Has anyone seen the new 2nd edition of "Recumbent Bicycle"? Like it?

Jeff,

I went to your website to take a look at the books. I clicked on the
image for the book and it opened a new window which had detailed info on
the book...AND...it opened a Paypal "cart" window as if I had clicked on
an "buy" button. Not cool...totally unexpected. You should change that.
A suggestions would be to put an "add to cart" button below the image.

rr

Jeff Potter said:

There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
Gunnar Fehlau.

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
ago?

I'd think there'd be some buzz about it, being a fully revised and
updated edition of, well, the only general coverage recumbent book.

Anyone interested in the only recumbent book?

Some angles that immediately pop to mind about such a newsworthy event:

Does it seem reasonably up to date?

Is text flow better than before? ---It's an English translation from a
German original. The new edition shouldn't have hardly any German-glish
left in it.

Oh I know a good question anyone interested in books might have: Is it
lacking something significant that a general book should have?

I already have my own list of major things to improve with the next
printing. Can anyone guess what they are? There's 2 or 3 right off the
bat.

***

I'm finally getting inventory out to the recumbent specialty shops
nationwide (and in Canada and UK) these past couple weeks. It's
springtime and time for bikes!

Anyone know of a good bike shop that offers bents that I should be sure
to call?

I also plan to let the library market know all about it. Anyone who
cares about kids probably has a sense of how kids might react to
discovering the world of recumbents. Bike innovations are probably a
pretty popular library book topic in general.

I'm also producing a recumbent poster. As I've been speaking with bike
shops I get the impression that there aren't other recumbent posters out
there this year and that there haven't been many before in general. One
in the last couple years maybe, and maybe 2 others before that. (Burley,
Rans, Vision?) I'm thinking that a poster that does what it can to
promote recumbenteering in general is a good way to go. Maybe this would
help shops and also be good to put up in workshops or in windtrainer
rooms.

***

Well, thanks for your thoughts about this major recumbent culture event!

--

Jeff Potter
****
*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!

And the same thing happens when the large picture on the detail page is
clicked. Again...not cool...thowing somebody into a shopping cart screen
when they don't expect it.

rr

Randy Rhine said:

Jeff,

I went to your website to take a look at the books. I clicked on the
image for the book and it opened a new window which had detailed info on
the book...AND...it opened a Paypal "cart" window as if I had clicked on
an "buy" button. Not cool...totally unexpected. You should change that.
A suggestions would be to put an "add to cart" button below the image.

rr

Jeff Potter said:

There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
Gunnar Fehlau.

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
ago?

I'd think there'd be some buzz about it, being a fully revised and
updated edition of, well, the only general coverage recumbent book.

Anyone interested in the only recumbent book?

Some angles that immediately pop to mind about such a newsworthy event:

Does it seem reasonably up to date?

Is text flow better than before? ---It's an English translation from a
German original. The new edition shouldn't have hardly any German-glish
left in it.

Oh I know a good question anyone interested in books might have: Is it
lacking something significant that a general book should have?

I already have my own list of major things to improve with the next
printing. Can anyone guess what they are? There's 2 or 3 right off the
bat.

***

I'm finally getting inventory out to the recumbent specialty shops
nationwide (and in Canada and UK) these past couple weeks. It's
springtime and time for bikes!

Anyone know of a good bike shop that offers bents that I should be sure
to call?

I also plan to let the library market know all about it. Anyone who
cares about kids probably has a sense of how kids might react to
discovering the world of recumbents. Bike innovations are probably a
pretty popular library book topic in general.

I'm also producing a recumbent poster. As I've been speaking with bike
shops I get the impression that there aren't other recumbent posters out
there this year and that there haven't been many before in general. One
in the last couple years maybe, and maybe 2 others before that. (Burley,
Rans, Vision?) I'm thinking that a poster that does what it can to
promote recumbenteering in general is a good way to go. Maybe this would
help shops and also be good to put up in workshops or in windtrainer
rooms.

***

Well, thanks for your thoughts about this major recumbent culture event!

--

Jeff Potter
****
*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!

