> His Highness the TibetanM> >> Reading from Afghanistan it sounds like the daily struggle for
> >> survival among cyclists:
>
> >> "It's a day-by-day thing and you don't know if you're going to be the
> >> guy to get hit the next day, so you just keep on pushing"
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> >> I think we are all affected by it to degree or another, knowing that
> >> no medals will be awarded. And that's what bugs me: no medals or
> >> severance pay forthcoming.
>
> >> Well, they say, "A man gotta do what a man gotta do!"
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> > =A0 Selfish thinking again, do you know what a bike can do to the under
> > carriage of a car?
> > =A0 Now go get a job, better yet, join the Army or even better the
> > Marines, they will take good care of you.
>
> You've got to keep them from getting under there. For passenger cars (low= er
> ground clearance) this isn't a big problem. But for trucks and SUVs, they
> can tear thins up. What with the cost of exhaust system repairs, some
> prevention is wise.
>
> Skid plates can minimize quite a bit of damage. But the OEM equipment is
> rarely sufficient to protect the entire undercarriage. Preventing bicycle= s
> from getting underneath a vehicle is usually the wisest move. And probabl= y
> the best way of doing this is to install a set of "Idaho Stop bars" (also
> sometimes called bull bars) on the front bumper. These catch the errant
> cyclist and keep them from sliding underneath the vehicle. As an added
> benefit, they protect the front grill and radiator from damage. And they
> are available with winch mounts. Very handy should you high center yourse= lf
> on top of a couple of cyclists and need to pull yourself off.
>
> --
> Paul Hovnanian =A0 =A0 mailto: snipped-for-privacy@Hovnanian.com
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> The ark was skippered by amateurs, the Titanic was skippered by
> professionals.
My vote for funniest Usenet post of 2011.