From: iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu (Mike Iglesias)
Subject: Weekly informational posting for Rec.Bicycles
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Date: 27 Jul 92 20:12:00 GMT

Weekly Posting for Rec.Bicycles
Last updated July 27, 1992


*** This is a new posting.  I'd like to keep it short, but if you
have any suggestions for additions to it, please email them to me.


This is the weekly posting to Rec.Bicycles.  In it, you will find
information on how to get a copy of the FAQ (in case you missed it
when it was posted to rec.bicycles/news.answers) and some tips on
nettiquette when posting articles to rec.bicycles. 

*** There is a Call For Votes in progress for splitting up rec.bicycles.  See
cfv.ann in the archives on draco for more information.


Mike Iglesias
iglesias@draco.acs.uci.edu


Nettiquette

Here are some tips to remember when posting to rec.bicycles:

  * Check your line lengths.  Most readers use 80 column terminals, and 
    articles with longer line lengths are hard to read.  72 characters per
    line is a good length, since it allows others to quote you without
    running over 80 characters.
 
  * Trim down your quotes.  Delete parts of the article that you are not
    responding to.  Less to read from previous posts is better.  And please
    don't include the signature of the article you are responding to.

  * If you are asking a basic question, please check the FAQ first.  If the
    FAQ is has expired on your system, see the "Archives" section below
    for information on how to get a copy.

  * If someone posts a question about something that was resolved recently,
    please answer the poster via email.  Rehashing something that was just
    discussed is a waste of bandwidth unless you have something new to add.


Archives

I've made available via anonymous ftp a copy of the current FAQ and a
few other items on draco.acs.uci.edu (128.200.34.12).  This is the
workstation on my desk, so I'd appreciate it if people would restrict
their use to 7pm-7am Pacific time.  The files are in pub/rec.bicycles.

For those without Internet access, you can use the ftpmail server at
gatekeeper.dec.com to get copies of the items there.  I really don't
have time to email copies of files to people who can't get at them
easily.  To use the FTP server, send an email message containing the
line

help

in the body of the message to ftpmail@gatekeeper.dec.com.  You'll get
a help file back from the FTP server with more information on how to
use it. 

Here's what's available at this time:

                README for Rec.Bicycles Anonymous FTP area

bike.lockers	David H. Wolfskill's (david@dhw68k.cts.com) summary of
		bike locker vendors.

bike.painting   Sam Henry's (shenry@rice.edu) collection of articles on
		how to paint a bike.

bike_power.*    Ken Roberts program to calculate power output and power
		consumption.  See bike_power.doc for more info.

biking_log.hqx	Phil Etheridge's (phil@massey.ac.nz) hypercard stack
		riding diary.  It keeps track of dates, distance, time,
		average speed, etc., and keeps running weekly, monthly,
		and yearly totals.

cfv.ann		The Call For Votes announcement for splitting up rec.bicycles.

competitive.nutrition
		Roger Marquis' (marquis@well.uucp) article from the
		Feb 91 Velo News on nutrition and cycling.

faq.*		The current Frequently Asked Questions posting

lights		Tom Reingold's (tr@samadams.princeton.edu) collection of 
		articles on bike lights.

pbp.info	Pamela Wybieracki's (pwybiera@keps.kodak.com) information 
		on her Paris-Brest-Paris ride.

pictures	Bicycling gif pictures.

spike.bike	Bob Fishell's (spike@cbnewsd.att.com) Spike Bike series.  
		They are numbered in the order that Bob posted them to
		rec.bicycles.  All the Spike Bike stories are 
		"Copyright 1989 by Robert Fishell, all rights reserved."

split.ann	The Earnest/Hildenbrand proposal to split rec.bicycles.

spokelen11.bas	Roger Marquis' (marquis@well.uucp) spoke length 
		calculator, written in Microsoft Quickbasic.

spokelen.c	Andy Tucker's (tucker@Neon.Stanford.EDU) port of 
		Roger Marquis' spokelen11.bas to C.

studded.tires	Nancy Piltch's (piltch@ariel.lerc.nasa.gov) compilation
		of messages on studded tires, including how to make your
		own.

tandem.boxes	Arnie Berger's (arnie@hp-lsd.cos.hp.com) notes on how
		he built a box to transport his tandem to Europe and
		back.  It's taken from a longer travelogue on his trip - if
		you want more information, contact him at the above
		address.

trailers	A summary posting of messages about bike trailers.  Good
		stuff if you're thinking of buying a trailer.

wheels.*.hqx    R. Scott Truesdell's (truesdel@ics.uci.edu) Hypercard
		stack to calculate spoke lengths.  See wheels.readme
		for more info.

wintertips	Pete Hickey's (pete@panda1.uottawa.ca) notes about
		how to cycle in the winter.