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    <description>Mysteries of the Bicycle Explained - Strange, Satirical Stories by Peter Gelman</description>
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        <title>MOBE #3 Surly Shakespearean Insult-Quoting Bike</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Bicycle Explained, number 3.

A Brief Encounter with the Surly Shakespearean Insult Quoting Bicycle, by Peter Gelman. The narrator discovers that civilization has not fallen from the Y2K moment. In a spirit of optimism about the 21st century he discovers a bicycle with a strange power, a power that seems magical. Taking it to a PBS antique appraisal show uncovers surprising results.]]></description>
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A Brief Encounter with the Surly Shakespearean Insult Quoting Bicycle, by Peter Gelman. The narrator discovers that civilization has not fallen from the Y2K moment. In a spirit of optimism about the 21st century he discovers a bicycle with a strange power, a power that seems magical. Taking it to a PBS antique appraisal show uncovers surprising results.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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A Brief Encounter with the Surly Shakespearean Insult Quoting Bicycle, by Peter Gelman. The narrator discovers that civilization has not fallen from the Y2K moment. In a spirit of optimism about the 21st century he discovers a bicycle with a strange power, a power that seems magical. Taking it to a PBS antique appraisal show uncovers surprising results.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>MOBE#2 Recumbent Cyclists Have Big BIG Butts</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Bicycle Explained #2... Recumbent Cyclists Have Big, Big, Big, Big, Big, not Small, BIG Butts.

Cyclists, we can laugh at ourselves. This early MOBE I wrote seemed to upset some people... The magazine that published it followed it up, the next issue, with a retort: a photo line-up of recumbent cyclists from the rear, bent over. I owned a recumbent bike for years.... a Rans VREX. I rode it on a bike tour from Minnesota to Michigan. I also rode it around Minneapolis, and later, Portland. Finally I sold it. But the point is, I do feel that I can claim reasonable authority on this unique and very important subject attending to the very nubby rub of bicycle culture. I read this story on KBOO radio's Bike Show a few years ago. I was utterly terrible in the interview, because I spend most of my time in a grassy cave with only guinea pigs as friends, but I was not at all nervous while reading the story... why? Because I am so confident, authoritarian, snidley, devil-may-care, suave, and indeed, comforted in that magical realm. Okay... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.]]></description>
                                                            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Bicycle Explained #2... Recumbent Cyclists Have Big, Big, Big, Big, Big, not Small, BIG Butts.

Cyclists, we can laugh at ourselves. This early MOBE I wrote seemed to upset some people... The magazine that published it followed it up, the next issue, with a retort: a photo line-up of recumbent cyclists from the rear, bent over. I owned a recumbent bike for years.... a Rans VREX. I rode it on a bike tour from Minnesota to Michigan. I also rode it around Minneapolis, and later, Portland. Finally I sold it. But the point is, I do feel that I can claim reasonable authority on this unique and very important subject attending to the very nubby rub of bicycle culture. I read this story on KBOO radio's Bike Show a few years ago. I was utterly terrible in the interview, because I spend most of my time in a grassy cave with only guinea pigs as friends, but I was not at all nervous while reading the story... why? Because I am so confident, authoritarian, snidley, devil-may-care, suave, and indeed, comforted in that magical realm. Okay... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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Cyclists, we can laugh at ourselves. This early MOBE I wrote seemed to upset some people... The magazine that published it followed it up, the next issue, with a retort: a photo line-up of recumbent cyclists from the rear, bent over. I owned a recumbent bike for years.... a Rans VREX. I rode it on a bike tour from Minnesota to Michigan. I also rode it around Minneapolis, and later, Portland. Finally I sold it. But the point is, I do feel that I can claim reasonable authority on this unique and very important subject attending to the very nubby rub of bicycle culture. I read this story on KBOO radio's Bike Show a few years ago. I was utterly terrible in the interview, because I spend most of my time in a grassy cave with only guinea pigs as friends, but I was not at all nervous while reading the story... why? Because I am so confident, authoritarian, snidley, devil-may-care, suave, and indeed, comforted in that magical realm. Okay... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.]]></itunes:summary>
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        <title>MOBE#1 Bicycle Bungee Science</title>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[Mysteries of the Bicycle Explained #1... A Intimate Examination of Bicycle Bungee Science.

This essay an early work I did on the vast and profound subject of bicycles. It was the second I wrote, but the first under the MOBE name. It was published in 1998, if I recall correctly. Neal Skorpen drew a great cartoon of the narrator  angrily jumping up and down, bungee cords wrapped tightly around his bike's rear axle, while smiling faces in a Suburu took in the entertainment. Yes... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.]]></description>
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This essay an early work I did on the vast and profound subject of bicycles. It was the second I wrote, but the first under the MOBE name. It was published in 1998, if I recall correctly. Neal Skorpen drew a great cartoon of the narrator  angrily jumping up and down, bungee cords wrapped tightly around his bike's rear axle, while smiling faces in a Suburu took in the entertainment. Yes... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.]]></content:encoded>
                                    
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This essay an early work I did on the vast and profound subject of bicycles. It was the second I wrote, but the first under the MOBE name. It was published in 1998, if I recall correctly. Neal Skorpen drew a great cartoon of the narrator  angrily jumping up and down, bungee cords wrapped tightly around his bike's rear axle, while smiling faces in a Suburu took in the entertainment. Yes... I remain your humble, absurd and reverent bicycle writer, Peter Gelman.]]></itunes:summary>
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