I'm back reading email in between crying baby and changing nappies (diapers). Hopefully I'll get back on my bike this weekend - I had stitchest something you...
In a message dated 3/31/2004 5:08:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, riin@... ... My mum used a bike until I was 18 and she got her first car. But then this is...
... I got a "Not Found" error message when I tried to look at it. BTW, I'd like to remind everyone about TinyURL. If you've got a URL that's going to be more...
RIIN GILL asked: What was it like for the rest of you? Did your parents ride bikes? Did you see adults ride bikes when you were a kid? SB: My parents never...
... I don't recollect ever seeing my parents on a bike. My grandfather once impressed my by riding my bike up the hill to our house. I thought that was...
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From: "RIIN GILL" <riin@...> ... My mother had a bike when she was young. It was an adult-sized bike with 28-inch wheels -- girls frame, single speed, so...
[About a child learning to ride] ... All kids are different. My oldest likes _a bit_ to try things, but she is very cautious, so I really have to push her, to...
... italics, ... all ... Some newsreaders interpret it nicely. When I read text-based messages with Mozilla, words like *this* apprear in bold whereas words...
... Oh, that's interesting. I had no idea it ever appeared as anything other than a word between asterisks. I'm using Pine and everything is just plain text....
Oh Shyrley dear. My best wishes for her. I worked with CP patients for 7 years in Orthopedics. She may surprize you. But my sympathy and heathen prayers for...
... Indeed, Shyrley, you have a tough job there. But she may surprise you, as my daughter, Erika, did. When she was not showing any signs of walking at age...
... she is ... BIG truth there. Every kid is a one-off production model. The thing is to try different things, with persistence and a sense of humor until...
Thank you, Steve. You said everything I should have, but did not have the parental experience to do so. Working with CP kids was perhaps the most inspiring...
My Step Father tried my Follis a couple of times. Each attempt resulted in a bent front wheel and an over the bar incident. My Mom never rode a bike that I...
In a message dated 4/1/2004 11:17:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Thanks for that. I spend each day up and down. When Celyn was born the docs said she would...
Oh dear, Democracy = equal and fair treatment for all, not always the first Mytilene debate ... And it also requires a good helping of the Golden Rule. And...
... This goes to this cycling being a "physical culture" business. There is a local guy who has some kind of neuro-muscular disease. Can't walk, can't drive,...
In a message dated 4/1/2004 7:16:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... A Y shaped tiller (picture an old fashioned NYC subway overhead strap) woul work for...
... My parents grew up in the Netherlands, where bicycle is much more part of basic transportation network (*). For example, one grandmother rode her bicycle...
Following is a pointer to one of the better articles I've seen related to bicycling advocacy: http://danenet.wicip.org/bcp/dilemma.html At risk of inciting a...
My hubby has been cycle-commuting for 6 weeks now but his bike's brakes have been worn to a nubbin. Seems a bit odd as I used that bike on and off for 3 years...
... Geez, I go through brake pads about every 6 months or so. I'll say that hills do make a difference. While Ann Arbor isn't that hilly, there are are a lot...
Hello sblingle@..., In reference to your comment: è When I go to get new brakes should I unscrew the è whole brake block? Or do I just buy replacments...
From: <sblingle@...> ... have ... 3 ... North VA. ... Hills, but also road condition make a difference on brake wear. I have adopted Sheldon Brown's...
Another thanks to the moderators along, with my suggestions for the list. I agree that any "flame wars" or posts with gratuitous insults (characterizing anyone...
... One of my earliest memories is riding in the front basket of my mother's bike. She would line the basket with a towel, and off we'd go. I had to be...
My dad rode a bike. I now ride bikes with my 6 children. I have a trailer and a trainer type of a attachmentment for preschool age children. So I have myself...
My Mom bicycled everywhere when I was a kid. She would put me on the old backseat(bar) and take me grocery shopping. This must have given me a lifelong love of...
