Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac

by Evan P. Schneider (Editor), Dan DeWeese (Contributor), Mary Richardson (Contributor)

[TABLE OF FEATURES BA 42-500]

8 Record of the Cyclist
{for the enlisted}

9 Preface: Ride Predictions
{a brief note from the editors}

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

15 The Reformation
{Mr. Michael Bazzett peers poetically into the future}

16 Down the Volga and Back Again
{Ms. Sandra Derrick wonders, “riding in Russia?”}

21 Shamefully Homeward
{on the mistakes we all make, by Ms. Judith Edwards}

23 Two Gears Better Than One
{Mr. Marc-Andre Chimonas raises the coffin lid on a long-dead gearing system}

30 Manifest Combustion: Ohio’s Bridge to Nowhere?
{Cleveland writer Mr. Nick Wright wonders what it will take to bridge the gap}

38 At Some Point We Must Have All Had It Right
{yet more wisdom from Ms. Shea’la Finch}

39 Crossing British Columbia by Bicycle
{Jazz Fest in Kaslo? Ms. Katharine Covello will meet you there—on her bike}

50 Nauset
{poet Mr. Rico Moore muses on Massachusetts}

52 Cycling in the Steel City
{a founder of BikePGH explains what it’s like to ride in the Rust Belt}

60 When I Ride My Bike
{9-year-old Miss Echo Selman tells us how it really is}

61 Bicycological Diversity
{Mr. Charlie Malone applies natural selection to bicycle varieties}

66 Spanish Rain
{surviving a deluge in Spain, by Ms. Cristin Kearns Couzens}

68 Bicycles, Women, and the Posters Bearing Them Both
{Dr. Paola Malpezzi Price explains the phenomena of vintage cycling posters}

77 Six
{Mr. Michael Bazzett captures the thrill of a first hill}

78 Bike Snobbery
{Ms. Mary Richardson wonders how BikeSnobNYC’s new book measures up}

86 Bike Piles
{Mr. Keaton Haire takes artistic notice of mounds of bicycles}

89 It’s Just Normal
{a profile of two stellar bike-powered farms, by Ms. Melissa Reeser}

110 A Young Bicycle Thief
{don’t leave your bike unlocked in 1955 or Dr. Rick Price will take it}

114 The Bicycle Face
{an affliction common to bicyclists, as reprinted from 1895}

118 Equal Illumination
{Planet Bike helps L.A. immigrants light their way on bikes}

124 Getting Confident on New Roads
{Ms. Rachael Spiewak concludes her real life riding series with a move}

135 Bicycling and Freedom in American Film
{Breaking Away, in Mr. Dan DeWeese’s estimation, depicts a universal escape}

138 100-word Reviews
{El Duke degreaser and Cordaround bike to work pants}

140 There’s Only One Way to Wiggle
{can someone tell Mr. Matthew Hein how to get to Duboce Street?}

144 Notable Selections at the Oregon Manifest Handmade Bicycle Show
{Boneshaker’s suggested winner and a useful list}

146 The Almanac’s Department of Awesome Oddities
{profiles of Panda’s bamboo bicycles, and the original bike mustache}

“Bicycling is the nearest approximation I know to the flight of birds. The airplane simply carries a man on its back like an obedient Pegasus; it gives him no wings of his own.”
~ Louis J. Helle, Jr., Spring in Washington

160 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.