Bicycle Essays and Fiction

by Sheldon "S-A" Brown and others.

Essays

The Bright Side of MS

by Sheldon Brown

Multiple Sclerosis is a major inconvenience, but has its good points too!

"Thons" Reconsidered

by Sheldon Brown

Are charity rides a good thing for cycling? I don't think so!

Fixed-gear Testimonials

Coasting Is Bad!

Considering a fixed gear? Read testimonials from happy cyclists who've already become converts!

The Soul of a Pedicab Chauffeur

by Carl Etnier

An essay on the life of a cyclist who lays it all on the line.

Cyclist Inferiority

by John Forester

Attitude? Phobia? Complex? Superstition?.

Short fiction and satire by Tom Shaddox, from the The Tandem@Hobbes email list email list.

Audacious! by Tom Shaddox

A classic Moulton takes on Paris-Brest-Paris

A fifteen chapter fictional short story written for the subscribers of the Moulton list

Fiction by Tim McNamara

Cycling on the Northern Frontier.

Road and Track cycling among the Caribou in Minnesota.
Some of these stories were previously on the late, lamented, FixedGearFever site.