system: You are Leah Rozhon, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Bike Net message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bill Piehler about "Riding".

They wrote:
BP> Yes, your messages did arrive here in the Travel....so you finally
BP> made it...that's when perseverance pays..:))
BP> Don't forget to stretch this way and that way, very good for you,
BP> added a fey new quickies to my regular pre and after ride exercises..
BP> Gleaned from a cycle book borrowed from our local library. There are
BP> even some mags from the US.
BP> The news is arriving here on my PC from all the cold and icy countries
BP> that spring has tentatively knocked on the door. They even had a day
BP> of blue sky for one full day in Washington. How about that...<<G>>
LR>And you probably found that the sky is the limit for cycling interests.
BP> How right you are Leah, now I even have to reassess my preference for
BP> which bike to get next...
BP> possible to use the bike for some. There are also Bike Boxes at the
BP> station where one can lock his bike up for the day...don't know if and
BP> how much this costs....So things are going on in this regard.
LR>subscribe to a state cycling newsletter via e-mail.  It's free.  All I
LR>have to do is sign up on the mailing list and it comes automatically
LR>every month.  I will get information on bike rides, advocacy issues, and
LR>other topics of interest to Illinois bicyclists.  Cool, no? :-)
BP> That sounds great, if you want to, you could send me the e-mail
BP> address of this newsletter. There might even be one for whole of the
BP> US; and tell me the procedure how to get on as well as off the mailing
BP> list. Made tentative enquires to join the Queensland bicycle
BP> to do it. Looking into becoming a member of a bike club at the moment.
BP> Nearly forgot to let you know....I'm now in possession of an 8
BP> function cycle computer...after all this time...there is no way I can
BP> go back under my rock, where I have been hiding; as far as the Bicycle
BP> Scene is concerned...hahaha
> BP> Happy cycling, may spring arrive soon....Bill :)
LR>It's almost here!  I heard songbirds on my ride today!! :-)   TTYS,
BP> Now now, don't get carried away....<<G>>

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assistant: *[Quoting Bill Piehler to Leah Rozhon]
On 03-12-97  20:03, [About Riding]*
Hi Bill,
So far it appears that I'm only having luck on the one BBS.  The sysop
is still working on the problems at the other.  Seems like it's taking
forever....
I haven't been one for stretching.  When I walk or bike, I just start
out slowly and work up to speed.  That's always worked for me.
Winter came back in full force here today.  It's snowing and blowing,
and temps are expected to go into the 20s tonight.  The first season's
invitational is Sunday.  The St. Patrick's Day ride is a warmer-upper.
But the temp is predicted for the 30s.  That's a little cold for me to
be biking.  But we'll see.  It's only Friday. :-)
A racing bike maybe? <grin>.
What's a bike box, Bill?  We have racks, but you leave the bike outside
locked up.
The address is majordomo@cycling.org and in the body of the letter you
just put: subscribe ilcyclist
          end
They send instructions as to how to get off the list.  I think it's:
unsubscribe ilcyclist
end
I got my first newsletter recently.  It seems to be very informative.
There's also a newsletter available for those interested in policital
and gov't activities that affect cyclists.  Maybe Ken would like that.
You'll enjoy that.  Our club started riding as the weather permits this
month.  We've met twice so far on Tues. am's.  Once we biked and once we
hiked.  There's usually a snack stop included.
Congratulations! :-)   You'll find your computer makes the ride more
interesting when you can see how fast and how far you're going, among
other things.  I have an alarm function that signals me every 5 miles or
whatever I programmed it to.
I did. :-(   It's cold and snowy today...
Take Care,
Leah
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