Today I have....

[Hilldodger]

...started writing my book on the history of cycling in Leicestershire.

When it will be finished is another matter.

 

[Tim Bennet.]

Well done.

And as Lao Tzu might have said if he were writing a history of cycling in Leicestershire, "even a book of a thousand pages has to start with a single word".

 

[Aint Skeered]

Is it likely to have much sex in it?

 

[Hilldodger]

It'll be full of pumping, panting, rubber, helmets, leather etc, yes.

 

[Aint Skeered]

Put me down for a copy then.
ps
Please send it in a plain brown envelope.

 

[Keith Oates]

Don't make it too sexy as I won't ever get to the end of the book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rhythm Thief]

<OT>Hey Hilldodger, do you want to buy another H Van? Mine is for sale.[/OT]

 

[Aint Skeered]

Cheap van RT if it goes for what it is as the moment (£500.00)
Get onto Rapha, they might want another one

 

[Hilldodger]

<OT>Hey Hilldodger, do you want to buy another H Van? Mine is for sale.[/OT]

Blimey, that's huge

Afraid I have my hands full with the one I've got and a rusty Capri

 

[LordoftheTeapot]

Will I be in it, Hilldodger?

* Wonders if Hilldodger is the same chap who I spoke too regarding a tandam racing photograph last year, or the year before? *

 

[Hilldodger]

Will I be in it, Hilldodger?

* Wonders if Hilldodger is the same chap who I spoke too regarding a tandam racing photograph last year, or the year before? *

Yes I am.

You probably won't be in it unless you were riding a bicycle prior to the first war

Seriously, I will be including Saffron Lane and might require pictures at some point.

 

[LordoftheTeapot]

Yes I am.

You probably won't be in it unless you were riding a bicycle prior to the first war

Seriously, I will be including Saffron Lane and might require pictures at some point.

I wasn't... Honest!

Let me know if/when

 

[LordoftheTeapot]

Ooops! Forgot this...

Good luck with your book, Hilldodger

 

[Arch]

Yeah, good luck. Will it be one of those books that comes out in phases, like the OED, over decades, and by the time it's finished, you'll be starting the second edition with all the new evidence you've found?

 

[Hilldodger]

Yeah, good luck. Will it be one of those books that comes out in phases, like the OED, over decades, and by the time it's finished, you'll be starting the second edition with all the new evidence you've found?

Yep, I don't doubt it!

Of course, other books on the history of cycling (although excellent) are going to look a bit out of date with no mention of Leicester - the city really is that important to the early history of cycling in England.


Oh, and Arch, there will be both signed and unsigned copies available!