Rivendell Reader Index 1 Sorry about the color. Never Again! The Rivendell Frames RAISE DAT STEM! Bob Gordon suggests Updates The Rivendell Catalog one way to ridyourselfoflower backpain Suspension & Set-up The Cheapskate 3 The Rivendell Reader, Number Three 5 The Days of Ovaltine and Judo Chops News Update:No more Cheap Bikes from Editorial EDITORIAL China Poetry Corner PROGRESS REPORT Just Keep A-Rollin', Wagon Wheels by Helen The Progress Report L Ett E R..S. Kelley A Death In The Family ... THE HAPPY RIDER Homeless Notes Letters INSIDE THE VARSlty by Marc Muller. Il - The Danish Dagger Story by Errett Callahan How Children Learn to Ride lustrated by Chris Fiorini Questions and Answers The Happy Rider The SPO Factor RIVENDELL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE How to Get a Job in the Bicycle Industry by The Dirt On Mud CONTEST Win big.Yourchancetobe - Ric Comar Bicycle Suspension . comeasalesperson.Yourfiiendswillloveit! Member Interview #1: Tom Zowada, Knife - A Biography of Fred DeLong ORDER FORM maker Member Profile: Tim Mitoma .. THE FEEL OF WOOD byMarshallFisher. The Beat Generation by Roy Herman, Rash Brooks Saddles and the Brooks Saddle Com - Reprintedwithpermission Dr. pany CATS, CRANKS, AND MOMENTS by A Short History of Carradice The George T. Flegg Story NicholasJasper Frame Materials Madness by Jim Papadopou - Reader Survey CHUCK HARRIS AND THE FIRST los The Rivendell Frames AMERICAN DERAILLEUR by Sheldon History with Herlihy by David Herlihy The All-Rounder Frame Brown Bike of the Year by Ted Costantino The Road Frame THE u FACTOR Last Second News The Mountain Frame WHY NOT DRIVE? By Howard Runyon The Fabric of Memory by Gary Keene The Rivendell Catalogue MERCHANDISE Rivendell Catalog THE TYGER By Gabe Konrad The Thoroughly Contented Riv. RIder Rivendell Reader 4 EDITORIAL 6 A Citation from the Cadence Cops Rivendell Reader, Take Two MEET SPENCER & GARY Editorial The Progress Report PROGRESS REPORT The History of REYNOLDS TUBING by Letters LETTERS Chris Lowe Liability: A Tale of Madness by Howard Run - THE HAPPY RIDER Where would it stop if there were no limits? yon SHRIEKING ABOUT STEMS: About The Happy Human Cyclists Take Care quills, extensions, cones, wedges, and stress Member profile: Graham Bergh; Resource Interview with Bullseye's Durham on the steering tube Revival, Inc Personal Irritants by Keith Mills WHY A BOOMERANG BOOMERANGS Financials The Cheapskate By the guy who makes the ones we sell A Better Keyboard by Ric Comar Z Stuff that Works by Maynard Hershon RANDOM NOTES The TT/HH Factor Unparticular DEATH OF A RACER Howard Runyon’s Progress Report If the World Were a Village evolutionJjom racer t o self-desicribed Fred Letters Advance Warning by Ted Costantino A HOLIDAY SERMONETTE Howard says Jobst Overview by Earle Young The Speed Robbers there’sa lot t o be happy about. But is there Contest Getting Fit by Steven Sheffield really? The Trials of BB by Stephen Cairns The Happy Rider FRAME NEWS & INFO Q&A by Chris Lowe Member Profile: John Segal WHY I WON’T BUY A COMPUTER by Flyer Augustus The Danish Dagger Story by Errett Callahan WendellBerry. Reprinted withpersmission. Notes on the Metal NEW ITEMS AND SOME OLD STUFF 7 When Atheletes Ate Wonderbread '50,000-Mile-a-Year Freddie by Scott Martin Things About Rims Project Update Freddie Hoffman Now by Gary Boulanger Interview: Michael Kone of Bicycle Classics Ziptie your way to Fender Nirvana Freddie's Gear How to Wrap Bars Neatly Progress Report The Happy Human How to Revive a Swaybacked Brooks Why I Ride Half-step by Piaw Na Why the Best Doesn't Always Win Time to Stop (a reprint) Winter Flyer Bar Tape the Hard Old French Way Questionnaire Mechanik's Corner Progress Report Letters Meet Joe and Allen Meet Pete, The New Guy Greyhounds! Letters Project Update 12 When German Shepherds (not the Raven Contest Results Progress Report type from whom a new staff might Edward Scott on Brakes Q & A make a grand gift) Were Called Police The Wheel: Slow Birth of a Great Idea by Opening the Mail Gabe Konrad The Flyer Dogs Generally Good Advice on Bike Mechanics Editorial The T Factor 10 How Cameras & Binoculars Used to Joe Starck Rear Derailleur Development Since D-Day Smell A History of Joe-Builts by Frank Berto Half-step Gearing by Frank J Berto Editorial V Brakes by Sheldon Brown Mechanick's Corner Dropouts In the Works Typewriter Man - by Ian Frazier Young Artists and Writers Q & A; Singular Where are you, Edward Berry - by Maynard How to Carry Heavy Loads November Stuff for Sale Hershon No More Gloves, No More Sunglasses by Order Form The Touring Heron - Edward Berry Peter Kelly How Many Pits to Pittsburg Mad Ramblings about Cycling Fashions 8 The Late Eight News and Notes Trans-Atlantic Clubroom Letters Editorial Touring without Panniers Progress Report British 'Cross the Early Years by Gabe Kon - Interview: Tom Ritchey Sprung Flyer