Boneshaker: A Bicycling Almanac

by Evan P. Schneider (Editor), Benjamin Michael Solomon (Contributor), John Forester (Contributor)

[Table of Features BA 42-100]

6 Record of the Cyclist
{to be completed upon acquisition and enlistment}

7 Preface: The Cold Hard Ride
{a note from the Editors}

12 Yeoman on the Front Lines: A Commuter's Daily Diary
{trials and joys of his daily ride by Mr. Benjamin Solomon}

24 PDX Bike Militia on Spinning in Solitude and Saving the Unicorns
{a three month long electronic dialogue with Wildebeest Collective}

32 Commuter's Essential Toolbox
{Mr. Michael Matson's list of necessary gadgets and goop}

37 An Open Energy Equation
{Mr. Arthur Worth's bicycling mathematics, up for discussion}

48 Baguette Straps and Truck Canvas
{a look at the bandercrafted messenger bags of or Ms. Lynn Johnson}

53 An Organic Bicycle Farm
{hermit Mr. Jason Shelman's bike shed shenanigans}

62 Get On and Stay On
{function guru and fashion expert Ms. Rachael Spiewak}

65 Rambler
{some letters about bicycling by Mr. Evan P. Schneider}

74 Moving Forward
{where we go and why phrased by Ms. Shea-la Finch}

75 Making Bikes People Want to Ride: Q&A with the King of the Ant Colony
{poignant answers to cycling questions by Mr. Mike Flanigan}

83 Cyclist Inferiority
{a psychological manifesto by cyclin advocate Mr. John Forester}

87 Review: Bicycling Corps: America's Black Army on Wheels
{a PBS documentary taken to task by Ms. Mary Richardson}

91 Miscellany: An unpublished letter to Bicycling and a Craigslist posting

“Every one must have observed the strange language current during the late discussions as to the possible failure of our supplies of coal. Our coal, thousands of people were saying, is the real basis of our national greatness; if our coal runs short, there is an end of the greatness...But what is greatness? — culture makes us ask. Greatness is a spiritual condition...and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration.” ~Matthew Arnold, from Culture and Anarchy, 1869

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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.