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Old July 17th 18, 04:50 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_2_]
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Default Making America into Amsterdam

On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 11:29:30 PM UTC-4, Joy Beeson wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:29:07 -0400, Frank Krygowski wrote:

I've heard rumors that people used to ride bikes before cell phone
coverage ever existed. Can that really be true?


Yes, but every place that was open to the public had a pay phone.


The longest mountain bike I recall was about 50 miles. I suppose that we might
have found a pay phone by riding half a mile to a mile off our route. But we
never did that. As in every other ride I've ever done, we didn't need to.

Maybe it will be different once mountain lions re-settle our area.

- Frank Krygowski
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