rad Development Power by Kevin Cameron Order Form How to Build a Complete Rivendell for less How to Get a Complete, Built-up Rivendell Coupons than $2100 Bike A Frame-Design Primer Letters The Happy Human Project Updates 13 When Hood meant a Person and The Myth of KOPS by Keith Bontrager Progress Report Letters The Flyer Homey didn't Project Updates Editorial Progress Report The SHins of Shimano By Frank Berto Fabrics Don't Breathe 11 When Kids at Walnuts and Feared Making Bar-ends from Downtubers Rivendell LongLow Road Frame Quicksand Cobbworks Oyster Bucket A Comfortable Position Catologue Fixes and inventory Update Editorial Rivendell Cyclo-Cross Frame Phyllis Harmon and the League of American Frame News Partswatch Wheelmen by Gabe Conrad All about Herons Winter Flyer Report on the Mid-September InterBike A Brief History of Derailleur Design by Order Form Show Harold Bridge Coupons Childrens Page Interview with Harold The Z Factor and an Aftermath The Randonneurs by Gabe Konrad 9 When Box Kites Blackened the Skies Widget Review: Chris Kelly's TakeOFfs Letters Editorial Stringing Bars by Larry Bauer The Kids Page Cheap Bike Art Followed by Handlebar Helper Who Invented the Mountain Bike by Frank Jim Steins Lockring Wrench Letters J. Berto Saddlebags: Bulky and Beautiful by Gabe Edward Berry Lives, and Writes an open Let - Spoke Wrenches by Ric Hjertberg Konrad ter to Maynard Progress Report Our New Lugs and Craig Dawson The Flyer Rivendell Frame Order Form Introducing the Atlantis Order Form The Happy Human Notes and Updates Coupons Why Mom and Pop Hate the Bike Biz The Start of a Rivendell Fork with Martin Interview with Alex Moulton by Chester Tweedy 14 In the Halcyon Days of Trick Pho - Kyle, Ph.D Gallery tography and Reverse Psychology Letters Pannierless Touring Peter's Web Update An Interview with Maynard Hershon Editorial Newthing Review: Ritchey 2x9 Industry News & Gossip Sunset for SunTour by Frank Berto How to Tie and Solder Rivendell Frame Order Form 2000 Lifetime Memberships The TC Factor Obsolete Brakes and Hubs for the Future by SunTour Rises by Shoji Onozawa Progress Report Jan Heine ShowBike Rider: Grant Petersen Debashis The Parker Jotter by Robert H. Gordon ShowBike Rider: Ted Durant Summerflyer How Ball Bearings Get That Way Roadworthiness: The Forgotten Factor Reader Survey The Person Behind the Persona by Danielle Survey: Supposing you had just One Bike to Order Form Steel Ride Winter Flyer Childrens Page 17 When Kids Brushed with Gleem and Order Form Letters Project UPdates Parents Drank MJB 19 When "Orange Roughy" Might Have Progress Report Editorial The Winter Flyer Herons Meant Any Number of Things Rivendollars Heron Order Form Editorial How to Braze a Lug - by Joe Starck Renewal and Order Form 15 WHen Hearts of Romaine Meant Rivendell Frame Order Form A Look at Lugs III: San Rensho NSL One Heck of a lot more than Just Salad Look at Lugs: Cinelli Forging 101 Paris-Brest-Paris in History - Henry King - Six Steps in a Nitto Forged Stem Ingredients man Saddle Sores by Bernie Burton, M.D. Editorial Henry's PBP Story Classics Match Unpaid Advertisement The Great American Bike Boom by Frank J. Questions we're often Asked Interview with Lon Haldeman Berto Projects in the Works Gallery Atlantis Update Rivendell Frame order form Interbike Trade Show Notes Letters Protect that Top Tube from Dents Peter's Web Update Repack Reunion by Charles Kelly Sculptures in Leather by Jane and Michael News and Miscellaneous Meash (Debashis's Poem) Stern Brooks Flyer Saddle Enough Bike. No More by Maynard Hershon Rivendell Gallery Letters Kneeling at the PX1O Alter by Donald An - Reader Changes, News & Notes Meet Jerome derson Moving God Around by Beth Hammon Superbe Cranks and Willow Chainrings The Banana Bag Lettesr Fall Flyer Notes and Updates Progress Report Order Form RivenDollars The Spring Flyer Panasonic Rodeo Bike Rivendollars 18 When Blinky Thumped the Gut Bass Spring Flyer Reader Survey and Soloed for a While Order Forms Order Form Editorial 20 When Only Rich Kids with Buck 16 I don't Care What they Say I won't Renewal and Order Form Questions for Women Teeth Got Braces Stay in a World WIthout Lugs A Look at Lugs II: Nervex Professional Editorial Editorial Good Stuff Renewal and Order Form Lugs Lights with Tim Seavey, Henry Kingman, Survey: A Guy/Woman Survey on Body Di - Why People Who Like Lugs Like Lugs mensions and Bikes On a Different Note: Chuck's Bike by Tom Reader 24: When Abercrombie & Fitch A Look at Lugs IV: Henry James Talks about Gensemer Editorial His Know About Sidepull Brakes A Look at Plugs. An Illiterate Alitteration Science: Doctor/Cyclist/Coach Arnie Baker News & Updates and Notes Zipper Story Sez Beware Letters Mechanic’s Corner; Cones and Wedges Fundamentals: Toe Clips & Straps & How to Maynard's Page: This Ad Will Self-Destruct Rambouillet Operate Them Classics Review: Two Frame Pumps.