Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!nstar!jackw From: jackw@nstar.rn.com (Jack Wiggins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Laptops and bicycles, are they compatible? Keywords: Laptops, Bicycles, Commuting Message-ID: Date: 24 Apr 91 08:47:13 GMT References: <4524@ac.dal.ca> Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287/317-251-7391 Lines: 17 Yes! I can tell you from personal experience and as an avid cyclist. Don't strap it to your bike's rack directly. If you have only floppy drives, one good chuckhole would be enough to misallign the floppy drive (I had to do two drives. FUN!) and I don't even want to mention a hard drive. Socketed chips, wire plugs, batteries all get damaged quickly. If the machine is too big to carry in a handlebar bag, the consider panniers for your rear rack that let the machine hang inside soft suspended bags with banging against framing or rubbing against screw heads. (I lost a display to a prtruding bolt head). The point is that a bicycle frame takes a lot more shock and vibration punishment than most people realize. Your computer will not. -- Jack Wiggins NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: jackw@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!jackw 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---