Return-Path: Date: Sat, 8 Aug 92 7:47:53 CDT From: amy@spiker.b11.ingr.com (Amy Swint) Subject: Re: RCR boring ? Nah! Sender: east-request@laser.east.sun.com Reply-To: east@laser.east.sun.com Apparently-To: > Amy Swint writes: > >I'll let Martyn tell the tale of how I didn't drop TheMoped. He does > >far better than I ever could at writing a good trip report.I will tell > >you though, it takes real intestinal fortitude to not drop it. ;-) > > Martyn writes: > I'm sure Amy could do a fine job of a report, and the story of her > trek from Alabama to NC and back must be fascinating. I distinctly > remember Swane saying the first day on the Interstates averaged > 30mph... Yeh, the 2 hours we spent stuck in traffic ( and sitting by the side of the road) in Chattanooga really cut into the average speed. That and I do like stopping at the rest areas along the Interstate. 8-) I did manage to get my average speed up to 41mph on the way back home though. ;-) > > What Amy does keep well hidden is just how difficult it is to ride > TheMoped. If you have never ridden a sidecar rig it is impossible to > understand -- let me just say that it takes real intestinal fortitude > just to ride one, let alone drop one. It also takes amazing arm > muscles, which I don't have. Amy has this air of hidden power that I > could not rationalise until I rode TheMoped. "Hidden power"?!? Amazing arm muscles?!? Jeeze, now I'm embarressed! ;-) Amy Swint Email: swint@ingr.com 82 Virago 920 + sidecar (TheMoped) slowest rider on rec.motorcycles and damn proud of it!