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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 18:12:01 EDT
Forget my last post. A kid just went by with one of those Razor things. He
must think I am crazy for chasing him, but he stopped and let me try it. It
is fun but yes you can’t carry any thing on it, and I can’t imagine going
very far with it.
All the best from an exhausted 51-year-old kid;
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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