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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 13:34:19 EDT
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:33:59 -0400, you wrote:
>Somebody nominated bicylces as being more bother than they are worth. I
>concur, based only on the difficulty of stowing three of them on our 36
>foot boat. We have relied upon Razor folding scooters (those aluminum
>kick-powered affairs that all the kids were using) and have been very well
>pleased. Folds small - stows small. Minimum moving parts. Easy to
>repair. Easy to carry into the restaurant / grocery store / church
>(unlike a bike.)
Bob was given a folding bike for his birthday one year by our children
and he uses it a lot. Granted, we are most often in marinas so we
don't have to bring it ashore in the dinghy and we have a CSY44 which
actually measures about 50 feet.
He rides to the grocery store, and he rides to the rental office to
get a rental car. Some places are too big for walking easily and yet
we don't want to take a cab. Some places have free bikes for people
to use and some places rent bikes. In those places where bikes are
used a lot, there are usually bike racks that you can lock your bike
to.
I tried to ride his and it was just too big for me (it isn't quite
true that you never forget how to ride a bike) because I couldn't
reach the ground from the seat. So he got me a non-folding one which
I never used. He then bought a second hand folding one for about $25
and refurbished it, and I actually rode it some this past winter. It
is good exercise for me - the computer couch potato.
>
>And indeed one travels at about 3x a walking pace, by simply walking when
>faced with an upgrade, kicking gently on the level, and riding gleefully
>when going down grade. I even rode 17 miles round trip for dinner one
>night in San Francisco. A very practical land-transport option for
>cruisers.
>
>Chris McKesson
>
A scooter sounds like a good option.
grandma Rosalie
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