That's the group I remember; I think the magazine was more interesting back then.
On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 8:42 AM, Bernie Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > I was a little known member of the Bicycling Magazine editorial health > board from 1987 to 2001. Ed Pavelka, Fred Matheny, Dr. Ed Burke and the > entirety of the editorial health board were summarily dismissed at the same > time. > > Dr Bernie Burton > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:59 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The editor I have in mind was quite a bit after DeLong and Bertoe; this >> man was part of the team through the '90s, and among other entries I recall >> his account of a record breaking - personal or absolute - ride through the >> up and down terrain of Pennsylvania. He later had a blog, but I forget his >> name -- aggressive roadie type, but interesting to read while, at the same >> time, sneering smugly at his racer puritanism. A big man with curly hair, >> IIRC -- which, given my weakness for remembering names, may not count for >> much. >> >> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 8:44 PM, George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "... Of course, one reason I dumped Bicycling is that most of its >>> writing was pretty dull, after they dumped their editors -- Bill >>> Strickland, the aging, raging roadie whose name I forget, and others in the >>> annum horribilem 2 decades or so ago ..." >>> >>> I used to subscribe for a number or years back in the mid-70's, too, and >>> the tech editor I remember was Fred DeLong. Not sure if that's who you're >>> thinking of. I will say this about mags like Bicycling - special interest >>> periodicals tend to regurgitate the same old stuff in a cyclical fashion >>> because how much can you talk about something in a niche, narrow scope >>> without exhausting the material, doesn't matter if it's golf, fishing, >>> archery, etc. So, they tend to pick up new, unfamiliar readers on the >>> front end and gradually drop the more experienced ones off the back. It's >>> a tough business and the new, fresh break throughs are few and far >>> between. Which is probably why they went along with the latest and >>> greatest when all the aluminum, titanium, and CF stuff came along. But the >>> great thing about the old, old Bicycling was people like Fred and his >>> always innovative ways of viewing something, including clever maintenance >>> and repairs. >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
