That reminds me again of something I've wondered about before. What the heck is Rodale waiting for? On Google Books, there are Bicycling issues available for online reading, but only the 2006, 2007 and 2008 issues. Do they really want to sit on their older issues forever until everyone who might be interested in reading them is dead? What good is holding back the other issues, just for the sake of preserving copyright? Popular Science has it right. They have issues going all the way back to 1924 on Google Books, with full access back to 1872 via their own website.