on 1/24/09 6:54 AM, Todd Olsen at todd_ol...@comcast.net wrote:

> http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/rr38_pg47lg.jpg
> 
> and since there is no author credit, I assume they were written by
> Grant Petersen.  Is that correct?

Early on in the A. Homer Hilsen announcement, there was a separate site (now
static/defunct) for just that bicycle. There was a request for poems, songs
and stories about the bicycle.  I'm pretty sure "A Life.." was GP authored,
but there were many others - (via Internet Wayback Machine)

http://tinyurl.com/cm42vh

> 
> So, is the name just a name, or is it connected with something before
> the bicyle.

Name derivation is described here (and I think some other places, but this
gives an idea of how they decided upon it.) -
http://www.cyclofiend.com/Images/rbw/rr38_pg44lg.jpg

- Jim

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