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From: [e-mail] (Mike Iglesias)
Subject: Weekly posting for Rec.Bicycles.*
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Date: 17 Aug 93 02:08:16 GMT
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Last updated July 5, 1993

Weekly Posting for Rec.Bicycles.*


This is the weekly posting to Rec.Bicycles.*.  In it, you will find
information on how to get a copy of the FAQ (in case you missed it
when it was posted to rec.bicycles.misc/news.answers) and some tips on
nettiquette when posting articles to rec.bicycles.*.


Mike Iglesias
[e-mail]


Posting Guidelines
------------------

The rec.bicycles subgroups are described below - please try to post your
article to the appropriate group.  The newsgroups were designed to minimize
cross posting, so please take the time to think about the most appropriate
newsgroup and post your article there.

Please note that the old rec.bicycles group is no longer valid and should
not be posted to.

rec.bicycles.marketplace: Bicycles, components, ancillary equipment and
services wanted or for sale, reviews of such things, places to buy
them, and evaluations of these sources.  Not for discussion of general
engineering, maintenance, or repair -- see rec.bicycles.tech.

rec.bicycles.tech: Techniques of engineering, construction, maintenance
and repair of bicycles and ancillary equipment.  Not for products or
services offered or wanted -- see rec.bicycles.marketplace.

rec.bicycles.rides: Discussions of tours and training or commuting routes.
Not for disussion of general riding techniques -- see rec.bicycles.misc.

rec.bicycles.soc: Social issues, cycling transportation advocacy, laws,
conduct of riders and drivers; road hazards such as potholes, dogs, and
sociopaths.

rec.bicycles.racing: Race results, racing techniques, rules, and
organizations.  Not racing equipment -- see rec.bicycles.marketplace
or rec.bicycles.tech.

rec.bicycles.misc:  General riding techniques, rider physiology,
injuries and treatment, diets, and other cycling topics.



Nettiquette
-----------

Here are some tips to remember when posting to rec.bicycles.*:

* Check your line lengths.  Most readers use 80 column terminals, and
articles with longer line lengths are hard to read.  72 characters per
line is a good length, since it allows others to quote you without
running over 80 characters.

* Trim down your quotes.  Delete parts of the article that you are not
responding to.  Less to read from previous posts is better.  And please
don't include the signature of the article you are responding to.

* If you are asking a basic question, please check the FAQ first.  If the
FAQ is has expired on your system, see the "Archives" section below
for information on how to get a copy.

* If someone posts a question about something that was resolved recently,
please answer the poster via email.  Rehashing something that was just
discussed is a waste of bandwidth unless you have something new to add.

* Please don't flame someone if their posting should have been restricted
to a certain region (for example, california only).  Most people are not
the news admin on their system, so publicly flaming them does no good.
A nicely worded email message to them that there may be a problem
would allow them to notify their news admin.  Please remember that
it may be some other site somewhere along the line that is leaking
articles out of its region and the poster may not have any way to
solve the problem.

* Along the above lines, please try to restrict your postings to your
site/region/state/whatever.  People in Australia may not want to see
bike-for-sale ads from the U.S., for example.

* Make your subject line informative about the content of your article.

* If you are following up an article to create a new article, please
remember to delete the "References:" line in the header.  This will
help the readers who use a threaded news reader; otherwise your new
topic will be mixed in with an old one.

* Please don't flame others.  We're a somewhat opinionated group, and
there are many diverse personalities here.  This is especially true
in the never-ending helmet wars.

* Speaking of helmet wars, let's try to stay away from them.  Most
everything that could be said pro and con for wearing helmets has
been said at least once in rec.bicycles.  There is some evidence that
wearing a helmet can help prevent head injuries.  There are people that
wear a helmet all the time, people that wear a helmet some of the time,
and people who will never wear one.  Everyone has their own reasons
for their decision, and most will not change it in the middle of a
flaming helmet war.  Questions on types of helmets, what ones are
coolest (temperature and otherwise), etc are always welcome.


