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01-08-21, 01:19 PM
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01-08-21, 01:40 PM
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01-08-21, 02:14 PM
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Excerpt:
"TO THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI" September 21
... We were taken downtown to the Sports Federation building to pick up our rental bikes, and those with their own had them ready to ride. The Sports Federation is sort of like the government's Ministry of Sports, and it was they who organized our tour, our interpreters and guides, our logistics, and our rental bikes. It was typically bureaucratic as every city and province was under the control of its own local Sports Federation, thus every time we changed locale, we changed interpreters, transportation, and bicycles. Thus I ended up using about five different bikes during the course of the tour...
01-08-21, 02:17 PM
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Excerpt:
"TO THE STREETS OF SHANGHAI" September 21
... We were taken downtown to the Sports Federation building to pick up our rental bikes, and those with their own had them ready to ride. The Sports Federation is sort of like the government's Ministry of Sports, and it was they who organized our tour, our interpreters and guides, our logistics, and our rental bikes. It was typically bureaucratic as every city and province was under the control of its own local Sports Federation, thus every time we changed locale, we changed interpreters, transportation, and bicycles. Thus I ended up using about five different bikes during the course of the tour...thanks for sharing
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01-08-21, 03:59 PM
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I guess the bike was made in China.
01-08-21, 04:20 PM
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01-08-21, 04:47 PM
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01-08-21, 04:51 PM
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Here you go, a whole bunch of celebrities on bikes all in the same film. This movie has me peeing my pants every time I watch it and kudos to LA for seeing the humour in himself.
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01-08-21, 04:55 PM
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I have some stories. I worked his detail for 7 years. It was a good gig. I went all over the US, The White House, US Capitol, Japan, UK, Mexico, Canada, Germany to name a few. Always something going whether it was official business or private time. It was a 24/7.
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01-08-21, 07:33 PM
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Here you go, a whole bunch of celebrities on bikes all in the same film. This movie has me peeing my pants every time I watch it and kudos to LA for seeing the humour in himself.
https://youtu.be/jd77fHyD-BM
https://youtu.be/jd77fHyD-BM
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01-08-21, 07:41 PM
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Ah man, look me up if you're ever in Toronto and I'll buy you a few beers! Post COVID 19
01-08-21, 08:09 PM
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It's funny where a random comment, photo or web link seen on the internet will end up leading me. The Neil Peart photo above led me to reading online the first three chapters of his first travel memoir, here:
The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa
Here he is in Cameroon in 1988.
This is almost wholly a portrait of the people and places of West Africa. There's very little talk of music or cycling. But, when he does speak of these two things, it's sorta funny how differently he treats them in these chapters. He's very careful about his words when discussing the riding, often using quotes around terminology. But he does the opposite in regard to music, not at all worried his reader knows what he's talking about when using musical jargon.
He is fascinating.
The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa
Here he is in Cameroon in 1988.
This is almost wholly a portrait of the people and places of West Africa. There's very little talk of music or cycling. But, when he does speak of these two things, it's sorta funny how differently he treats them in these chapters. He's very careful about his words when discussing the riding, often using quotes around terminology. But he does the opposite in regard to music, not at all worried his reader knows what he's talking about when using musical jargon.
He is fascinating.
01-08-21, 08:43 PM
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i think so, too. he had such a grasp on his imagination and ...uh...freewill
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01-10-21, 02:13 AM
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I would encourage anyone that is a fan of Neil to read his book Ghost Rider, especially if motorcycles are also in your wheelhouse. 
01-12-21, 06:27 PM
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Celebs crew a triplet
Palm Springs, California 1941
Captain: Jinx Falkenburg
First stoker: Jack Benny
Second stoker: Debbie Diggs
Coach: Charles Farrell
note that they look to have ridden to the shoot on their trikes
bonus points for readers who can make out the messages on Mr. Benny's lapels...
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Celebs crew a triplet
Palm Springs, California 1941
Captain: Jinx Falkenburg
First stoker: Jack Benny
Second stoker: Debbie Diggs
Coach: Charles Farrell
note that they look to have ridden to the shoot on their trikes
bonus points for readers who can make out the messages on Mr. Benny's lapels...
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03-02-21, 08:00 AM
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03-02-21, 10:18 AM
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You guys wouldn't know this, but I'm an artist for a living. I specialize in retro pop art, mostly portrait kind of stuff. This thread gave me a little inspiration to do a cycle related piece.
Rita Hayworth, 38" X 48" Acrylic and Epoxy resin on masonite.
Rita Hayworth, 38" X 48" Acrylic and Epoxy resin on masonite.
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