README for Rec.Bicycles Anonymous FTP area

arnie.light
Arnie Berger's (arnie.berger@amd.com) "Ultimate bike light"

bike_gear.sea.hqx
Lawrence Hare's (ldh@duck.svl.cdc.com) copy of a Hypercard stack to calculate gearing. Lawrence says there is a newer version on major bbs systems.

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.c
bike_power.doc
Ken Roberts program to calculate power output and power consumption. See bike_power.doc for more info. updated by Mark Grennan (markg@okcforum.oknorm.edu)

biking_log.doc
biking_log.readme
biking_log.sea.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. See biking_log.read_me for more information.

CA-veh-code
A directory containing the California vehicle code sections that pertain to bicycles and gopher bookmarks. See the README in that directory for more information.

camera.tour
Vivian Aldridge's (viviana@tamri.com) collection of articles on cameras to take on a bike tour.

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

computer.calibrate
computer.install
Sheldon Brown's (CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com) universal bike computer calibration chart and installation suggestions. These are better than the ones in the archive.

cyclesense
Larry Watanabe's (watanabe@asimov.cs.uiuc.edu) copy of the "Cycle Sense for Motorists" ready to run thru LaTeX.

faq
The current Frequently Asked Questions posting

first.century
Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) tips on training for your first century ride.

frame.build
Terry Zmrhal's (terryz@microsoft.com) writeup of a frame building class he took.

gear.c
Larry Watanabe's (watanabe@asimov.cs.uiuc.edu) program to print gear inch tables.

glossary
Alan Bloom's (alanb@sr.hp.com) glossary of bicycle terms.

lab.info
Erin O'Brien's (bikeleague@aol.com) article on the League of American Bicyclists.

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

lights2
More articles from rec.bicycles.* on lights.

mtb.faq
Vince Cheng's (vccheng@gpu5.srv.ualberta.ca) MTB FAQ.

pam.bmb92
pam.bmb94
Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) report on her Boston-Montreal-Boston rides.

pam.pactour93
pam.pactour94
Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) writeup of her PAC tours across the country.

pbp.info
Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) information on her Paris-Brest-Paris ride.

pictures
Bicycling gif and jpeg pictures. You're on your own here as there are few if any descriptions of the files here.

prof.sched
Roland Stahl's (stahl@ipi.uni-hannover.de) list of scheduled professional races in many countries.

pwm.regulator
Willie Hunt's (willie@cs.indiana.edu) design notes on a pulse width modulated voltage regulator. Originally designed for caving, this design is adaptable to bike lighting. The author has parts available in kit form.

ride.index
Chris Hull's/Bill Bushnell's (bushnell@lmsc.lockheed.com) explanation of a way to "index" rides and compare the difficulty of different rides.

ridelg22.exe
ridelg22readme
Found on AOL by Gary Thurman (thurmag@csos.orst.edu), a ride diary program. The .exe file a self-extracting archive for PCs.

spike.bike0
spike1.bike1
spike2.bike2
spike3.bike3
spike4.bike4
spike5.bike5
spike6.bike6
spike7.bike7
spike8.bike8
spike9.bike9
spikes.bike
Bob Fishell's (fish@ih4ess.ih.lucent.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."

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.

spokelen.hqx
Eric Topp's topp@roses.stanford.edu's Hypercard stack that computes spoke lengths.

studded.tires
(Name removed by request) compilation of messages on studded tires, including how to make your own.

tandem.boxes
Arnie Berger's (arnie@col.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.

tech.supp.phone
Joshua Putnam's (josh@Happy-Man.com) list of technical support numbers for various manufacturers. This list used to be in the FAQ but now is too long to include there.

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

wheelbuild.txt
Sheldon Brown's (CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com) instructions on how to build a wheel. This is more up-to-date than the one in the ftp archives.

wheels.1.2.docs.hqx
wheels_1.4.1.cpt.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.

wintertips.pam
Pamela Blalock's (pamela@keps.com) winter cycling tips.


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