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- From: leung@sp1.csrd.uiuc.edu (Bruce Leung)
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.204527.28702@csrd.uiuc.edu>
- Summary: R100GS/PD
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- Organization: Center for Supercomputing R&D, U. of Ill.
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 20:45:27 GMT
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- brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady) writes:
- >Recently I've been thinking about taking a long distance solo ride -- a ride to
- >Alaska from my home in New Hampshire. I'd ride the Trans-Alaska Hwy through
- >...
- >into the Pacific Northwest, then trundle my way back across the USA to New
- >England.
- >...
- >So here is your essay question -- what would you ride on a 10,000 mile trip?
- >Pencils up... and begin.
-
- The perfect bike for this trip is the R100GS/PD. 300+ mile range and
- plenty of carrying capacity. Not to mention the dirt capability. I
- find it comfortable enough to go 300+ miles non-stop. YMMV.
-
- Bruce
-