"VeloVision" Magazine

The Only Magazine of Independent Bike Culture

DETAILS:

Issue #26; June 2007; condition: new; $12 retail; 64 pages; full color; oversize 9" x 11".

My price of $10 results in a 20% discount off listprice!

Note #1: If you like this item, just use the "Buy It Now." It's a fixed price item. There is no reason to wait or watch this item.

CONTENT DESCRIPTION:

VeloVision emphasizes transport, not sport. It's about citybikes, commuters, family solutions, workbikes---and recreation. Fun bikes. Innovation all the way. This issue is a special feature for ELECTRIC BIKES.

To cover such a wide range, the types of bikes VV covers are: folders (folding), recumbents, work-bikes, city-bikes, tandems, and kids-bikes. The hub-gear gets plenty of attention. There's also a huge amount on vital accessories: lighting, clothing, racks, fenders, luggage, trailers, safety gear.

It's the ONLY glossy color magazine covering innovative bikes and trikes today!

The bike world is a big one and "VV" is the mag that covers the widest range. It's basically the only "everything bike" mag out there. Which is why I sell it. It's from the UK.

It's big and full-color. Heavy on content, light on ads---and the ads it does run are mostly from indy biz---these are ads you won't see elsewhere, offering first-rate, hard-to-find items of everyday usefulness, making the ads a positive aspect of the mag rather than a "hype" distraction.

Main Feature: reviews of 3 major electric bikes!  -- with a write-in report on an electric assist unit

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

4 News
Swivelheads approaching; a Sturmey fixed; a suitcase folder; artbikes and more…

8 More 'e' Vicar?
Electric bike mega-test as our reviewers in flat Cambridge and hilly Sheffield test three top electric bikes:
- Sparta Ion
- Ezee Forte
- Airnimal Joey Move

17 Pedalling for President
John Dowlin explores a new biography of pioneering lady cyclist and activist Belva Lockwood

18 Kings of the road
There's a cycle courier company with a difference in Cambridge, as Rob and Peter King explain

20 Veloveurs of Lyon
There are 3000 free bikes in this French city - Simon Boddy gives us a resident's view of how it working.

22 The mighty Mini
We review the AZUB Mini short-wheelbase recumbent. Could it be as much a design classic as its namesake?

26 The purrfect trike?
At under £1000 in the UK, the Catrike trail could entice many with its affordability. But how does it ride? We find out.

30 Short reviews
The Sportscrafter Mini Rollers for recumbents and Weber's ingenious mLite flagpole LED

32 Reader's Bikes
Inventions, experiences and updates from readers:
32 The Big Ride: Andrew Walters explains why 36" is the way to go
34 Magic Carpet Ride: Michael Eland reports on the Stokemonkey/Xtracycle power-assisted transport system
38 Handcycle evolution: Andrew Chamings updates us on the Draft handcycle - just back from the Alps
39 The cycle chariot: Jez Wilkinson brings along his off-road cycle sidecar for us to try
40 Bounce on a budget: Stephen McCluney reports on the PB-933 suspended recumbent

42 SPEZI 2007
Full report from the special bikes trade show in Germany, including news of the new ICE bikes, the revolutionary Bike Friday Tikit and much more

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I'm Jeff Potter. I operate http://OutYourBackDoor.com. OYB publishes about do-it-yourself (with your pals) independent culture. The OYB website offers many unique and hard-to-find bike and outdoor culture items...plus hundreds of articles. Buying direct from me via eBay or my website is a great way to support both me and the indy scene. I recently started the eBay user ID "outyourbackdoor." Previously, my wife and I shared "lulugal"---850+ positive feedbacks, 100%. Now we have our own ID's. Email me with any questions. I only charge actual Media Mail shipping costs. I combine shipping, so see my other hard to find bike books!

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Here's a special treat for your enjoyment --- a recent infopost from the OYB homepage!

Tour Divide and Great Divide Race --- a refreshing new breed of "big" bike race!

A GDR racer.

It's no secret that scandals in the Tour de France have soured fans on the "big" side of sport. Well, there's a new kind of event on the scene that revives the freshness of amateur racing---while keeping a grand scale of achievement. Welcome the "Tour Divide" and its cohort the "Great Divide Race."

The TD and GDR are mt-bike races that run the length of the Continental Divide each June. The winners of these events take 15-20 days to ride 2500-2700 miles entirely UNSUPPORTED on dirt trails and roads. And, except for a couple stretches, it's not only all-dirt but all-MOUNTAINS. Racers deal with snowy passes, wild animals and mostly friendly people. Fans along the way host riders for dinner or offer a place to sleep. Mountain towns have favorite bike shops for pit stops. Pie Town offers a mean pie.

The rules, overhead and flow of these races are simple. I don't even think there's an entry fee. Both events are extreme---with riders doing 200-mile dirt days---yet they keep a human scale---with riders stopping to help others. The self-supported aspect lets people blow you away with their achievement but keeps them from biting off more than they can chew. The whole concept has worked out great so far...with much more to come! In truth, there's no other form of racing that you can say that about!

These are young events. Fans get to watch new things happen each year. This year John Nobile won the GDR using fairings. Organizer Matthew Lee won the first edition of his TD. 

Racers use payphones along the way to give news and timelines about how they're doing. The organizers put this info up on a blog. Fans watch the race unfold each day. They listen in to the calls via podcasts, or just read the text. The racer reports are often funny. You can relate to them. It's a nice change of pace compared to pro sport!

Men, women, young and old mix it up together. They ride together or on their own as they like. One year Kent Peterson, a singlespeed racer, rode from Seattle to the start. 

For news, info and discussion of the TD and GDR:

http://www.tourdivide.org/

http://www.greatdividerace.com 

(It's not listed at the GDR site, but here's the Forum chat for GDR: http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=375191 )

Here's a direct link to the OYB posts: http://www.outyourbackdoor.com/list_articles.php?catid=2

ENJOY! And thanks for stopping by my listing, JP

 

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On Jun-03-09 at 05:53:46 PDT, seller added the following information:

I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN 6/6 > 6/27. WILL CATCH UP ON SHIPPING WHEN I RETURN. THANKS! --JP

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On Jun-27-09 at 12:56:44 PDT, seller added the following information:

I'M BACK IN ACTION! (as of 6/27)