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From: king@kestrel.ARPA (Dick King)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,sci.misc,misc.wanted,misc.misc
Subject: Re: Designing a human/doggie powered vehicle
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Date: 18 Jan 88 19:02:35 GMT
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In article <434@sdcc15.UUCP> ss6@sdcc15.UUCP (Mark Laxer) writes:

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   From: ss6@sdcc15.UUCP (Mark Laxer)
   Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,sci.misc,misc.wanted,misc.misc
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   Hi!  Two summers ago, I bicycled from Boston to Berkeley with my Siberian
   Husky pup--Nunatak.  She ran 7-8 miles per day, but mostly she sat
   contentedly in a trailer which I pulled.  

   Isn't the dog supposed to be pulling you, midwesterners asked, suppressing
   gaffaws.  I agree--the dog should earn her keep.  However, I believe it
   would be both inefficient and dangerous for her to pull anything except a
   sled across a snow-field...

   Therefore, I am researching the idea of building an apparatus which I call a
   DogPed, or a Doggie Powered Vehicle (DPV).  Naturally, it will be attached
   to a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV).

I would suggest not asking a Husky to work hard during the summer,
either in Boston or in Berkeley.


			   Thank you,

			   Mark Laxer
			   ss6@sdcc15%sdcsvax

			   1237 Camino Del Mar, #C-256
			   Del Mar, CA 92014
	       USA
-dk