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Meeting cyclists via Usenet?
Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face
after first encountering each other on Usenet? After a recent invitation ("If you're ever in the neighborhood...") I started thinking. I've actually met at least four cyclists via this route. I've ridden with two of the four, and one couple graciously took me and my family into their home on a recent bike tour. I've had a couple near misses, too - one guy was out of his far-distant town when I passed through (or alternately, knew enough to not answer the phone! ;-) And sadly, Ken Kifer never had a chance to accept our invitation here, although he'd planned to. Is this common? -- Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"] |
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"frkrygow" wrote in message
... Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? Common? Heck no. Has it happened to me? Well, I've met Dane. He goes the other way from me, so we usually pass like strangers in the night. I wouldn't ride with him if we were going the same direction -- he's too fast for me. There's a guy whose posts I've read a lot of on the local bike commuter board who I met. As it turns out, we share 2/3s of the same route, so if we actually are riding at the same time, we end up riding together. Dale Lally very kindly lent me a bike and took me around Ft. Lauderdale two years ago when I happened to be in Florida for a conference. That was really nice of him. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com Home of the meditative cyclist: http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm Books just wanna be FREE! See what I mean at: http://bookcrossing.com/friend/Cpetersky My bookshelf: http://www.bookcrossing.com/mybookshelf/Cpetersky "To forgive is to set the prisoner free and then discover the prisoner was you." |
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frkrygow wrote: Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? I believe you and I discussed cycling advocacy issues via email before we met at an Ohio Bicycle Federation meeting several years ago. I suppose we read each other's postings first. After learning about the new bill introduced into the Ohio Senate recently, we may pick up where we left off last time. I have made first acquaintance with several of my cycling buddies when they enrolled in my LAB Road-1 cycling classes over the years. G. Renkes |
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On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:54:27 -0500, frkrygow wrote:
Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? Yeah -- I*met "Mike Yankee" after having gotten to know him here. -- David L. Johnson __o | A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems. _`\(,_ | -- Paul Erdos (_)/ (_) | |
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Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:54:27 -0500, ,
"frkrygow" wrote: Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? I've met three. One fluke, two arranged. -- zk |
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frkrygow" "frkrygow wrote:
Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? Probably fairly common to meet one or two people. When I was exclusively a mountain biker, I met quite a few members of AM-B, and still see some of them quite often. Bill "haven't taken a road trip to do a road RIDE yet" S. |
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Zoot Katz wrote in
: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 20:54:27 -0500, , "frkrygow" wrote: Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? I've met three. One fluke, two arranged. Don't forget you avoided me (crowd at the Gastown GP my ass). |
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frkrygow" "frkrygow wrote:
Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? After a recent invitation ("If you're ever in the neighborhood...") I started thinking. I've actually met at least four cyclists via this route. I've ridden with two of the four, and one couple graciously took me and my family into their home on a recent bike tour. I've had a couple near misses, too - one guy was out of his far-distant town when I passed through (or alternately, knew enough to not answer the phone! ;-) And sadly, Ken Kifer never had a chance to accept our invitation here, although he'd planned to. Is this common? I've met three or four people through this newsgroup, and ridden with a couple when they were in town -- one from England. (Hi Phil!) I've also met people in other ways, and heard, "so *you're*..." I'm always glad to meet more. So if anyone's in southwest VA... Matt O. |
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In article , "frkrygow"
says... Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? After a recent invitation ("If you're ever in the neighborhood...") I started thinking. I've actually met at least four cyclists via this route. I've ridden with two of the four, and one couple graciously took me and my family into their home on a recent bike tour. I've had a couple near misses, too - one guy was out of his far-distant town when I passed through (or alternately, knew enough to not answer the phone! ;-) And sadly, Ken Kifer never had a chance to accept our invitation here, although he'd planned to. Is this common? I doubt it's exactly "common", but I know from personal experience that it happens. I was looking for some to ride with for a long (new personal longest, actually) ride, and did so. -- Dave Kerber Fight spam: remove the ns_ from the return address before replying! REAL programmers write self-modifying code. |
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In rec.bicycles.misc Claire Petersky wrote:
Just out of curiosity - is it common for cyclists to meet face to face after first encountering each other on Usenet? Well, I've met Dane. He goes the other way from me, so we usually pass like strangers in the night. I wouldn't ride with him if we were going the same direction -- he's too fast for me. Awww, I'd slow down for you Claire. Well, at least occasionally. I ran into Chalo at Bikeworks. He was teaching the class on wheelbuilding. What tipped me off was him talking about Jobst Brandt's book "The Bicycle Wheel" and describing him as a curmudgeonly engineer [1]. I figured out from that that he was a rb.tech reader. Which reminds me, I need to get around to finishing that front wheel I have three quarters finished. [1] I think I'm remembering the phrase correctly. -- Dane Jackson - z u v e m b i @ u n i x b i g o t s . o r g "Every morning, I get up and look through the 'Forbes' list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work" -- Robert Orben |
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