DC has add space in Dirt Rag... how about that... Big Jonny gone big time eh? ;)
and Reading DC today after the training (having cup of coffee) i hit something i couldn't not get down here...
its about a massive icon in our 'industry'
well not really an industry icon... more of a real live folk hero....
Sheldon Brown.
Very very few cyclists have not heard that name. Few 'net savvy cyclists have not found helpful useful information on his expansive web pages. People use his data to settle arguments, and to prove points.
I'm in admiration of the man. And I am still kicking myself having passed up a chance to ride with him and sit and listen to the guru afterwards. The trade off seemed worth it at the time... now... not so...
Doom and gloom? I dunno, he's going through a lot. As the email to fahkstick (big jonny) said: "We should all send him our thoughts and prayers to get better."
Yes we should. We should indeed.
Links:
http://sheldonbrown.org/journal/health.html
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=267659
speaking of cycling icons
read a bit of MadDog's vacation ramblings... i love what he calls the RVs he shares the campgrounds with...
i see gwadz got his Dirt Rag as well... i'm not wild about that cover art... i mean it could be wicked damn sexy as in HOT... but the portions are all off... and the perspective is messed up... at least with the figure... yeah better than i could do and obviously good enough but... if ya gonna go and imitate the pin-up art... do it right. The best part of pin up art was the portions and the scaling of the figure, yeah exaggerated a touch here and there, but always in scale and pleasing to the eye...
Speaking of pleasing to the eye... look for a stand alone entry...
peace be with you (i like that tag line a bit better than the peace, or peace out... more true... peace needs to be with you, carried by you and shared with others as that phrase connotes)...
-G
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Who is the art director at Dirt Rag now?
"May a piece be with you"
Thats for MIF and the boys.
Gwadz could prolly tell ya off the top of his head...
i had to look it up:
Jeff Guerrero
Even I know who sheldon brown is. I've included info on him and even his website in published articles I've written.
Yeah, ok. The cover art started to go downhill when Maurice turned the job over to someone else.
http://www.dirtragmag.com/gal/covers.php
Notice how around issue 80 they all became computer animated type stuff. Check out issue 58.
http://kerrylitka.com/images/sheldon.jpg
i dunno the cover art hasn't been too bad lately...
different than old days...
but closer i think lately than old skool...
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