<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><BR>This months May 2009 Bicycling Magazine is a must buy/read for anyone<BR>who wants to see bicycling promoted as an Alternative form of<BR>Transportation. Topics include:<BR><BR>New Column "WE FIGHT FOR YOUR ROAD RIGHTS" This month covers the issue<BR>of bicyclists going through stop signs and red lights. (A hard pill to swallow, but am still glad<BR>that they use the word FIGHT and not "SMILE AND TURN THE OTHER CHEEK<BR>WHILE YOU GET SCREWED").<BR><BR>"THE BIKE SNOB" A NYC cyclist suggests a conspiracy behind the notion<BR>of May as Bike month (I always thought it should be in January).<BR><BR>THE RE-CYCLER , Joe Six Pack builds over 60 bikes from parts he finds<BR>in recycling bins and gets from his friends/neighbors.<BR><BR>ELECTRIC AVENUE, E-bikes making a comeback, again, (this time because<BR>of Li-polymer batteries not mentioned) and the issue of shared use in<BR>bike lanes is addressed.<BR><BR>JOE MADDON, The baseball coach who took the basement level Tampa Bay<BR>Rays to the World Series did his most creative thinking while on a<BR>bicycle. Look for him on the Charles River paths when he is in Boston.<BR><BR>CASUAL FLYERS, An in depth review (means they actually rode the bikes)<BR>of full blown Euro Style vehicles including an ANT creation and the<BR>Electra Townie Sport 105 which is as close to a recumbant you can get<BR>without looking like your retired.<BR><BR>MYSTERIOUS NOISE, Finally a step by step cure for that squeaking bottom bracket.<BR><BR>In conclusion, I commend Bicycling Magazine for their excellent<BR>editorial picks, devotion to this cause and awareness of many of the<BR>issues involved in making Bicycling as Transportation a reality. All<BR>this and they didn't have to resort to advertising starved females in<BR>Lycra or buxom females straddling a Carbon frame bike to pay for the<BR>talented staff. There's even an automobile advertisement on the back<BR>for Subaru without a photo of a car!<BR></div></body></html>