is is cherce.
Posted by Vera at 9:37 PM
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6 comments:
- Syeuk2002 said...
I'm happy to help. :)
Now let's get back to hot guys & musicals. :D lol
- July 23, 2008 at 10:19 PM
- Syeuk2002 said...
We should of course give gratitude to Kai Z Feng for his amazing photography skills.
He is one of my personal idols! :)
Check him out he's amazing...
- July 23, 2008 at 10:25 PM
- Syeuk2002 said...
We are in the same business & he is uber succesful (& a year younger than me!) Annoying! lol
- July 23, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- Syeuk2002 said...
I never seem to get everything i wan't to say into one post!
Never Mind. :D
- July 23, 2008 at 10:36 PM
- Vera said...
I love Kai Z. Feng. And he's cute too.
- July 23, 2008 at 10:42 PM
- Syeuk2002 said...
Considering the fact that you liked it so much. Here are a couple of other promo graphics.
Banner/Forum Sig > http://i36.tinypic.com/9glisi.jpg
Plain logo > http://i37.tinypic.com/2u4kb4h.jpg
You may as well have a set.
- July 23, 2008 at 10:57 PM
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In Peru, the natural riches of forests, mountains, and coastlines provide people with everything from clean air to food to livelihoods. The country has 76 designated protected areas in places as diverse the rain forest and the coastal desert. A huge chunk of the Amazon—one of the world's most threatened forests—lies within Peru's borders.
But with employment rates, urban construction, and tourism all on the rise in Peru, it's important to ensure that the country's parks, reserves, and sanctuaries remain protected so wildlife and people can continue to benefit from them now, and in the future.
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It's a seemingly overwhelming task, and that's where a strong partnership and a solid plan come into play. Public, private, national, and international partners, including WWF, are working on a way to fund the permanent protection of Peru's natural treasures. Such funds could be used to conduct wildlife surveys, create jobs in ecotourism, and purchase equipment that enables park rangers to better patrol protected areas. They could also be invested in the start-up of sustainable, nature-based businesses in and around protected areas. All these activities, and many more, contribute to keeping protected areas intact.
The funding mechanism that the partners aim to put in place is called Project Finance for Permanence. It ensures the long-term financial stability of protected areas; it's something more dependable than year-to-year grants and budgets. And it works: In little over a decade, the Brazilian government, WWF, and financial backers collaborated to protect a California-sized portion of the Amazon across nearly 100 different sites in Brazil.
We're working together to duplicate this success for the protected forests, mountains, and coastlines in Peru—and halfway around the world in Bhutan. The initiative in Peru aims to generate a fund of approximately $75 million to properly manage the country's protected areas into the future.
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Glenn Gould was not a physically sociable person. His favourite way of engaging with friends was to talk with them for an hour or three on the phone, preferably in the middle of the night when the rest of the world was asleep.
But sit him in front of a TV camera or microphone, surrounded by all the specialists needed to make the best use of those things, and Gould felt right at home. The man who recoiled from playing for people sitting quietly 20 or more feet from his piano loved to talk or perform as a bulky TV camera dollied in for a closer view.
More than anyone of his generation, Gould lived Marshall McLuhan's axiom that electronic media are extensions of the body. Recording for him wasn't just a means of archiving performances, but a way of living, through the distant yet immediate emanations of vinyl records, radio programs and TV shows.
Unlike his sound recordings, which have been reissued in every way possible since his death in 1982, Gould's abundant TV work has mostly languished in the archives of the CBC – till now. Sony Classical's hefty new box set of Gould on DVD includes more than 19 hours of programming made for the CBC over a 23-year period, from 1954 to 1977.
It features blotchy black-and-white concert performances by a prodigy barely out of his teens, fanciful studio productions with projections and over-decorated sets, and full-on lectures to the camera about Bach, Beethoven and Richard Strauss. There are even some short promos with Gould in character and costume as a fusty English conductor, a New York theatre guy and a spaced-out 1960s composer.
Like Leonard Bernstein, Gould saw TV as a way of teaching the masses about classical music. But Bernstein's Young People's Concerts series, which ran throughout the 1960s on CBS, was pitched from the ground up, with titles like What Makes Music Symphonic? Gould just went straight for whatever interested him most, and talked about it in detail. One of the mind-blowing things about watching the CBC's Gould programs is seeing what he could get away with in prime time, from a son-et-lumière discussion of the mystical art of Alexander Scriabin, to two different performances, 13 years apart, of Strauss's little-known Ophelia Songs. The CBC invested in Gould, and trusted him too, as it has no other classical musician before or since.
