ex-time trialer for 2CC (I'll be back!), devout cyclist, professional guitarist, art historian, writer of books on the American cultural landscape, photographer, chair of the art history department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Year-round rider, in Chicago and in and around Stone Ridge, NY.
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Yes, it is a distant cry for help. I have been taken hostage by aliens who want to know how to balance on two wheels. They promise to let me return when they learn to ride. They are not a superior race, however, all of them are clutzy and overweight. Hope to see you before year's end.
David Travis
Nov 19, 2008