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  1. Latest dispatches from the man who reads that [censored] so you don't have to.

    p3 Article about a lad who hand-cycled up Mount Fuji on a specially built titanium climbing cycle.
    I'm sure there are reports elsewhere, his name is Keegan Reilly for googling.

    p17 Review of Belleville Rendez-Vous, a French animated film about cycling, set in the 1950s Sounds
    worth a watch.

    p17 Announcement of the Red Bull 3 degree event tomorrow at the A&P shipyard in Newcastle. 40 pro
    BMX riders doing silly things on sillier bikes. Free but you have to book: www.redbull3degrees.co.uk

    Precious moments!

    Colin

  2. Colin Blackburn <[email hidden]> wrote:

    : p17 Review of Belleville Rendez-Vous, a French animated film about cycling, set in the 1950s
    : Sounds worth a watch.

    That was reviewed in the Guardian the other day, from a non-cycling perspective and got an excellent
    review. I'm off to watch it next week.

    Arthur

  3. Colin Blackburn said:

    Latest dispatches from the man who reads that [censored] so you don't have to.

    p3 Article about a lad who hand-cycled up Mount Fuji on a specially built titanium climbing cycle.
    I'm sure there are reports elsewhere, his name is Keegan Reilly for googling.

    Thanks for that, it's amazing! Interesting to see an encounter with Japanese bureaucracy too:

    outdoorjapan.comojfeature strong arm 2003.html

    James

  4. Quoted message said:

    p3 Article about a lad who hand-cycled up Mount Fuji on a specially built titanium climbing cycle.
    I'm sure there are reports elsewhere, his name is Keegan Reilly for googling.

    Has anyone got a copy of this article? As a handcyclist I need all the motivation/ inspiration.
    Ironically, I find inclines hard to do as most of my weight is on the rear wheels of my wheelchair
    and the drive comes through the front wheel.

    --
    OJ

    Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped. Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)

  5. "Oliver Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:3f58daa6_1
    @mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com:

    Quoted message said:

    Has anyone got a copy of this article? As a handcyclist I need all the motivation/ inspiration.

    not the article i think but a page about him, and some others

    myweb.ecomplanet.commycustompage0004.htm

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