50 Years Ago: October 1970 in Bicycling! magazine
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50 Years Ago: October 1970 in Bicycling! magazine
Included articles are:
"Cycling As I Live It (Part 6)", the final installment of the author's cycling trip across Canada.
Parts 1-3 were first posted here: 50 Years Ago: July 1970 in Bicycling! magazine
Part 4 was posted here: 50 Years Ago: August 1970 in Bicycling! magazine
Part 5 was posted here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html
"Featherweight Food for the Cycle Camper" Remember, this is 1970.
"Long Cranks Revisited" (including attachment of or links to all other referenced prior articles about crank length in American Cycling or Bicycling!)
As usual, let me know if you'd like to see something else listed in the ToC and I'll add it in a reply to this post or send you a pdf.
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Before reading Long Cranks Revisited, you might want to review all of the articles written about crank length in American Cycling and Bicycling!
Or not.
Your call.
American Cycling Sep 1967 "What Length Cranks? (pdf attached)
Bicycling! May 1969 "Crank Length" (pdf attached)
Bicycling Aug 1969 "The Long Crank" (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html)
Bicycling May 1970 "Introduction: Crank Length Controversy" (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html)
"Cycling As I Live It (Part 6)", the final installment of the author's cycling trip across Canada.
Parts 1-3 were first posted here: 50 Years Ago: July 1970 in Bicycling! magazine
Part 4 was posted here: 50 Years Ago: August 1970 in Bicycling! magazine
Part 5 was posted here: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html
"Featherweight Food for the Cycle Camper" Remember, this is 1970.
"Long Cranks Revisited" (including attachment of or links to all other referenced prior articles about crank length in American Cycling or Bicycling!)
As usual, let me know if you'd like to see something else listed in the ToC and I'll add it in a reply to this post or send you a pdf.
If the latter, just send me a PM that includes your email address.
Before reading Long Cranks Revisited, you might want to review all of the articles written about crank length in American Cycling and Bicycling!
Or not.
Your call.
American Cycling Sep 1967 "What Length Cranks? (pdf attached)
Bicycling! May 1969 "Crank Length" (pdf attached)
Bicycling Aug 1969 "The Long Crank" (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html)
Bicycling May 1970 "Introduction: Crank Length Controversy" (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-magazine.html)
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Of course, I'd be a fool not to at least entertain an unreasonably high offer.
I try to do the 50 Years Ago posts on the first weekend of each month, so pages from Bicycling! Dec 1970 will be posted this coming weekend.
Let me know if there's something in that issue that is of special interest and I can post it or send you a pdf copy.
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And the contributions (opinions, photos, experiences, etc) from other members to these posts make them even better!
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Camping gear has come a ling way it was fun to read Cycling as I live it Part 6. In 1970 there were no good air mattress options and the best tent recommended is a lightweight tarp. Half cotton/wool socks are the best option of the time. An ammonia gun for dogs? Cutter is still the best bug spray. No mention of "technical" clothing just t-shirt and sweatshirt but a baseball jersey is a great in-between he says. Besides that all the advice holds true and was a good article to contemplate bike camping.
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I like that the article on featherweight foods has a pic of it being prepared with a cast-iron skillet!
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Many thanks for posting these. I really enjoy them. I do not remember reading the original issue of this but reading now is nostalgically great!
The summer of 1970 is one of the times I was out riding around in the Catskill Mountains of New York State bike camping.
I had no money to even think about staying in a hotel as the author suggests as a good idea. I bathed in a river or in a stream and called it good.
The discussion of camping gear was also interesting to me. 1970 was the cusp of a new era in gear. Just a year later, the light weight camping gear options exploded on the scene rendering my canvas Boy Scout tent obsolete. I still have the nylon tent I bought to replace it.
The author also recommends down bags but I learned NOT to use those - artificial fillers keep you warm even when wet, down does not. Both are better than any heavy canvas & cotton bag - the type I started with.
Those expeditions were a true "life experience". I am sooo very glad I did it.
The summer of 1970 is one of the times I was out riding around in the Catskill Mountains of New York State bike camping.
I had no money to even think about staying in a hotel as the author suggests as a good idea. I bathed in a river or in a stream and called it good.
The discussion of camping gear was also interesting to me. 1970 was the cusp of a new era in gear. Just a year later, the light weight camping gear options exploded on the scene rendering my canvas Boy Scout tent obsolete. I still have the nylon tent I bought to replace it.
The author also recommends down bags but I learned NOT to use those - artificial fillers keep you warm even when wet, down does not. Both are better than any heavy canvas & cotton bag - the type I started with.
Those expeditions were a true "life experience". I am sooo very glad I did it.
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Ty man. What an inspiring read.
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I was starting my junior year at UCLA, daily bicycle commuter and active member of the Earth Action Council, which promoted cycling for transportation. I was still riding my 1962 Bianchi Corsa, as well as an old English Armstrong 3-speed with the 3x4 hybrid transmission conversion. The 1971 Nishiki Competition and repurposing of the Bianchi for my girlfriend (now wife) would come about 6 months later.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069