Thanks for the advice. I just changed this. I suppose that clicking on a
cover should always just show a bigger cover or something. Too much service
can be a bad thing, I guess! --JP

Randy Rhine said:

Jeff,

I went to your website to take a look at the books. I clicked on the
image for the book and it opened a new window which had detailed info on
the book...AND...it opened a Paypal "cart" window as if I had clicked on
an "buy" button. Not cool...totally unexpected. You should change that.
A suggestions would be to put an "add to cart" button below the image.

--

Jeff Potter
****
*Out Your Backdoor *   http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!

Randy. Bought a copy (not from the web site though). I haven't read it
from cover to cover but have enjoyed what I read so far. Lots of
interesting facts, information and ideas.

At this point I don't know what I would recommend. I think the book
covers just about every topic.

Randy Rhine <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

And the same thing happens when the large picture on the detail page is
clicked. Again...not cool...thowing somebody into a shopping cart screen
when they don't expect it.

rr

Randy Rhine said:

Jeff,

I went to your website to take a look at the books. I clicked on the
image for the book and it opened a new window which had detailed info on
the book...AND...it opened a Paypal "cart" window as if I had clicked on
an "buy" button. Not cool...totally unexpected. You should change that.
A suggestions would be to put an "add to cart" button below the image.

rr

Jeff Potter said:

There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
Gunnar Fehlau.

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
ago?

I'd think there'd be some buzz about it, being a fully revised and
updated edition of, well, the only general coverage recumbent book.

Anyone interested in the only recumbent book?

Some angles that immediately pop to mind about such a newsworthy event:

Does it seem reasonably up to date?

Is text flow better than before? ---It's an English translation from a
German original. The new edition shouldn't have hardly any German-glish
left in it.

Oh I know a good question anyone interested in books might have: Is it
lacking something significant that a general book should have?

I already have my own list of major things to improve with the next
printing. Can anyone guess what they are? There's 2 or 3 right off the
bat.

***

I'm finally getting inventory out to the recumbent specialty shops
nationwide (and in Canada and UK) these past couple weeks. It's
springtime and time for bikes!

Anyone know of a good bike shop that offers bents that I should be sure
to call?

I also plan to let the library market know all about it. Anyone who
cares about kids probably has a sense of how kids might react to
discovering the world of recumbents. Bike innovations are probably a
pretty popular library book topic in general.

I'm also producing a recumbent poster. As I've been speaking with bike
shops I get the impression that there aren't other recumbent posters out
there this year and that there haven't been many before in general. One
in the last couple years maybe, and maybe 2 others before that. (Burley,
Rans, Vision?) I'm thinking that a poster that does what it can to
promote recumbenteering in general is a good way to go. Maybe this would
help shops and also be good to put up in workshops or in windtrainer
rooms.

***

Well, thanks for your thoughts about this major recumbent culture event!

--

Jeff Potter
****
*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!

I wasn't complaining about the book. It looks interesting. I'll probably
buy a copy. Only commenting about a web design issue that led to
invoking a shopping cart screen when it wasn't expected.

But...appreciate the positve comments about the book.

rr

Dom said:

Randy. Bought a copy (not from the web site though). I haven't read it
from cover to cover but have enjoyed what I read so far. Lots of
interesting facts, information and ideas.

At this point I don't know what I would recommend. I think the book
covers just about every topic.

Randy Rhine <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

And the same thing happens when the large picture on the detail page is
clicked. Again...not cool...thowing somebody into a shopping cart screen
when they don't expect it.

rr

Randy Rhine said:

Jeff,

I went to your website to take a look at the books. I clicked on the
image for the book and it opened a new window which had detailed info on
the book...AND...it opened a Paypal "cart" window as if I had clicked on
an "buy" button. Not cool...totally unexpected. You should change that.
A suggestions would be to put an "add to cart" button below the image.

rr

Jeff Potter wrote:

