Date:	Wed, 24 Jan 1996 21:07:25 -1000
From:	andrew@tug.com (Andrew Beattie)
Message-Id: <DLq6GE.J9G@tug.com>
Organization: /usr/lib/news/organisation
Subject: Re: El-Mirage

jtavo@nyc.pipeline.com (John Tavolacci) writes:
>Nice to see Andrews DC-9 buggy set up with the six wheels,

Make that 7 wheels....
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The extra wheels on the double axle of the front buggy mean:

 - Extra resistance to sliding sideways.
 - Reduced ability to turn tightly
 - Use of entire baggage allowance
 - Increased difficulty in finding sufficient unpunctured tyres

Note also, the exceedingly high placement of the footpegs, the buggy
hooks jamming into your thigh and absence of Springback, contriving
to make this buggy:

 - By far the most uncomfortable buggy on the planet
 - able to handle significant overpower (or inertia due to overweight
   passenger) because of low body, high peg position
 - able to handle *massive* overpower when hooks are in use.

Andrew
-- 
I lost a reel of 150lb Spectra (unflown, unsleeved, nearly 1000' of
it on a white reel) at El Mirage.  If it ended up in your bag, please
drop me a line.


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