There at his touch there was a treasure chest,
And in it was a gleam, but not of gold;
And on it, like a flame, these words were scrolled: 
"I keep the mintage of Eternity.
Who comes to take one coin may take the rest,
And all may come--but not without the key." 
                                                 from Captain Craig by Edward Arlington Robinson 


From a sports-marketing perspective-
even without all the doping if that's what's going on-
bicycling has five major drawbacks:
it's not football,
it's not baseball,
it's not basketball,
it's not hockey-
it's not even soccer.  


Eldon (Craig) Reishus entertains a growing, less intimate circle under the Alps outside Munich (Landkreis Bad Tolz - Wolfratshausen). He is an all-around print and web media pro, and the German-English translator of numerous films and books. He originates from Forth Smith, Arkansas. Visit him www.reishus.de.