Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!motcsd!king.csd.mot.com!brian From: brian@king.csd.mot.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Laptops and bicycles, are they compatible? Keywords: Laptops, Bicycles, Commuting Message-ID: <3737@motcsd.csd.mot.com> Date: 23 Apr 91 22:01:33 GMT References: <4524@ac.dal.ca> Sender: usenet@motcsd.csd.mot.com Lines: 12 osler@ac.dal.ca writes: > I will soon begin commuting to university by bicycle. I am wondering >whether the road vibrations would damage my laptop (a T1000SE) if I were >to strap it to my bicycle rack. I've also thought about slinging the laptop, >in its carrying case over my shoulder, but I think that might be quite >awkward and perhaps even dangerous. I'd strap it to the handlebars, with the cover open of course, and mount some kind of pointing device next to the brake handles. That'll show those yuppie scumbags with their car phones! :-)