Snowvon calling!

posted by Emma on September 14, 2007 03:17 PM

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So, the book I'm finding stupidly easy to sell at the moment is Richard Ballantine's City Cycling. People see it, they want it. Thing is, I am a bit busy doing all the other one hundred million things I have to do to keep Snowbooks going. It seems such a shame to have this book that everyone wants but not the time to tell them that it exists.

So here's the deal. You, friends, can sell it on Snowbooks' behalf. Think of yourself as a bookish Avon Lady, going from house to house, friend to friend, trying to sell orangey make-up - except now you can have a Quality Product that takes no effort to sell at all (providing you are talking to someone who likes cycling - and there are lots of them about). For every copy of City Cycling that you sell, Snowbooks will pay you £2.50! That's right. You only need to shift four copies to get a crisp ten pound note in the post, to exchange for the goods and services that you most desire.

Get your friends to order from www.citycycling.org. Once they've done that, email me with their names and I'll send you your commission! Easy money.

Go! Sell! The person who sells the most will be names Snowvon Seller of the Month. You need no more incentive than that.

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I will give it a go Em but I`m not being responsible for anyone who falls off and hurts themselves - or worse.


I didn't think much of Mr. Ballantine's 'City Cycling'. Unfortunately it's largely a rehash of old stories and material from his well-regarded 'Bicycle Book' of yore, with some amateurish photos using family members who don't appear to be very dedicated bicycle commuters. Why didn't he interview actual cycle commuters from different cities, environments, and walks of life and post their experiences and [very] dissimilar recommendations? Oh, and the quaint 'bike repair chapter' is a joke - a remnant of the 1970s when bikes differed but little in design. Today one needs a thick dedicated volume on bicycle repair to even approach the level of useful advice, given the myriad of different cycle models, designs, and components available today and over the last 30 years.

It may be the times (is the written word dead?), but it's not 1978, and it's now far easier to get good cycle commuting advice by visiting a good bicycle forum where people do it every day and have a lot of practical advice based on recent experience. Just my opinion.

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