Nicely written piece Mark, I enjoyed that.
Many years ago you mailed me a stack of Kickstands which I read and thoroughly enjoyed. They occupied a place on my bookshelf next to my complete set of Rivendell Readers, and complete set of Bicycle Quarterly's.
Sadly, the Kickstand's, the RR's, and BQ's, were all reduced to ash in the Paradise wildfire back in November and scattered to the four winds all over Butte county.