"He'd worked a great deal in radio, he'd produced things in radio," said John Barnes, former head of CBC TV's musical programs, in an interview with Gould biographer Otto Friedrich. "He'd grown with us, and we with him. … We let him be part of the team in a way that we probably wouldn't have done with someone else."
The most striking enthusiasm Gould brought to team CBC was his passion for Arnold Schoenberg, the modernist composer still seen as the arch-fiend by many classical buffs. Gould gave prominent space to Schoenberg's music on a BBC program in the mid-sixties, and on two episodes of Musicamera in the mid-seventies, but that was small beer compared to the 10-part Schoenberg series he produced during those years for CBC Radio.
Gould wrote his own scripts for his TV shows, read them at length from a teleprompter, and developed a whole battery of tics that he hoped would simulate a spontaneous delivery. Some of his remarks are brilliant, all are deeply opinionated, and many are turgid. Even at his most lucid, Gould the talker is about 1,000-per-cent less convincing than Gould the pianist. That's the real glory of this box: the hours of revelatory performances that don't exist anywhere else.
Gould's best innings as an evangelist critic, and the most all-round satisfying programs in the box, come during the four relatively unscripted encounters he had with BBC broadcaster Humphrey Burton in the mid-sixties. Gould knows what he wants to say, and Burton was no doubt cued to help him say it, but it feels like a real exchange.
The set for those black-and-white BBC co-productions is an unadorned studio, with production equipment in full view. The CBC preferred to dress up its sets to match the subject, building a fin-de-siècle drawing room for a Musicamera episode about music from that period, and simulating a church interior for a program of Bach cantatas and concertos. One of the incidental pleasures of the box set is seeing how broadcasting norms changed, from the formal dress worn by announcers in the fifties, to the on-location shooting style of Perry Rosemond's Variations on Glenn Gould in 1969.
Some important late work Gould did for TV isn't in the box, including Glenn Gould's Toronto and the three programs he made with French broadcaster Bruno Monsaingeon. A CBC spokesman said that those aren't owned by the CBC, and the rights were out of reach.
There are no plans to rebroadcast any of the box material on CBC, but all of it will gradually be lodged on a new website: cbc.ca/gould. Or you can buy the entire 10-disc set for $59.99, at www.cbcshop.ca.


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Parental Smoking and Infant Deaths
By JANE E. BRODY
Published: March 8, 1995
NURSING mothers who smoke and caregivers who expose babies to cigarette smoke may double or triple the infants' risk of dying of sudden infant death syndrome, a new study has shown.
While earlier research had established that smoking during pregnancy puts babies at risk of sudden infant death, the new study is the first to explore in detail the relationship between sudden infant death and exposure to tobacco smoking after birth apart from prenatal exposure.
Many women stop smoking during pregnancy to protect their fetuses against retarded growth and other harmful effects of prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke. But mothers often resume smoking after giving birth because they assume there is little or no risk once the baby is born.
The new study, involving 200 infants who died of the syndrome from 1989 to 1992 and 200 otherwise comparable infants who remained alive and healthy, showed that crib death, as the syndrome was once commonly called, was a particular threat when mothers smoked during the months of breast-feeding and when parents and others smoked in the same room as the baby.
In fact, the research revealed that smoking by mothers at the time of nursing completely wiped out the protection against crib death that breast-feeding otherwise afforded. Among babies of nonsmokers, breast-feeding is associated with a 60 percent reduction in the risk of crib death.
The researchers, directed by Dr. Hillary Sandra Klonoff-Cohen, an epidemiologist at the University of California at San Diego, emphasized that their study was an observational one that had strongly linked passive smoking to crib death but did not establish it as a cause.
Crib death, which kills 1 in 700 infants in the nation each year, is the leading cause of death among infants from 1 month to 1 year old and accounts for nearly half the deaths among infants from 3 to 4 months old. Many factors have been cited as increasing the risk of crib death, including putting babies to sleep on their stomachs, but as yet nothing has been established as a direct cause. In most cases the babies involved seem perfectly healthy or have little more than a cold in the hours before they die.
The new study, published in today's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, took into account the babies' routine sleep positions, smoking during pregnancy, prenatal care, breast-feeding and many other factors that have been linked, positively or negatively, to crib death. The researchers found that passive exposure to tobacco smoke from a combination of the mother, father, live-in adult, babysitter or day-care provider raised the risk of crib death 3.5 times.
