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Date: 28 Nov 2006 01:18:02
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Subject: where are wombats?
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Can someone tell me whether Wombats live only in Australia,
or also on other continents?
Apart from zoos, of course.
We all know that Wombats are to be found in Zoos.
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Date: 28 Nov 2006 04:45:57
From: DougC
Subject: Re: Are two bicycles necessary?
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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman wrote:
> ....This is the recumbent bike I would choose for touring:
> -RANS Rocket- (and not just because I already
> own one).
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Certainly people do tour on the Rocket, but the weird back wheel scares
me. If the Sachs hub goes out on tour, how easy would it be to find
another replacement? Is the "typical" bike shop going to have one on
hand in that size? Probably not. ....This is my justification for
suggesting a 26/26 LWB bike that uses regular derailleurs. The more
common parts the recumbent has, the better.
(the Cycle Genius I suggested does use disk brakes, but those are pretty
common now on bike-store MTB's, which also use 26" wheels--and if a rim
goes out of true, you're more likely to be able to keep riding on it it
if you have disk brakes than calipers)
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> The RANS Rocket is also a very fun bike to ride, once the rider adapts
> to the light control forces required.
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I had a short wheelbase at first and didn't like it, mainly for one
reason--that it was fine on smooth clean pavement, but it did not handle
well in gravel and broken pavement at all. Normally you would not choose
to ride on gravelly or broken pavement of course, but during emergency
evasive maneuvers sometimes you end up taking a path that you wouldn't
choose otherwise. And it was at these exact moments that the SWB felt
its worst, as if it was going to slide sideways out from under me. The
LWB has this problem but it's much less severe.
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