I haven’t had much motivation to write this week for some reason. I probably should have taken a week off like my buddy Mike Rohde does from time to time, but I didn’t know that I would go without writing for this long. 🙂
As I sipped my morning coffee and ate my breakfast, I was happily reading the new Rivendell Bicycle Works catalog, I came across an entry that I just had to share with you. I’ve talked about the Rivendell Reader before, which is still in my book the best bicycle periodical around, but the Rivendell Catalog ranks up there pretty high as well. Part catalog, part weblogish magazine, the Rivendell Catalog is a true cyclist’s catalog. There are as many stories as there are products and I read each and every one cover-to-cover. The catalog reminds me of why I got into cycling in the first place – because it is fun.
I could go on and on about how great this catalog is, but the entry I just read sums it up much better than I could. The following has been reprinted without permission and appears on page 68 of the Spring/Summer ’04 Rivendell Bicycle Works Catalog. It is entitled “Tips For Happy Riding.” It was written as one long paragraph, so I’ve kept it in it’s original format. I know it’s hard to read, but what can you do. 😛