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Re: 51 speed humps, will they damage my bike

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From: Richard Foulk
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 09:50
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In article <BwvuMH.Fxn@cen.ex.ac.uk> cs92mjd@cen.ex.ac.uk (M.J.Davis) writes:
>Are you assuming use of an MTB here, or can you do this on a wimpy road bike
>without the wheels spontaneously folding up on landing? I've seen 'cross
>racers hop logs, but I *think* they might have stronger bikes. 
>

I've sailed over all kinds of stuff on all kinds of junky bikes (road
bikes mostly).  It never seemed to hurt any of them.  (No need to pull
up on the pedals either, just twist the handle bars -- better control
and works on anything.)


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Richard Foulk		richard@pegasus.com
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From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk)
Subject: Re: 51 speed humps, will they damage my bike
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