From: John Sloan
Subject: Re: Book review: "Gathering Speed", by The Nashville Flash
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 09:38:44 -0700
I'd read most of this book in draft form while sharing a condo with
Flash and other Denizens at the races at Steamboat Springs CO last
year, then I re-read some of them in an "official" copy loaned to
me by Todd Blachowiak. Finally, I ordered not just one copy, but
several: one for me to keep, and others to give as gifts, especially
to people -- like my parents -- who "just don't get it". The book
says more about why motorcycling has played such an important part
in my life than anything else I've ever read. The book has lots of
other stuff, too, not just motorcycling, that I can relate to. But
it's what it says about motorcycling, and the baggage (both good
and bad) that comes along with it, that speaks to me.
And it's not just because I'm mentioned in one of the stories: the
one about the infamous July 4th Ride'n'Freeze in which a bunch of us
got caught in a unseasonable blizzard at 12,000'+ while crossing the
continental divide in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
(Flash doesn't mention that, inspired by Alferd Packer, we had to
put some Volvo drivers on the same pass to good use.)
--
John Sloan Member of the Technical Staff
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