Yeah, after I'd read enough reviews in which equestrian-type people wrote "....yeah, despite the book's merits I had to ritually tear it to pieces and burn it page by page because of the bad treatment of horses," I decided that avoiding the frothing rage of the horse-mad was probably the better part of wisdom.
Do you know any basic books about horses? Obviously real experience would be better, but books are so much cheaper and will do until I have a heroine who feels the need to rampage over the mountains on horseback, because the roads there are just not good enough for bicycles.
Probably the bicycles won't be used in battle, because they wouldn't be useful at all on battle terrain, so their incompatibility with lances is a moot point. The bicycles are more for traveling or possibly mail delivery, in regions with decent roads.
I bet someone has tried to have a jousting tournament with bicycles, though. That would be hilarious.
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Date: 2008-07-07 01:45 am (UTC)Do you know any basic books about horses? Obviously real experience would be better, but books are so much cheaper and will do until I have a heroine who feels the need to rampage over the mountains on horseback, because the roads there are just not good enough for bicycles.
Probably the bicycles won't be used in battle, because they wouldn't be useful at all on battle terrain, so their incompatibility with lances is a moot point. The bicycles are more for traveling or possibly mail delivery, in regions with decent roads.
I bet someone has tried to have a jousting tournament with bicycles, though. That would be hilarious.