Writing: Poem
Author: Percy Dovetonsils
Title: No Title
Date: 02/28/02

Shimano invented the pedals called SPuD
Which work like a charm if you keep them from mud.
Time ATACs work better when covered with goo
But sometimes releasing is harder to do.
Egg beaters have four sides and really look rad;
A true revolution? Or just this year's fad?
Weight weenies use Frogs and think they are the tops.
Free-riders like pedals with platforms for drops.
With all of these options you really can't lose.
Though none of them work very well without shoes.

Writing: Poem
Author: Erin M. Loria
Title: Of The MTBMIND Kind
Date: 03/12/02

Going by train or plane,
Is relatively tame, extremely expensive
And most of all, a huge pain.

The pollution and the lack of exercise
In a Mercedes Benz, or perhaps a Lincoln Town Car,
I somehow sense, would just not be up to par.

Swimming is all very nice and swell,
Except that the only water in our town,
Is located in the sewer or a well.

I used to be able to run quite far,
But it definitely did not help my mother's mood,
When my shoes tracked in tar.

The crazy idea of hopping on one foot,
Not to mention being childish and inefficient,
Can only be accomplished by a character in a fiction book.

So you see,
There remains just one choice
Obviously the only right one for me.
To forever ride my lovely mountain bike,
Pedaling strong, hard, happy and free.
For of the MTBMIND kind, is clearly the way to be.