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From: ss6@sdcc15.UUCP (Mark Laxer)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles,sci.misc,misc.wanted,misc.misc
Subject: Designing a human/doggie powered vehicle
Message-ID: <434@sdcc15.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jan 88 00:25:03 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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Keywords: vehicle design mechanical engineering doggie


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).

If you have any suggestions how I might go about designing and interfacing
the components of this hybrid contraption, or if you have ideas about how I
SHOULDN'T configure it, I heartily welcome your response.


			Thank you,

			Mark Laxer
			ss6@sdcc15%sdcsvax

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