Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!alchemy!hnridder From: hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Experiences with laptops on bicycle Message-ID: <1991Apr25.103552.28889@cs.ruu.nl> Date: 25 Apr 91 10:35:52 GMT References: <1991Apr24.005508.6780@massey.ac.nz> <1991Apr25.004308.21397@cs.dal.ca> Organization: Utrecht University, Dept. of Computer Science Lines: 29 In <1991Apr25.004308.21397@cs.dal.ca> silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) writes: >In article <1991Apr24.005508.6780@massey.ac.nz> D.U.Pfeiffer@massey.ac.nz (D.U. Pfeiffer) writes: >>A little bit of extra weight on your back is actually quite good exercise! > >Also destabilizing and pretty dangerous. That is why you seldom see Where did you learn cycling? :-) I think the best place for a laptop on a bike IS your back; this adsorbes the shocks the computer may suffer from when you put it on the bike itself. And these shocks can be really nasty. I never had any problems with stability. Ernst -- popa iret Qualitas qualitatem inducit. Semper ego qualitatem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernst de Ridder (student) | Email: hnridder@cs.ruu.nl Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University | Fido: Ernst de.Ridder UUCP: !mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!praxis!hnridder | 2:284/203.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- popa iret Qualitas qualitatem inducit. Semper ego qualitatem.