Archives

I've made available via anonymous ftp a copy of the current FAQ and a
few other items on draco.acs.uci.edu (128.200.34.12).  This is the
workstation on my desk, so I'd appreciate it if people would restrict
their use to 7pm-7am Pacific time.  The files are in pub/rec.bicycles.

For those without Internet access, you can use the ftpmail server at
gatekeeper.dec.com to get copies of the items there.  I really don't
have time to email copies of files to people who can't get at them
easily.  To use the FTP server, send an email message containing the
line

help

in the body of the message to [e-mail].  You'll get
a help file back from the FTP server with more information on how to
use it.

Here's what's available at this time:

README for Rec.Bicycles Anonymous FTP area

arnie.light    Arnie Berger's ([e-mail]) "Ultimate bike light"

bike.lockers    David H. Wolfskill's ([e-mail]) summary of
bike locker vendors.

bike.painting   Sam Henry's ([e-mail]) collection of articles on
how to paint a bike.

bike_power.*    Ken Roberts program to calculate power output and power
consumption.  See bike_power.doc for more info.
updated by Mark Grennan ([e-mail])

biking_log.*    Phil Etheridge's ([e-mail]) hypercard stack
riding diary.  It keeps track of dates, distance, time,
average speed, etc., and keeps running weekly, monthly,
and yearly totals.  See biking_log.read_me for more
information.

bmb.ride    Pamela Blalock's ([e-mail]) report on her 1992
Boston-Montreal-Boston ride.

competitive.nutrition
Roger Marquis' ([e-mail]) article from the
Feb 91 Velo News on nutrition and cycling.

faq.*        The current Frequently Asked Questions posting

first.century    Pamela Blalock's ([e-mail]) tips on training
for your first century ride.

lights        Tom Reingold's ([e-mail]) collection of
articles on bike lights.

lights2        More articles from rec.bicycles.* on lights.

mtb.buy        Joakim Karlsson's ([e-mail]) article on
buying an entry-level MTB.

pbp.info    Pamela Blalock's ([e-mail]) information



pictures    Bicycling gif pictures.

prof.sched    Roland Stahl's ([e-mail]) list of
scheduled professional races in many countries.

ride.index    Chris Hull's/Bill Bushnell's ([e-mail])
explanation of a way to "index" rides and compare the
difficulty of different rides.

spike.bike    Bob Fishell's ([e-mail]) Spike Bike series.
They are numbered in the order that Bob posted them to
rec.bicycles.  All the Spike Bike stories are
"Copyright 1989 by Robert Fishell, all rights reserved."

spokelen11.bas    Roger Marquis' ([e-mail]) spoke length
calculator, written in Microsoft Quickbasic.

spokelen.c    Andy Tucker's ([e-mail]) port of
Roger Marquis' spokelen11.bas to C.

spokelen.hqx    [e-mail]'s Hypercard stack that computes
spoke lengths.

studded.tires    Nancy Piltch's ([e-mail]) compilation
of messages on studded tires, including how to make your
own.

tandem.boxes    Arnie Berger's ([e-mail]) notes on how
he built a box to transport his tandem to Europe and
back.  It's taken from a longer travelogue on his trip - if
you want more information, contact him at the above
address.

tech.supp.phone Joshua Putnam's ([e-mail]) list of technical
support numbers for various manufacturers.  This list
used to be in the FAQ but now is too long to include there.

trailers    A summary posting of messages about bike trailers.  Good
stuff if you're thinking of buying a trailer.

wheels.*.hqx    R. Scott Truesdell's ([e-mail]) Hypercard
stack to calculate spoke lengths.  See wheels.readme
for more info.

wintertips    Pete Hickey's ([e-mail]) notes about
how to cycle in the winter.

wintertips.pam  Pamela Blalock's ([e-mail]) winter cycling tips.