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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 17:44:07 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.)
>
>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.
Bob disagrees about bikes and scooters. He points out that you can't
carry anything on a scooter. On a bike you can have a basket, you can
have panniers and you can tow a little cart with your grocery shopping
in it.
grandma Rosalie
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