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Re: [world-cruising] Useless Equipment

From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 18:03:12 EDT

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    I don’t have kids and am not familiar with a non-powered scooter. Is this
    the skateboard with handlebars? If it is, why can’t you put a basket or
    canvas bag on the handlebars like a bike.
    Bob

    >From: Rosalie B. <>
    >Reply-To:
    >To:
    >Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Useless Equipment
    >Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:44:07 -0400
    >
    >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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