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From: zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Experiences with laptops on bicycle
Summary: Hazards of a high center of gravity
Message-ID: <1830@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 30 Apr 91 01:24:17 GMT
References: <1991Apr24.005508.6780@massey.ac.nz> <1991Apr25.103552.28889@cs.ruu.nl>
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In Article <1991Apr25.103552.28889@cs.ruu.nl>, hnridder@cs.ruu.nl
(Ernst de Ridder) writes:
 
>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.
 
>  I think the best place for a laptop on a bike IS your back;
>[...] I never had any problems with stability.
 
   Have you ever had to take sudden evasive action to avoid an
accident? It's kind of like wearing a seatbelt in your car--
after several years of not having any accidents, you might think
you don't need to wear it anymore... but you'd be wrong.
 
   It may depend somewhat on where you ride. If you have to ride
in rush-hour traffic regularly, it's just a matter of time before
some bozo cuts you off (even in cities with bike paths, which
have their own version of rush hour traffic).
 
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zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean)
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