Don't know about a printed copy of the Nat Geo issue, but scans of its two
bicycling articles are online via this blog post:
https://blog.centurycycles.com/2013/11/a-look-back-at-bicyclings-past-with.html
Here's the Hemistour article:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/234308943686?hash=item368de6bf46:g:eNoAAOSwhPpho7Kd
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Interesting that they used the term “bikepacking” in that 1973 article. I
assumed that was a more recent term but it looks to have been around a while.
Robert Tilley
San Diego, CA
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> On Dec 28, 2021, at 2:13 AM, Garth wrote:
>
> Gotta love all these cool looking and
I spent an afternoon with Greg Siple a number of years back while riding
across the USA, and using my memory only he told me the adapted derailleurs
and any other modifications for those early epic touring bikes were done at
a local Missoula shop called Braxton's. I think he built bicycles as
Whoa, Garth! You da' man! Thank you very much for your diggin' deep.
PFM?
Cheers, John
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 7:13:13 PM UTC+9 Garth wrote:
> Gotta love all these cool looking and timeless Bicycles !
> What's funny is that their experiences read as relevant today as any other
>
Gotta love all these cool looking and timeless Bicycles !
What's funny is that their experiences read as relevant today as any other
time or place.
I had looked for the article a few days at the time of posting this ago but
ran into dead ends. So this AM I felt an urge to see it as I knew it
After reading the 'Shakedown Alaska' article, I'm now more intrigued with
Dave Sorenson, the 'casual' tourer, on his alba-barred 3-speed. One can
only wonder, 'Where is Dave now?' Perhaps a member of this group?
Super fun reading!
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 8:45:08 AM UTC+9 John Rinker
Well, this is cool! Now, is someone other than me on the lookout for a copy
of the May 1973 Nat Geo article which features '26 pages about bicycling'?
That'd be a fun timepiece to see!
Thanks Garth!
On Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at 1:51:14 AM UTC+9 Patrick Moore wrote:
> I mean "multiple
I mean "multiple cogs" of course.
adding a freewheel to a Sturmey Archer hub
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Thanks for these links, Garth; some entertaining old photos in them.
The derailleur modification on June Siple's bike reminds me of the desert
that good bicycles and parts were 50 years ago, at least in NA (not that I
knew enough then to realize what a desert it was; this judgment is
So this AM I was meandering some cycling photos on Flickr, specifically
an "old cycling photos" group. As I'm scrolling down I notice a news photo
titled "Wheeling Around Europe", which caught my eye as I know of one one
such use for the word and that is the name of the nearby city in West
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