The highest risk occurred when people routinely smoked in the same room as the baby. For example, fathers' smoking in the same room as the infant increased the risk of crib death 8.5 times. Apart from any postnatal exposure, the risk of crib death was more than tripled when fathers smoked around nonsmoking women during g their pregnancy. This effect on the babies' risk of crib death was almost as great as if the mothers themselves had smoked during pregnancy.
The study, conducted among babies born in five counties of Southern California, involved babies born to white, African-American, Hispanic and Asian parents. Thus, it more accurately reflects the racial mix in the United States than was the case in earlier studies of passive smoking and sudden infant death.
The study also found a direct relationship between the risk of crib death and the "dose" of tobacco smoke to which the babies were exposed. The researchers tallied both the number of cigarettes smoked and the frequency with which they were smoked in the babies' presence. The greater the babies' exposure, the higher their risk of crib death, they found. -------------------- Sleeping Positions
CHICAGO, March 7 (Reuters) -- Two studies published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association leave it unclear whether putting babies to sleep on their backs or sides, instead of on their stomachs, lowers the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
But a researcher at the National Institutes of Health said parents should follow the American Academy of Pediatrics recommendation that healthy infants should be placed on their sides or backs.
"Practitioners should use their judgment for individual cases in which non-prone sleeping may be problematic," wrote Dr. Marian Willinger of the N.I.H.'s Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch in Bethesda, Md., in an editorial in the journal. "In all cases, advice should be given not to place soft bedding, such as pillows, blankets, quilts and comforters, under the infant."
Most experts do not believe the syndrome is traceable to a single cause.
A University of California at San Diego study, in which 400 sets of parents were interviewed, found the prone sleeping position was routine in 66 percent of 200 SIDS cases and in 64 percent of the 200 still-healthy babies.
But another study, by researchers at the University of Tasmania, Australia, found a direct link between sleeping position and a state-wide decline in the rate of SIDS to 1.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1992 from 3.8 deaths per 1,000 births from 1975 to 1990.


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Huskies were good, but not good enough
They played with a cacophonous desperation. Played as if their season depended upon it, because quite possibly it did. Spencer Hawes scored on...
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They played with a cacophonous desperation. Played as if their season depended upon it, because quite possibly it did.
Spencer Hawes scored on a jump hook and the gym got loud. Ryan Appleby hit a three and raised his hands to rally the sellout crowd even louder. And Quincy Pondexter spun once, twice and scored on a spectacular drive.
The Washington Huskies played as fast as the Phoenix Suns. They ran almost from tip to buzzer. Ran up and down the court at Hec Ed as if it were the track at Hayward Field.
They responded to the tough love from their coach. Awoke from their Sunday slumber at UCLA.
They made backcuts like the old Bill Bradley Princeton teams. They moved the ball as if they'd played together every day since they were in preschool. They were brilliant blurs.
Pondexter beat Mustafa Shakur with a behind-the-back dribble and drive. And Hawes hit a jumper off glass.
In a game vaguely reminiscent of their 102-100 loss to Alabama-Birmingham in the 2004 NCAA tournament, Washington ran practically stride for stride with seventh-ranked, running-and-gunning Arizona.
For 35 minutes, Washington was very good. But for 40 minutes, Arizona, winner of 12 in a row, was even better. For 35 minutes, Washington played well enough to breathe hope into its conference season. But in the final five minutes, Arizona stole that hope.
In a spurt that happened so fast it was hard to comprehend, Arizona scored seven straight points, took a 94-86 lead and sucked the air out of Hec Ed.
In three minutes that might be the difference between making the NCAA tournament or playing in the NIT for Washington, Jawann McClellan hit a three. Former Roosevelt star Marcus Williams scored on a baseline scoop, then passed to Ivan Radenovic for a layup.
Washington was good in Thursday's 96-87 loss to Arizona, but not good enough.
Not as good as Williams' inside-out 22 points. Not as good as Chase Budinger's smooth-as-glass 23 points. Not as good as veteran Shakur's 21 points and 11 assists.
In back-to-back conference games, Washington has played the Pac-10's two best teams and lost twice. The Huskies are a young team in need of a growth spurt.
Three games into the conference season, these Huskies still haven't learned to play defense. They don't play with that same kind of ferocious denial that coach Lorenzo Romar's teams have played with the past three seasons.
They don't play with the same kind of hunger. Sometimes defense is wasted on the young. For all its offensive brilliance, Washington can't win without "D."
