RE: [CR]"Heft on Wheels" by M. Magnuson - Classic Content

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "Roman Stankus" <rstankus@mindspring.com>
To: <stevens@veloworks.com>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]"Heft on Wheels" by M. Magnuson - Classic Content
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:36:25 -0500
In-Reply-To: <20050311175212.M80844@veloworks.com>
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Steven,

Do you get a cut from Amazon for every cycling related book they sell?

Roman Stankus Atlanta, Ga.

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Steven L. Sheffield Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:52 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR]"Heft on Wheels" by M. Magnuson - Classic Content

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:06:36 -0500, Bianca Pratorius wrote
> I love this new book "Heft on Wheels" by Mr. Mike Magnuson.

Hardcover version available new from Amazon.com for $15.64. New and used copies available for a bit less less from third-party vendors:

http://tinyurl.com/3mjwv


> It
> inspires me in a way that no account of Merckx nor certainly drugged
> up moderns like Armstrong can. I will never be the fastest in the
> world but for a couple of hours, I can be the damn fast on the east
> leg of the Key Biscayne ride. This book tells the story of a 275 lb
> man who challenges himself to in one year become damn fast, and drop
> his weight down to 175, all while fighting alcoholism and a smoking
> addiction. Now to the classic content:
>
> In the book, a true story set in Illinois, there is a bike shop
> called Carbondale Cycle. The manager is "Saki" the Thai rider who
> inspires all around him and allows many to watch classic videos and
> borrow tools from the shop. Also described is Geoff of Geoff and
> Christina fame. They ride a tandem and Saki allows Geoff to bring
> "his assortment of thirty year old friction shifting Italian bikes"
> and fix them using Saki's tools and stand. Does anyone have
> familiarity with Carbondale Cycle, Geoff or his assortment of thirty
> year old Italian bikes"? I am half way through the book, can't put
> it down (except for food, morning ride and essential time with my
> wife and child), so of course I would recommend it to all, even the
> slender tea-tottlers among us, which is a category I guess I fit
> in..... However, we all have our personal demons.
>
> Garth Libre in Miami Fl.
>
> _______________________________________________

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