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Old July 15th 18, 11:02 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
John B. Slocomb
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Default Vietnam war: reinforced bikes to carry artillery?

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 21:50:10 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 18:24:03 -0700, John B. Slocomb
wrote:

I've seen an Indonesian farmer
load two 100 kg. sacks of rice on one and set out pushing on the 10
mile trip bck to the village.


My guess is about 350 kg he
http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/bicycles/oddities/slides/bricks.html
More or the same:
http://www.learnbydestroying.com/jeffl/pics/bicycles/oddities/index.html


While these photos of overloaded bicycles may well generate a certain
amount of wonder no one seems to have stopped to think... well how
would I do it.... if all I had was a bicycle :-?


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