Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site uwmacc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!bellcore!decvax!genrad!grkermi!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster From: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: How To Make Your Bicycle Faster Message-ID: <1200@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Jun-85 17:41:08 EDT Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1200 Posted: Mon Jun 10 17:41:08 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 01:19:42 EDT References: <1644@reed.UUCP> Reply-To: oyster@uwmacc.UUCP (Vicious oyster) Distribution: net Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 20 In article <1644@reed.UUCP> kehoe@reed.UUCP (Dave Kehoe) writes: > >1) Position, Clothing and Training. I recommend spending >$50 on a Bell helmet before you even think of riding fast. >Next, spend $25 on a "Fit Kit." This is the most effective >way to get your position correct. You can't ride efficiently >or even safely if your feet are in an incorrect position, your >handlebars too close, etc. No saddle will be comfortable if >it's too high or too low. What is a "Fit Kit", where can one get one, and why should I have to pay $25 for something that some kind soul should be able to tell me in a more-or-less public forum (hint, hint)? -- - joel "vo" plutchak {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!oyster "Take what I say in a different way and it's easy to say that this is all confusion."