Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac

by Evan P. Schneider (Editor), Melissa Reeser Poulin (Contributor), Marc-André R. Chimonas (Contributor)

[Table of Features BA 43-100]

7 Record of the Cyclist
{for the enlisted, to be used in the field}

8 Preface: Where, or Who, is Our Guidon?
{a brief note from the editors}

10 Letters to the Editor
{various voices sung near and far}

14 This Two-Wheeled Life
{in the verse of Mr. Jason Crane, there are ways to change your life}

21 Among The Giants
{from deep within the forest, Mr. Marcus Lund feels a tug from home}

29 Small Time Adventures
{Ms. Shea’la Finch urges you to raise your flag and declare an adventure}

30 Smidge & Space Go West
{part 1 of Ms. Maureen Foley’s drawn depiction of a vexing trip}

41 Bikeless
{Ms. Julia Vanderham learns to ride a bike…25 years after everyone else}

47 Almost Trued Pantoum
{Mr. Daniel Hales, at last, has both tires trued}

48 Lost En Route Around The World
{Ms. Alison Krieger finds David V. Herlihy who looks for Frank Lenz in The Lost Cyclist}

55 Dialogue
{“Yes, I rode my bike here,” explains Ms. Nadia Oehlsen, “more than a mile from my home... in the dark. Yes, it is winter.”}

58 Biking in the Bayou
{the fantastic Ms. Kristin Fouquet’s beautiful photo essay of bicycles in New Orleans}

68 Swedish Army Bicycles Hit the Streets of the States
{novelist Mr. Dan DeWeese takes a Kronan into battle and wins}

75 He’s Getting On
{Mr. Jason Hardung interviews James Kaelan about his debut book, We’re Getting On, which he toured by bicycle on the West Coast last summer}

82 Practicing For Victory
{arms raised, but what’s the contest, wonders Mr. Eric Parker}

83 Home And Away
{a Freeman Transport bicycle goes a long, long way, its bicoastal travel journal captured by Mr. Chris Milliman in gorgeous vintage-style photographs}

89 Bike Commuter Betty Is Back!
{our beloved Betty tackles abandoned bikes and riding a fixed gear}

94 Notes On Tim Krabbé’s Classic The Rider
{Tennessee’s own Mr. Kenneth Crockett reconsiders a 1978 masterpiece about European racing}

99 Bicycles + Automobiles + Snow = Pure Philly Poetry
{a delicate truce observed by Mr. Joshua Kleiman when the snow piles deeply}

101 Welcome to Eutaw, Alabama
{Mr. James Maxwell’s hand drawn map of a bike ride to enlightenment}

102 The Kickback Hubs of the 1960s
{the ever-knowledgeable Mr. Marc-Andre Chimonas explains what’s so cool about a nifty two-speed coaster brake hub}

109 Bikeloc
{an interview with Mr. Robert DuBois who biked 4,521 miles across 16 states to capture stories of the local food movement through potlucks}

114 Bicycling And Freedom in American Film: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
{Mr. Brian Park thinks beyond the iconic full moon photo of a boy on a bike in whose basket is carried one homesick alien}

117 Boneshaker’s 200-Word Reviews
{twice as many words as usual for cargo nets and SealLine Urban™ Backpacks}

120 Down The Rabbit Hole
{Mr. Eric Parker knits it up nicely: “Returning to driving has felt like a big step backward.”}

“The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that a Hellenistic Greek might have invented and ridden. It does no violence to our normal reactions: It does not pretend to free us from our normal environment.” ~ J.B. Jackson

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Evan P. Schneider is the author of A Simple Machine, Like the Lever and the founding editor of Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac. He is a graduate of the English departments at Colorado State University and the University of Rhode Island and has received fellowships from KHN Center for the Arts and the Oregon Arts Commission. Born in New Mexico and raised in Colorado, Schneider now lives in the Pacific Northwest.