An impromptu Bike Friday ride is planned for
Sunday, September 19th (the East Providence Bike Path Bike Friday
ride is also planned for this month for Sunday, September 25th--
details to follow next week).
Time: 1:00pm----11:30 if Lunch prior to the ride.
Where: Meet in Arlington, Ma.
Note: This ride has been planned to welcome and support Lynette who
you can read about below. She was the support person for organizing
the Boston Bike Friday group and development of the web site for
this and other Bike Friday information.
Following the ride, I hope you plan to attend the presentation/slide
show Lynette
is doing at Wild Women Outfitters in Arlington, Ma. (three blocks
from where we are meeting for the ride).
Presentation planned for 3:30 pm. to about 5:00pm ish.
For those planning on lunch with Lynette prior to the ride, it
will be a parking lot consensus. Meet at 11:30 am.
All are welcome for Lunch, the Ride, and Presentation. Please join
in all three, two or even one part of the activities planned for
Sunday, September 19th.
You may call me at 978-664-0474 for additional information or e-mail
at
baggcyclist@...
Directions:
meeting in Arlington Sq. near Minuteman Bike Path
(and 3 blocks away from Wild Women Outfitters)

Directions to parking/meeting area:

a) Route 2 (north or south) to Route 60 (Pleasant Street);

b) Route 60 (east) to Arlington Center;

c) stay on Route 60 and after crossing Massachusetts Avenue,
take the right into the municipal parking lot;

(if you come to the Rt.60 / Rt. 3/2A split, you have gone to far)



.Please continue to read below about Lynette and the planned
presentation.

Lynette Chiang is an Australian-Chinese author and bicycle
world traveler, based in Eugene, Oregon.

THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN CUBA is a slide show and published book about
her 3-month solo self-supported bicycle tour through Cuba at the
turn of
the millennium.Lynette traveled and stayed among the people on a
bare-bones
& bucket-bath basis, so this is not a romanticized travel memoir,
but
as one reviewer put it, "a song of praise for the humanity and
simple
decency of Cubans

Three reasons why this is a good show:

1) CONTROVERSIAL: Cuba is hot - Americans can't legally go there,
and
many have said the book if not slide show were so compelling
it 'saved
them the airfare'. Read the Handsomest Man Review Forum here:
http://www.galfromdownunder.com/cuba
2) INSPIRATIONAL: Lynette is a lone woman traveling on a bicycle for
7 years
- there are plenty of gung-ho male adventurers, but no so many
women -
especially one's with a poor sense of direction like Lynette. Women
have
said the book made them want to get up and go.
3) JUST PLAIN COOL: The Bike Friday is the world's leading
performance
travel bicycle, custom made in Eugene, Oregon. A demo of this
folding
bike is always a crowd-pleaser.

More details about the talk itself are below, which you can access
via
this link
http://www.bikefriday.com/bf/handsomestmanincuba-talk


Lynette Chiang, Bike Friday World Traveler
http://www.galfromdownunder.com

The book was first published by Random House Australia in July 2003,
now available June 2004 through Small Wheel Press in the USA. It has
sold close to 4000 copies in Australia.

"The only time you will put it down is when you finish it." - Peter
Sutherland, Australian Cyclist
"One of the best on-the-road travel books of this generation." -
Martin
Stevenson, the Launceston Examiner
"In the glut of Cuban travel books, this one really stands out." -
Caroline Baum, the Sydney Morning Herald.

For more reviews, history and other snippets, see The Handsomest Man
in
Cuba Review Forum on webpage: http://www.galfromdownunder.com/cuba