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Old June 4th 11, 08:40 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech,rec.bicycles.racing,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.soc
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On Jun 3, 11:50*pm, Tēm ShermĒn™ °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote:

I recall watching one similar race in NW Pennsylvania back about
1980. *The designs hadn't settled out at that point in time, so there
were some truly weird machines - and riders!


One rider in particular was a sort of post-apocalyptic character,
wearing combat boots and riding a very low, very crude Frankenbike
with something over 100 speeds. *He went everywhere wearing two large
eyeglass mirrors, one on each side. *Quite freaky! *I wonder where he
is now.


Did he look like this:
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/MVC-023S.JPG?

Would be Chalo's friend from his Seattle days, Joe Kochanowski:
http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/joe/.


Son of a gun! That's the guy! Good call.

BTW, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers runs annual Human
Powered Vehicle competitions for teams of college students.
http://www.asme.org/events/competitions

- Frank Krygowski
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