>There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
>Gunnar Fehlau.
>
>Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
>ago?
>
>I'd think there'd be some buzz about it, being a fully revised and
>updated edition of, well, the only general coverage recumbent book.
>
>Anyone interested in the only recumbent book?
>
>Some angles that immediately pop to mind about such a newsworthy event:
>
>Does it seem reasonably up to date?
>
>Is text flow better than before? ---It's an English translation from a
>German original. The new edition shouldn't have hardly any German-glish
>left in it.
>
>Oh I know a good question anyone interested in books might have: Is it
>lacking something significant that a general book should have?
>
>I already have my own list of major things to improve with the next
>printing. Can anyone guess what they are? There's 2 or 3 right off the
>bat.
>
>***
>
>I'm finally getting inventory out to the recumbent specialty shops
>nationwide (and in Canada and UK) these past couple weeks. It's
>springtime and time for bikes!
>
>Anyone know of a good bike shop that offers bents that I should be sure
>to call?
>
>I also plan to let the library market know all about it. Anyone who
>cares about kids probably has a sense of how kids might react to
>discovering the world of recumbents. Bike innovations are probably a
>pretty popular library book topic in general.
>
>I'm also producing a recumbent poster. As I've been speaking with bike
>shops I get the impression that there aren't other recumbent posters out
>there this year and that there haven't been many before in general. One
>in the last couple years maybe, and maybe 2 others before that. (Burley,
>Rans, Vision?) I'm thinking that a poster that does what it can to
>promote recumbenteering in general is a good way to go. Maybe this would
>help shops and also be good to put up in workshops or in windtrainer
>rooms.
>
>***
>
>Well, thanks for your thoughts about this major recumbent culture event!
>
>--
>
>Jeff Potter
> ****
>*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
> publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
> plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
> ... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!
>
>

Randy. My apologies. I should have addressed the message to Jeff. I
meant it as feedback to Jeff on the book and not feedback to you.
Again, apologies. Dom.

Randy Rhine <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

I wasn't complaining about the book. It looks interesting. I'll probably
buy a copy. Only commenting about a web design issue that led to
invoking a shopping cart screen when it wasn't expected.

But...appreciate the positve comments about the book.

rr

Dom said:

Randy. Bought a copy (not from the web site though). I haven't read it
from cover to cover but have enjoyed what I read so far. Lots of
interesting facts, information and ideas.

At this point I don't know what I would recommend. I think the book
covers just about every topic.

Randy Rhine <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

And the same thing happens when the large picture on the detail page is
clicked. Again...not cool...thowing somebody into a shopping cart screen
when they don't expect it.

rr

Randy Rhine wrote:

>Jeff,
>
>I went to your website to take a look at the books. I clicked on the
>image for the book and it opened a new window which had detailed info on
>the book...AND...it opened a Paypal "cart" window as if I had clicked on
>an "buy" button. Not cool...totally unexpected. You should change that.
>A suggestions would be to put an "add to cart" button below the image.
>
>rr
>
>
>
>Jeff Potter wrote:
>
>
>>There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
>>Gunnar Fehlau.
>>
>>Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
>>ago?
>>
>>I'd think there'd be some buzz about it, being a fully revised and
>>updated edition of, well, the only general coverage recumbent book.
>>
>>Anyone interested in the only recumbent book?
>>
>>Some angles that immediately pop to mind about such a newsworthy event:
>>
>>Does it seem reasonably up to date?
>>
>>Is text flow better than before? ---It's an English translation from a
>>German original. The new edition shouldn't have hardly any German-glish
>>left in it.
>>
>>Oh I know a good question anyone interested in books might have: Is it
>>lacking something significant that a general book should have?
>>
>>I already have my own list of major things to improve with the next
>>printing. Can anyone guess what they are? There's 2 or 3 right off the
>>bat.
>>
>>***
>>
>>I'm finally getting inventory out to the recumbent specialty shops
>>nationwide (and in Canada and UK) these past couple weeks. It's
>>springtime and time for bikes!
>>
>>Anyone know of a good bike shop that offers bents that I should be sure
>>to call?
>>
>>I also plan to let the library market know all about it. Anyone who
>>cares about kids probably has a sense of how kids might react to
>>discovering the world of recumbents. Bike innovations are probably a
>>pretty popular library book topic in general.
>>
>>I'm also producing a recumbent poster. As I've been speaking with bike
>>shops I get the impression that there aren't other recumbent posters out
>>there this year and that there haven't been many before in general. One
>>in the last couple years maybe, and maybe 2 others before that. (Burley,
>>Rans, Vision?) I'm thinking that a poster that does what it can to
>>promote recumbenteering in general is a good way to go. Maybe this would
>>help shops and also be good to put up in workshops or in windtrainer
>>rooms.
>>
>>***
>>
>>Well, thanks for your thoughts about this major recumbent culture event!
>>
>>--
>>
>>Jeff Potter
>> ****
>>*Out Your Backdoor * http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
>> publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
>> plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
>> ... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!
>>
>>
>

Hi Dom... I read them as public remarks that were only incidentally included with RR's. Thanks! I
think that any discussion of 'bent media is totally on topic. Oh, and as I posted before, I fixed the
website as RR suggested.

