What is your preferred mode of transportation?

What is your preferred mode of transportation?

Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by fishy on Mon Jun 21st 2004 at 2:04pm
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something like this would be cool. i've always fancied a wee shot of one of these, but......, meh.

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not quite a jetpack, but cheap to run. and at 25mph max, i wouldn't really want a range of 600 miles.
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by Orpheus on Mon Jun 21st 2004 at 2:18pm
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fishy said:
and at 25mph max, i wouldn't really want a range of 600 miles.
600 miles at 25 MPH = pee really bad
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by fishy on Mon Jun 21st 2004 at 2:25pm
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Orpheus said:
fishy said:
and at 25mph max, i wouldn't really want a range of 600 miles.
600 miles at 25 MPH = pee really bad
or possibly some small concilation for having no rockets? :rolleyes:
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by Monqui on Mon Jun 21st 2004 at 2:29pm
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I just like hoofing it places to be honest, or getting there by my own power otherwise (biking (which I rarely do), rollerblading, whatever).
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by Gwil on Mon Jun 21st 2004 at 2:31pm
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walking.

ideally teleportation is my preferred method of transit, but we'll wait and see on that.
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by $loth on Mon Jun 21st 2004 at 2:39pm
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Actually, my ideal method of transport is, one which won't get me killed,

'our cars are the safest on the road' if no one else is on them!
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by mazemaster on Tue Jun 22nd 2004 at 4:41am
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No, Mountain bike. Loads of people have those pedals, they all come from the same factory but are sld under about a thousand different names :smile: I think you pay somrthing like ?25 for them under the name 'V8', but I got mine for ?12 under some name I had never heard of - lasted years of punishment!
ahh. I got them for $16.50 (USD) online, so I guess I got a pretty good deal. They are real nice too (grip your feet), but when I fall and they hit my shins... ouch!
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Jun 22nd 2004 at 9:06am
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Hah, I definately know that feeling! One time when it happened, the pedal span round, hit my chin, but I was falling at the same time, so it gouged a little trench out of my chin, could see bone :smile:
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by mazemaster on Tue Jun 22nd 2004 at 9:53am
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I'm surprised you don't use toeclips on your mtn bike. I have them on my bike and really like them. You can use the upstroke for power as well as the downstroke, and whatnot. I tried using them on my muni of course, but after a few falls I got the feeling that toe clips + unicycle = a fast way to needing reconstructive face surgery (-:

Oh, and all of you who think unicycling is a wuss sport for clowns and circuses need to watch this:
http://www.sykoproductions.com/U2trailer.mov
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by scary_jeff on Tue Jun 22nd 2004 at 12:42pm
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Wow, awsome stuff on that movie.

I would use toe straps if I was a hardcore XC rider, but when you are trying to hop about on walls and things, toe clips lead you to the same 'reconstructive face surgery' area that they do with a unicycle :smile:
Re: What is your preferred mode of transportation? Posted by 2-bits on Tue Jun 22nd 2004 at 2:30pm
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I walk.