Parenthetical and work cited h/w

Victoria Janoski
October 21, 2009
ENGL 102-007
Parenthetical Notes and Work cited
Parenthetical Notes
1) The world’s most advanced bicycle was invented in 1977 by Swiss inventor Ugo Zwingli (Mayer 33).
2) When he first encountered Zwingli’s invention, cyclist Freddie Mercxx exclaimed: “This will either revolutionize road racing or set it back a hundred years!”(44).
3) According to Rupert Brindel, president of the International Bicycle Federation, “The cycling world was in a tizzy about the Swingli frame. Supporters called it ‘the bike of the future’ while detractors said it removed the sport from the sport of cycling.”(Qtd. in Zweiback 202).
4) Zwingli had discovered a revolutionary way to reinforce tissue paper. The result was a frame so lightweight that it would actually gain speed while coasting uphill (Mayer 36).
5) In his Memoirs, Zwingli wrote, “I was overjoyed by how strong the tissue-paper frame was. The first prototype held up well under every test-until the first rainstorm.”(63-64).
6) Zwingli’s bicycle was a mere curiosity until the following year, when he made this second brilliant discovery: waterproof tissue paper (“And Now” 416).
7) The twin brother of Freddie Mercxx, also a world-class cyclist, wrote:
With all other bicycles, the strongest and fittest cyclist wins the race. With the Zwingli bike, the lightest racer wins. I’m tired of being wiped off the track by skinny guys in tissue paper (O. Mercxx).
8) The fate of the Zwingli bicycle was sealed in 1985 when it was outlawed for competition by a vote of 70 to 3 of the International Bicycle Federation (Zweiback “IBF Disposes” 54).
9) Although the following week’s Tour de Finland race was marred by protests from newly unemployed lightweight riders, the cycling world soon returned to normal (LeMoon C17)



Work Cited

"And Now: Non-Absorbent T.P." Applied Chemistry Bulletin 1978: 416. Academic Search Premier. Web. 20 Oct 2009.
LeMoon, Greg. "Featherweight Furor in Finland." New York Times-News-Post 1980: C17. All Sports- News. Web. 20 Oct 2009.
Mayer's, Vilma. 101 Offbeat Ideas. Chicago: Phantom Company of Chicago, 1994. Print.
Mercxx, Freddie. "New Products." Cyclist's World Nov. 1978: 44-45. Print.
Mercxx, Otto. (28 January, 1980): Print
Zweiback, Melba. Two Wheels. Montrea: Singleday, 2000: Print
"IBF Disposes of Tissue Paper 10-Speed." Newsmonth Aug.1985: 54-56. HealthSource Consumer Addition. Web. 14 Oct 2009.
Zwingli, Ugo. Memoirs. Zurich: Zigurat Press, 1998: Print.