Dom said:

Randy. My apologies. I should have addressed the message to Jeff. I
meant it as feedback to Jeff on the book and not feedback to you.
Again, apologies. Dom.

[ ]

Quoted message said:

Dom said:

Randy. Bought a copy (not from the web site though). I haven't read it
from cover to cover but have enjoyed what I read so far. Lots of
interesting facts, information and ideas.

At this point I don't know what I would recommend. I think the book
covers just about every topic.

--

Jeff Potter
****
*Out Your Backdoor *   http://www.outyourbackdoor.com
publishing do-it-yourself culture ... bikes, skis, boats & more ...
plus radically relevant novels at the ULA's LiteraryRevolution.com
... free music ... tons o' articles ... travel forums ... WOW!

"Jeff Potter" <jeff@DELETETHIS!outyourbackdoor.com> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
Gunnar Fehlau.

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
ago?

Jup, I have an example of it - I haven't read the whole book, and I haven't
seen the first edition, so I can't compare. Apart from that I think it's a
must for all recumbent people, from homebuilders to entry level byers. The
language is OK for Me, but what do I know, I'm Danish (no - not that - the
nationality!)

regards,
Torben

Jeff Potter said:

There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
Gunnar Fehlau.

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
ago?

It's on my desk in an Amazon package as I type, but I haven't had a chance
to look at it yet...

--

Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
===========================================================
Editor - British Human Power Club Newsletter
http://www.bhpc.org.uk/
===========================================================

Quoted message said:

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few
months ago?

Yes, I have it and I like it a lot.

I also have the new April 2004 3rd edition of "Bicycling Science", and
like it too.

I think I dreamed that I had an up to date 4th edition of "the Bicycle
Wheel", by Jobst Brandt, oh well...

John

--

Jeff. I did have a question. On page 72 bottom paragraph on the left
he refers to a "chopping action" when pedaling. Do you know how this
is done? Is there a special technique? Thanks.

Jeff Potter <jeff@DELETETHIS!outyourbackdoor.com> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

There's only one book all about recumbents: "The Recumbent Bicycle" by
Gunnar Fehlau.

Has anyone here seen the new 2nd edition that I released a few months
ago?

I'd think there'd be some buzz about it, being a fully revised and
updated edition of, well, the only general coverage recumbent book.

Anyone interested in the only recumbent book?

Some angles that immediately pop to mind about such a newsworthy event:

Does it seem reasonably up to date?

Is text flow better than before? ---It's an English translation from a
German original. The new edition shouldn't have hardly any German-glish
left in it.

Oh I know a good question anyone interested in books might have: Is it
lacking something significant that a general book should have?

I already have my own list of major things to improve with the next
printing. Can anyone guess what they are? There's 2 or 3 right off the
bat.

***

I'm finally getting inventory out to the recumbent specialty shops
nationwide (and in Canada and UK) these past couple weeks. It's
springtime and time for bikes!

Anyone know of a good bike shop that offers bents that I should be sure
to call?

I also plan to let the library market know all about it. Anyone who
cares about kids probably has a sense of how kids might react to
discovering the world of recumbents. Bike innovations are probably a
pretty popular library book topic in general.

I'm also producing a recumbent poster. As I've been speaking with bike
shops I get the impression that there aren't other recumbent posters out
there this year and that there haven't been many before in general. One
in the last couple years maybe, and maybe 2 others before that. (Burley,
Rans, Vision?) I'm thinking that a poster that does what it can to
promote recumbenteering in general is a good way to go. Maybe this would
help shops and also be good to put up in workshops or in windtrainer
rooms.

***

Well, thanks for your thoughts about this major recumbent culture event!