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From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: mountain bikes
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Date: Tue, 10-Apr-84 01:57:43 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 10 01:57:43 1984
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	From: warrenf@tekig.UUCP
	Message-ID: <1919@tekig.UUCP>

	. . . you can go off the road over curbs, front lawns,
	whatever to escape the cretin motorists.  And if that
	doesn't work you can use the railroad right of ways, that's
	right, straight down the ties! Watch out for trains! . . .

				Warren Finke @ Tektronix

Which reminds me of another type of bike I read about once. It
seems that they (*) used to make a bike specially designed to travel
on railroad tracks.  It had two doubly-flanged wheels to ride on
a single rail, and a small third wheel on an outrigger which rode
on the opposite rail to keep the bike upright. I suppose that being
unable to steer, it wouldn't be possible to ride on just two wheels.
Anyway, these bikes became very unpopular, because too many people
were killed by trains while riding them. Also, they weren't good
for more conventional riding.

					Fred Blonder
					harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!fred

(*) ``They'' are a division of ``The Very Big Corporation''.
    (Actually, I have no idea who made these bikes.)