Arizona shot 65 percent from the field and made 11 of 20 three-point shots. The Wildcats scorched Washington's too-passive 2-3 zone. And Romar stayed in that zone much too long.
And now, at 0-3 in the conference, the young Huskies have lost the luxury of time. This baby-faced team that played so well for so long against the Wildcats has run out of wiggle room. It has to grow up — now.
Romar will point to their 0-5 conference start in a 2003-04 that ended with a trip to the NCAAs. But the Pac-10 wasn't as strong then. This 0-3 hole feels deeper than '04.
After Saturday's home game with Arizona State, Washington plays brutal road games against Stanford, California and Washington State, and a 1-6 conference start would be unsalvageable.
The Huskies are getting better. Romar will improve them week to week, but by losing three games they have added another opponent — time — to their schedule.
They will get better because Romar will continue to challenge them and shake them the way he did against Arizona.
Understanding the urgency of the season, Romar gave his starting lineup a San Andreas-sized shakeup. On a hoop Richter scale, this was about a 6.2. From a coaching standpoint, it was brilliant.
The coach wasn't happy with freshman Pondexter's defense and replaced him with freshman Phil Nelson. And he hadn't been happy with the way sophomore Justin Dentmon was running the team. Appleby, a junior, started in Dentmon's place.
Pondexter, playing with renewed fire, had the game of his young life. He made 10 of 16 shots for a team-high 25 points. And Nelson, just beginning to play with a calm confidence, hit 6 of 8, including 4 of 5 treys, and finished with 16 points in 30 minutes.
The Huskies stayed with the richly talented 'Cats for a phat 35 minutes before their defense collapsed on itself.
The Huskies were good on Thursday night. But not good enough. And that might become the story of their season.
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The story has Randy Quaid being targeted by assassins who "plot his demise and hunt him so to appropriate for themselves his value as a movie star," according to a summary. "Stars Randy Quaid in three roles!"
The unfinished work will be presented at the Rio Theatre on April 22, in a double bill with the 2008 film Real Time, which stars Randy Quaid. The films will be followed by a Q&A with Randy and Evi Quaid.
"This is a work in progress and highly experimental with nudity, adult language and content throughout," reads Evi Quaid's artist statement. "For the first time I would like an audience reaction to my art as a work in progress, so I may understand its content through other eyes."
The Quaids arrived in Vancouver last October, and were arrested on outstanding warrants for misdemeanours in California. They sought refugee status, telling officials they were seeking protection from "star whackers" they said were murdering Hollywood celebrities.
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ELLSWORTH -- A River Falls city council member accused of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia will take his case to a jury.
Last week Pierce County Judge Joseph Boles scheduled a two-day, 12-person jury trial for Robert J. Hughes, 29, 249 Foster St. The trial will be July 11-12.
Hughes is charged with three misdemeanor counts: Possession of tetrahydrocannabinol; possession of drug paraphernalia; and possession of a controlled substance as a result of an incident last Aug. 4.
Earlier this month, Boles denied a defense motion to suppress evidence allegedly found during the execution of a search warrant.
The warrant authorized the search of the home where Hughes lived then, a townhouse at 1876 Kristy Lane.
According to police reports, on Aug. 4 River Falls Officer Kevin Moore went to the home to deliver a council package for Hughes.
A roommate answered the door, and Moore said he smelled a strong odor of marijuana.
When the officer returned to the townhome later, the same roommate answered the door. Moore asked the roommate if he'd been smoking marijuana.
According to the officer, the man said he hadn't been, but that Hughes and another roommate may have.
The roommate also said he could hear hacking and coughing when Hughes and his roommate had been smoking marijuana, according to the evidence.
Moore was called away on another incident but reported his suspicions to the police sergeant on duty. A search warrant was issued.
A St. Croix County Sheriff's Department dog was brought in to sniff for drugs.
Hughes was not at home, but officers say they found marijuana, drug paraphernalia and prescription pills in his bedroom
Hughes' attorney argued that the officers shouldn't have gone into the bedroom because the warrant didn't list that room as an area to be searched.
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"The three people who lived in this residence had separate bedrooms, but they did not have separate living units," wrote Boles. "This was a single residence, a townhome."


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Pope Benedict XVI began his first papal trip to Africa today, departing from Rome to bring the Gospel to a continent racked with violence and corruption but also one which he sees as burgeoning with hope. On the plane, the Holy Father also addressed the continent's battle with AIDS and noted that condom distribution "aggravates" the problem.
