Xref: nuchat rec.bicycles:65114 rec.bicycles.marketplace:8159 rec.bicycles.tech:12139 rec.bicycles.rides:3187 rec.bicycles.soc:5485 rec.bicycles.racing:7349 rec.bicycles.misc:9291 Path: nuchat!menudo.uh.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!news.service.uci.edu!draco.acs.uci.edu!iglesias From: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias) Subject: Weekly posting for Rec.Bicycles.* Nntp-Posting-Host: draco.acs.uci.edu Message-ID: Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,rec.bicycles.marketplace,rec.bicycles.tech,rec.bicycles.rides,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.racing,rec.bicycles.misc Originator: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu Organization: University of California, Irvine Lines: 223 Supersedes: Date: 12 Oct 93 04:30:18 GMT Followup-To: rec.bicycles.misc Last updated July 5, 1993 Weekly Posting for Rec.Bicycles.* This is the weekly posting to Rec.Bicycles.*. In it, you will find information on how to get a copy of the FAQ (in case you missed it when it was posted to rec.bicycles.misc/news.answers) and some tips on nettiquette when posting articles to rec.bicycles.*. Mike Iglesias iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu Posting Guidelines ------------------ The rec.bicycles subgroups are described below - please try to post your article to the appropriate group. The newsgroups were designed to minimize cross posting, so please take the time to think about the most appropriate newsgroup and post your article there. Please note that the old rec.bicycles group is no longer valid and should not be posted to. rec.bicycles.marketplace: Bicycles, components, ancillary equipment and services wanted or for sale, reviews of such things, places to buy them, and evaluations of these sources. Not for discussion of general engineering, maintenance, or repair -- see rec.bicycles.tech. rec.bicycles.tech: Techniques of engineering, construction, maintenance and repair of bicycles and ancillary equipment. Not for products or services offered or wanted -- see rec.bicycles.marketplace. rec.bicycles.rides: Discussions of tours and training or commuting routes. Not for disussion of general riding techniques -- see rec.bicycles.misc. rec.bicycles.soc: Social issues, cycling transportation advocacy, laws, conduct of riders and drivers; road hazards such as potholes, dogs, and sociopaths. rec.bicycles.racing: Race results, racing techniques, rules, and organizations. Not racing equipment -- see rec.bicycles.marketplace or rec.bicycles.tech. rec.bicycles.misc: General riding techniques, rider physiology, injuries and treatment, diets, and other cycling topics. Nettiquette ----------- Here are some tips to remember when posting to rec.bicycles.*: * Check your line lengths. Most readers use 80 column terminals, and articles with longer line lengths are hard to read. 72 characters per line is a good length, since it allows others to quote you without running over 80 characters. * Trim down your quotes. Delete parts of the article that you are not responding to. Less to read from previous posts is better. And please don't include the signature of the article you are responding to. * If you are asking a basic question, please check the FAQ first. If the FAQ is has expired on your system, see the "Archives" section below for information on how to get a copy. * If someone posts a question about something that was resolved recently, please answer the poster via email. Rehashing something that was just discussed is a waste of bandwidth unless you have something new to add. * Please don't flame someone if their posting should have been restricted to a certain region (for example, california only). Most people are not the news admin on their system, so publicly flaming them does no good. A nicely worded email message to them that there may be a problem would allow them to notify their news admin. Please remember that it may be some other site somewhere along the line that is leaking articles out of its region and the poster may not have any way to solve the problem. * Along the above lines, please try to restrict your postings to your site/region/state/whatever. People in Australia may not want to see bike-for-sale ads from the U.S., for example. * Make your subject line informative about the content of your article. * If you are following up an article to create a new article, please remember to delete the "References:" line in the header. This will help the readers who use a threaded news reader; otherwise your new topic will be mixed in with an old one. * Please don't flame others. We're a somewhat opinionated group, and there are many diverse personalities here. This is especially true in the never-ending