Mike and Jan, It's a great day when you find out that your wishes had already been granted.
Thanks, ...Roy :) On Apr 6, 10:19 am, jan_heine <hein...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > My suggestion would be that BQ articles on new bikes and > > equipment have an associated online archive of color photos. > > The online full-color archives already exists: > > http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/biketests.html(test bikes) > > and > > http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/image-archive.html(classic bikes) > > Regarding the question of paper vs. electronic, most of us spend > enough time looking at a screen. Sitting on the sofa with my children > and reading a paper book or magazine is truly quality time. Beyond > that, much of the research in Bicycle Quarterly hopefully will endure > the ages. And for that, paper is invaluable. Web sites come and go, > discs become illegible, but paper endures. If Velocio hadn't printed > Le Cycliste on paper, we wouldn't know much about the early days of > cyclotouring. And Rebour's wonderful drawings would be long-lost if > they hadn't been printed on paper. I recently found an article that > described how the "low-trail" geometries were developed... finally > answering some of the questions I've had for years. My take is that if > it's something you plan to keep, and if it's important, paper is > good. If it's read once and then discarded, electronic is better. > > Compared to all the paper you get in the mail every year, four issues > of Bicycle Quarterly don't make a huge impact. We use a local printer > and recycled paper, and most of the magazines are carried to the post > office by bike, so we are actively reducing our environmental impact. > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > 2116 Western Ave. > Seattle WA 98121http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
