New Year weight loss plans ???

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

We always see the annoying gas-powered versions of those things at OSH.
I've never yet seen anyone kill themselves on them, yet, but I always watch
anyway...

I regularly do some pretty stupid things on mountain bikes (scars to
show for it) but wouldn't be tempted to actually use one of the
motorized scooters (aka "gopeds") for transportation.

The front wheel is small enough that even a small obstacle can cause
an endo, and the geometry is usually such that there's little or no
trail in the front end geometry (trail is what makes the rear wheels
in a shopping cart and the front wheel on a bike tend toward inherent
stability). Without that, the front wheel will want to take off one
direction or the other at the slightest input.

There's no reason there couldn't be a "safer goped" design, with a
front wheel in the 12-14" range, and inherently stable geometry (draw
a line through the steering axis, and if the wheel's contact point
with the ground is behind the axis, it's stable).

Mark "brave but not stupid" Hickey
Former wife would disagree

In rec.aviation.homebuilt Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired wrote:

You guys are thinking way too high tech. My son recommends a skateboard.

Indeed.

I always though that I needed a folding bike for the plane. Then I
realized that the roller blades languishing in the closet weighed a lot
less, were more compact, were easier to get in and out of the plane, and
required less maintenance than a bike. Add a backpack to it and you can
carry almost the same amount of stuff.


--
Frank Stutzman
Bonanza N494B "Hula Girl"
Hood River, OR

"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote in message
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You guys are thinking way too high tech. My son recommends a skateboard.

I've seen motorized ones of those also... I seem to also remember seeing an
add for a motorized rollerblade type device...

"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote in message
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You guys are thinking way too high tech. My son recommends a skateboard.

My wife's motto, and subsequently mine as well: Don't put it on and
you don't have to take if off.

Corky Scott

"George Patterson" wrote

Well, first, you've got to find a bike that folds up into something the
size of a carryon bag. I've not seen one. Try taking a Montague into NYC
on a rush hour New Jersey Transit train. Let me know how it works out.

All you have to do is let the air out of the tires, right? g
--
Jim in NC