helmet wars. * Speaking of helmet wars, let's try to stay away from them. Most everything that could be said pro and con for wearing helmets has been said at least once in rec.bicycles. There is some evidence that wearing a helmet can help prevent head injuries. There are people that wear a helmet all the time, people that wear a helmet some of the time, and people who will never wear one. Everyone has their own reasons for their decision, and most will not change it in the middle of a flaming helmet war. Questions on types of helmets, what ones are coolest (temperature and otherwise), etc are always welcome. Archives I've made available via anonymous ftp a copy of the current FAQ and a few other items on draco.acs.uci.edu (128.200.34.12). This is the workstation on my desk, so I'd appreciate it if people would restrict their use to 7pm-7am Pacific time. The files are in pub/rec.bicycles. For those without Internet access, you can use the ftpmail server at gatekeeper.dec.com to get copies of the items there. I really don't have time to email copies of files to people who can't get at them easily. To use the FTP server, send an email message containing the line help in the body of the message to ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com. You'll get a help file back from the FTP server with more information on how to use it. Here's what's available at this time: README for Rec.Bicycles Anonymous FTP area arnie.light Arnie Berger's (arnie@col.hp.com) "Ultimate bike light" bike.lockers David H. Wolfskill's (david@dhw68k.cts.com) summary of bike locker vendors. bike.painting Sam Henry's (shenry@rice.edu) collection of articles on how to paint a bike. bike_power.* Ken Roberts program to calculate power output and power consumption. See bike_power.doc for more info. updated by Mark Grennan (markg@okcforum.oknorm.edu) biking_log.* Phil Etheridge's (phil@massey.ac.nz) hypercard stack riding diary. It keeps track of dates, distance, time, average speed, etc., and keeps running weekly, monthly, and yearly totals. See biking_log.read_me for more information. bmb.ride Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) report on her 1992 Boston-Montreal-Boston ride. competitive.nutrition Roger Marquis' (marquis@well.uucp) article from the Feb 91 Velo News on nutrition and cycling. faq.* The current Frequently Asked Questions posting first.century Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) tips on training for your first century ride. lights Tom Reingold's (tr@samadams.princeton.edu) collection of articles on bike lights. lights2 More articles from rec.bicycles.* on lights. mtb.buy Joakim Karlsson's (aviator@mv.mv.com) article on buying an entry-level MTB. pam.pactour Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) writeup of her PAC tour across the country. pbp.info Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) information on her Paris-Brest-Paris ride. pictures Bicycling gif pictures. prof.sched Roland Stahl's (stahl@ipi.uni-hannover.de) list of scheduled professional races in many countries. ride.index Chris Hull's/Bill Bushnell's (bushnell@lmsc.lockheed.com) explanation of a way to "index" rides and compare the difficulty of different rides. spike.bike Bob Fishell's (spike@cbnewsd.att.com) Spike Bike series. They are numbered in the order that Bob posted them to rec.bicycles. All the Spike Bike stories are "Copyright 1989 by Robert Fishell, all rights reserved." spokelen11.bas Roger Marquis' (marquis@well.uucp) spoke length calculator, written in Microsoft Quickbasic. spokelen.c Andy Tucker's (tucker@Neon.Stanford.EDU) port of Roger Marquis' spokelen11.bas to C. spokelen.hqx topp@roses.stanford.edu's Hypercard stack that computes spoke lengths. studded.tires Nancy Piltch's (piltch@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov) compilation of messages on studded tires, including how to make your own. tandem.boxes Arnie Berger's (arnie@col.hp.com) notes on how he built a box to transport his tandem to Europe and back. It's taken from a longer travelogue on his trip - if you want more information, contact him at the above address. tech.supp.phone Joshua Putnam's (josh@Happy-Man.com) list of technical support numbers for various manufacturers. This list used to be in the FAQ but now is too long to include there. trailers A summary posting of messages about bike trailers. Good stuff if you're thinking of buying a trailer. wheels.*.hqx R. Scott Truesdell's (truesdel@ics.uci.edu) Hypercard stack to calculate spoke lengths. See wheels.readme for more info. wintertips Pete Hickey's (pete@panda1.uottawa.ca) notes about how to cycle in the winter. wintertips.pam Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) winter cycling tips.