The Pope's March 17-23 trip will bring to the fore the Church's efforts to assist Africans in finding solutions to problems that have dogged international and internal efforts to lift its people out of poverty and beyond corruption.
As is traditional on papal trips, Pope Benedict fielded a series of questions this morning from reporters flying aboard his Alitalia flight to Cameroon. According to The Telegraph, Pope Benedict highlighted the Church's efforts to fight the spread of AIDS through promoting abstinence and fidelity within marriage.
In fact, said the Pope, AIDS is "a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems."
An increasing number of African countries have adopted the Church's stance on using condoms in the fight against AIDS and have seen a dramatic decrease in the rate of new infections. Doctors as well as church officials argue that distributing condoms does not change behavior, but in fact, encourages the kind of sexual behaviors that increase the spread of AIDS. The regimen adopted in some of the countries, dubbed the ABC approach, urges Abstain, Be faithful and Condoms as a last resort.
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The Holy Father will later present to the bishops of Africa the working document of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, which will be held in October 2009 at the Vatican.
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With the tie at 3-3 on aggregate at the end of extra time, Elisha Levi's men were sent spinning out of the competition 4-1 on penalty kicks.
Vladamir Dvalishvili and Eyal Golasa both missed from 12-yards as Maccabi's hopes of facing the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the later stages bit the dust.
Leading 2-1 from the first leg, Haifa fell behind on the night ten minutes before the break when Jelle Vossen fired past Nir Davidovitch.
The lead only last two minutes as Golasa latched onto Idan Vered's pass and curled a sumptuous effort beyond the reach of László Köteles in the Genk goal.
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Weeam Amasha almost grabbed a dramatic winner when his fierce effort was deflected against the post by Genk defender Torben Joneleit.
Both teams had chances in extra-time but the visitors were reduced to ten men by referee Howard Webb when Itzak Cohen was sent off for a second bookable offence.
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Top of the Rockies: Denver wasn't the only town inundated with tapas in 1997. The trend has spread nationwide--which makes Denver uncharacteristically hip for a change. Analyzing the fad a few months ago, the New York Times noted that restaurants have Americanized tapas in two divergent, but typically American, ways. This country's tapas places are either "supersizing" the portions to meet our "bigger is better" philosophy, thereby turning tapas into full-blown appetizers (for an example of that in Denver, visit Ilios, at 1201 Broadway), or they're charging big bucks for a little plate of olives because it's listed under "tapas." Keep that up and tapas joints will disappear faster than you can say "lentil burgers."
This isn't Denver's first go-round with tapas, of course. In the mid-Eighties, Transalpin introduced the concept at 410 East Seventh Avenue, in the space now filled by J.V.'s The Cork. (An earlier tenant, Pinot's, disappeared last fall; its chef, Theo Roe, has resurfaced at Dazzle, opening this week in the old Fuji En, at 930 Lincoln.) And tapas also had a starring role at Majorca, the lovely but doomed Mediterranean spot that briefly occupied the 711 East 17th Avenue address that's now home to Taj Mahal (with about a gazillion ill-fated ventures in between).
Ten blocks farther east on 17th Avenue, two more vestiges of the Eighties--sibling restaurants--bowed out on New Year's Eve. After years of fighting to extend their lease on the building at the corner of 17th and Vine (the landlord, a former partner, demanded that he have rights to the booted restaurants' names, among other things), Juanita's Uptown and Mike Berardi's have called it quits at that location; the owners say they hope to find a new home for the restaurants soon. The 17th Avenue space wasn't the first incarnation for either one: The original Juanita's is still doing big business in Boulder, and Berardi & Sons was at 1525 Blake Street in LoDo before there was a LoDo. That space is now the home of Firehouse Grill (by way of Hog Heaven).
Just down the street at 1434 Blake, City Spirit Cafe remains closed; part-owner Mickey Zeppelin says the deal that seemed so close a few weeks ago has fallen through, and while a couple of interested parties have emerged in the days since, none of them are near signing. The trouble with Zeppelin--and, oh, how I applaud this--is that he has some integrity: He refuses to let the spirit of City Spirit die. "When people buy a restaurant from you, they want to put their mark on it," Zeppelin explains. "But the problem is, some of these business proposals we've been handed are, frankly, just laughable." He's not saying the place has to be exactly the same as City Spirit, Zeppelin adds, but he'd at least like to know that the Cheesecake Factory won't be taking it over. "It's a big-boys' market right now," he says.
