On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 15:50 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > > BTW, as to speed, as a teenager in 1 mile high Nairobi, I could draft > the slower motor vehicles on the flat with such a roadster -- I > remember once drafting a Peugeot 403 pickup for a mile or so at about > 30 mph along northbound Limuru road a couple miles north of the > Muthaiga ( of colonial white bwana "altitude, alcohol and adultery" > fame) junction. Them were the days ..
Yes, I remembered your story, which is why I qualified what I said about "hull speed" to my DL-1. Whether it was the bike or, more likely, the rider, mine had a powerful reluctance to go fast. I think the fastest I ever went on it was one day along the Potomac on the Mount Vernon trail just south of the 14th St. bridge with a howling tailwind, doing maybe 15 mph, when the jogger darted right out in front of me and I ran him down. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
