Re: [workbike] BikeE Box

So? Pics???

   Sounds as though your grain-derived beverage is the same beverage 
many of the HPB competitors at Interlaken/Boenigen used for fuel.

   The KISS principle is always good.

   --Jean

PS: Oh, yes, and I understand that another big box store, Wall-Mart, 
will soon be available to many unsuspecting souls in Europe as well 
as the US.


At 5:07 AM -0600 10/10/99, John Snyder wrote:
>Ah, simple pleasures for simple minds such as my
>own.
>
>While fiddling around today in the studio, I discovered
>that I could mount a good-sized plastic crate to the back
>of the BikeE CT with just 5 bungee cords, no other
>hardware.  Hmmm, it's a K-Mart file crate, big enough to
>hold two 12-packs of grain-derived beverages, and a ream of
>printout paper. Maybe four 12-packs if there'd been a powerful
>thirst, or two full of bags of groceries.
>
>Unloaded, while zipping down the InterState shoulder, with
>a slight tailwind, I was able to sustain a 18 mph (29 kmh)
>average, maxed out at around 21 mph (35 mph). This hints the
>carrier had little minimal impact on the bike's aerodynamics.
>
>Biggee deal here is cost. The pack of bungee cords and
>and crate cost less than ten "bux" total, yet provided the
>same amount of cargo capacity provided by a pair of
>paniers and a rack.
>
>John

------
Jean Seay
jseay@ihpva.org -or- jaseay@earthlink.net
San Luis Obispo, California

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