That's why chef Mark Gordon--apparently one of the few people in the world who amicably parted ways with Sonny Rando at Santino's (1939 Blake Street)--decided to go to Boulder with his first restaurant, Modena, at 2690 East Baseline Road. He took with him a few former Santino's employees, and they're helping him serve dinner six nights a week (the place is closed Mondays). The menu is Italian, with a variety of pastas, pizzas, veal and seafood dishes, and the motto is "Modena: Where all entrees feed two or more." Hmmm...where have we heard that before? At Santino's, perhaps, or at Carmine's on Penn (92 South Pennsylvania Street, to be exact), where Rando was once chef. Since most of Modena's entree prices hover around $20, though, that's not a bad deal, especially in Boulder. Check out the Key lime cannoli with a coconut shell.
Also recently opened is another location of a Boulder original, Moe's Broadway Bagel. This one's at 745 Colorado Boulevard in Denver, an address shared with an offshoot of another Colorado original, Chipotle Mexican Grill. That makes four for the five-year-old Moe's concept. And Chipotle, which is about the same age, is about to hit a dozen outlets.
Mistaken identity: There's only one La Popular, though. And in an industry fraught with failures, this restaurant/wholesaler stands out as one of Denver's original success stories, having made tamales and other Mexican foods for more than thirty years--most of those at 2012 Larimer, before the business moved its operation to 2033 Lawrence Street last year. Soon after, another Mexican-foods purveyor, Chelos, took over the Larimer space; it's run by Hugo Delatorre, whose family sold off La Popular several years ago.
Now La Popular's customers are complaining that Chelos is misrepresenting itself, telling them it's an offshoot of La Popular and then taking their orders, according to La Popular owner Jesse Herrera. "It got so bad, we had to take an ad out in the papers explaining to people where we are and what our phone number is," Herrera says. "They've been telling people that they bought us out, which isn't true. We just sold the space to them and moved." Herrera says he's gotten as many as forty phone calls in one day from people who called Chelos and were confused. "At first we were giving Chelos the benefit of the doubt, thinking it was because of the old phone books," he adds. "But after all this time, I don't know."
A Chelos employee denies Herrera's accusations. "If people are confused," he says, "that is their problem, not ours."
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More problems: Yeah, yeah, we know that Il Fornaio opened its doors at 1637 Wazee Street to huge crowds in December--but that doesn't excuse service that's a little too casual for the restaurant's serious prices. On New Year's Eve day, a contingent from my office went over for lunch; after ordering, one diner was belatedly informed that the kitchen was already out of the chicken focaccia special. She replaced it with pasta al forno--a relatively simple, and presumably quick, assemblage of shells, tomato sauce and cheese, this version with eggplant added. After depositing this dish along with the other entrees, the waiter promptly disappeared without bothering to ask if the food was all right. Most was, but the replacement dish wasn't.
It took fifteen minutes to find the waiter (the Menendez brother look-alike might have been outside pumping his meter, since that's where the diners later ran into him) and ask him if the dish was supposed to have the pliancy of plywood. That's because the cheese on top was baked, he replied, ignoring the fact that much of the crunchy pasta had never come close to the cheese. He did, however, offer to replace the entree with something else. The disappointed diner declined, since her companions had already finished their meals.
The pasta's $9.95 tab remained on the check--and that's a lot to pay for something that has the consistency of twice-reheated Kraft mac and cheese. (My colleagues smuggled out a few shells of the offending pasta so they could get my opinion on its preparation; they say they'll return the napkin.)


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They show up on time and follow the rules.
They don't get special privileges; those goodies go to their louder co-workers.
If they can't do something, they'll tell you, but they never whine. They are very nice people.
How are they rewarded?
They get more than their fair share of work. ["Did you finish that? Here's some more."]
They also get less than their share of recognition. ["She doesn't seem to need it as much as the others."]
Their skills and demeanor are routinely taken for granted.
That is one of the greatest sins in the workplace.


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A Symposium in Honor of Dr. Michael J. S. Belton
We suggest either you take a taxi or the Arizona Stagecoach (shuttle) to the Westward Look Resort from the Airport. For a group, a taxi ride is cheaper. Rental cars are not necessary unless you want to drive around the city.
- Tucson International Airport (TIA)
- Taxi Services from the Airport
- Arizona Stagecoach (airport shuttle service)
- Rental Cars (located at TIA)
The average high temperature for this time of the year is 76°F. The average low is 50°F. Since Tucson has a desert climate, it cools off rapidly after sunset. So be prepared for cooler (or maybe even chilly) evenings. The historical probability of precipitation is 12%.