Conference noted::bicycle

    There is a Bi-Weekly (I think) publication named Velo
    News.  It is in newspaper format and lists results of
    many local and national races.  Check a bike shop
    for a copy or perhaps someone else in the notes has
    their address
    
    steve

    Velo - News
    67 Main ST 
    Brattleboro, Vt. 05301
    Phone 802-254-2305
    
    Up coming races
    
    28 June , Springfield Vt., Criterium
    2 July , Exerter N.H., Criterium
    3 July , Hillsboro N.H. Road Race
    4 July , Middletown Conn. Criterium
    5 July , New Britain Conn. Criterium
    5 July , Fitchburg Mass. Criterium
    11 July , Cambridge Mass. Criterium
    11 July, Cranby Conn Road race

    	re .0	OK, so you got *TWO* replies, you should probably conclude
    that the rest of us just make stuff up as we go along (I certainly
    do).   Its never been clear to me why "Journalists" on a subject
    are quotable experts.
    
    	Reg
    

    re .3
    
    I was not looking for the resources that people were drawing on
    for contributions to this notes file.  Any peruser of this file
    can see that it derives mostly from the experiences (and
    imaginations) of frustrated athletes who misinterpret their
    hallucinations for "insight". :-)

>       Its never been clear to me why "Journalists" on a subject
>       are quotable experts.

    If I wanted a quotable expert, I'd come to you, Reg  :-)
                
>       you should probably conclude that the rest of us just make stuff
>       up as we go along (I certainly do).   
                                        
    Woops. Not any more I won't.  
    
    Seriously, journalists ought to be able to provide provocative
    coverage of the sport and its "heros".  Returning to the Mayor's
    Cup race over the weekend, where can one get reliable coverage
    in print?  From noters who happened to be in attendance? 
    From the back of a box of Nabisco Wheat Thins (the sponsor)?
    From the bottom of cup of Slurpy (Yes, our 7-eleven team won
    again)?
    Perhaps Velo News is what I'm looking for. Re .2 I called them
    and they were in fact covering the race. They're sending a 
    complimentary issue and I'll find out if their writing is 
    journalism or promotion.
                         
    

    Is the July 11 event in "Cranby" Connecticut, or is it Granby?
    (Question for Charlie Schnare) - I never heard of Cranby, but grew
    up in the latter town.  

There's also a monthly called "Winning Bicyle Racing" or some such moniker.  
It covers racing almost exclusively, esp. European racing.  It's available at 
most news stands.  It has very indepth articles that seem well informed, to me 
at least.

Kevin

    I stand corrected re .5 Granby Conn it is. 
    A 45 mile road race.

    
    	To paraphrase and generalize an oft' quoted <..err, person, dunno who>
    
    Journalists are people who cannot write, writing about things they
    cannot do, for people who cannot read.
     
	Reg
    

    I believe it was Pete Townsend of the British rock group the Who,
    referring to reporters covering the rock scene:
    
    They're people who cannot sing writing about people who cannot
    talk for people who cannot read.
    

    re .9	That may be one version, but I think the original predates
    the Who, and probably Pete Townsend too.  Anyway, I said I was paraphrasing.

    	Reg
   
    (I write about....
    			who cannot...
    				for noters who cannot...),   never mind
    
    

    
    I note about readers who cannot write about doers who cannot note.