40 Years Ago: April 1982 in Bicycling magazine
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40 Years Ago: April 1982 in Bicycling magazine
Articles/Columns included in this post are:
"Weight -- Where to Hang It"
Technical Q & A
The Open Road
The following articles in this issue were posted previously:
Component Review: The SunTour AG (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...ar-system.html)
Road Test: "Comfort in Aluminum" -- MOTOBECANE Prolight (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-prolight.html)
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"Weight -- Where to Hang It"
Technical Q & A
The Open Road
The following articles in this issue were posted previously:
Component Review: The SunTour AG (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...ar-system.html)
Road Test: "Comfort in Aluminum" -- MOTOBECANE Prolight (https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...-prolight.html)
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Just reply to this post or send me a PM and I'll send you a pdf of your requested article or insert it in a separate post to this thread.
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Bonus Article "National Cyclocross Championship 1981"...because I know someone will ask for it. 
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I think I was in Cherry Point going through A-4 armament school having just been stationed at MCAS Yuma with VMAT-102.
Love the advertisements but do I spy a typo or two here?
Colnaga? Ohmo?
Love the advertisements but do I spy a typo or two here?
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I love the Blackburn article on bag placement for touring. That was an important article BITD which helped Jim Blackburn sell a lot of lowrider racks. The shop I worked in had an ad put out by Blackburn of the different positions for touring bags placed prominently in the shop to talk to customers about their options.
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fortunately, almost no one else will care.
I didn't know you spent time at Yuma, or had been in the Corps.
I was in the 102 avionics shop from '78 to '81. I was known to ride my Raleigh Gran Sport down to the squadron from the barracks... or to the ready room, when I had ready room watch duty.
I imagine that working on bikes as a teen provided useful skills for working on aircraft. I'm certain that the troubleshooting skills I learned when fixing aircraft electronics were very useful later when working as an engineer.
I had a few bike riding buddies on base too. That was when I got my first bike shorts, cleated bike shoes, and learned to ride in a pace line.
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warning... major thread drift ahead!
fortunately, almost no one else will care.
I didn't know you spent time at Yuma, or had been in the Corps.
I was in the 102 avionics shop from '78 to '81. I was known to ride my Raleigh Gran Sport down to the squadron from the barracks... or to the ready room, when I had ready room watch duty.
I imagine that working on bikes as a teen provided useful skills for working on aircraft. I'm certain that the troubleshooting skills I learned when fixing aircraft electronics were very useful later when working as an engineer.
I had a few bike riding buddies on base too. That was when I got my first bike shorts, cleated bike shoes, and learned to ride in a pace line.
Steve in Peoria
fortunately, almost no one else will care.
I didn't know you spent time at Yuma, or had been in the Corps.
I was in the 102 avionics shop from '78 to '81. I was known to ride my Raleigh Gran Sport down to the squadron from the barracks... or to the ready room, when I had ready room watch duty.
I imagine that working on bikes as a teen provided useful skills for working on aircraft. I'm certain that the troubleshooting skills I learned when fixing aircraft electronics were very useful later when working as an engineer.
I had a few bike riding buddies on base too. That was when I got my first bike shorts, cleated bike shoes, and learned to ride in a pace line.
Steve in Peoria
I wasn’t really into bikes then so I did lots of walking. I spent a lot of long creepy nights in that ready room. It was hot and we worked our butts off but I think it was some of best years of my life. I banged my head on those Aero 20B bomb racks a lot too
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Great post. I think the "Who Builds these Bikes Anyway" article mentioned on the cover would be interesting if you could post it. Thanks
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But based on the question on the cover, this article is the most likely one.
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Thank you. I think you are right about this being the correct article relating to the cover blurb.
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