SUV for MTB hauling

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 03:58:24 GMT, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jobst Brandt
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Wait for the hydrogen fuel cell model. Now *that's* going to solve all
our problems, I tell you!!

Jobst Brandt said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Each is sexy, to be sure, but when you put a Thule rack up top for that MTB
(and you know you will) . . . you know you're going to mangle the forks
pulling into the garage.

I say stay practical--think International: http://snipurl.com/9kgy

Picks up where Viagra left off.....

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dude, fill the back up with water, an' make a giant Jacuzzi! Think how many
chicks you could fit in that thing!

Matt O.

neil0502 said:

I say stay practical--think International: http://snipurl.com/9kgy

I can't believe that's for real! (Is it?) I was sure that must be some kind of
joke website, put up by some bored advertising professionals!

Matt O.

Wed, 6 Oct 2004 03:38:42 -0400, <[email hidden]>,

Matt O'Toole said:

Quoted message said:

I say stay practical--think International: http://snipurl.com/9kgy

I can't believe that's for real! (Is it?) I was sure that must be some kind of
joke website, put up by some bored advertising professionals!

You're such an optimist.

Trademarking _"The Brilliance of Common Sense"(tm)_ is the work of
bored advertising professionals.
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zk

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jobst Brandt
[email hidden]

Did you consider both? One for the family run around in case the other
still has the bikes strapped on and you don't want to risk having them
stolen in town.

"walter mitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you consider both? One for the family run around in case the other
still has the bikes strapped on and you don't want to risk having them
stolen in town.

Really one should have no less than three SUV's: One for running about
town, an Expedition would do. One for formal occasions, say an Escalade or
Mercedes. And a Hummer H1 for interstate driving.

For transporting bikes you really should have a full size truck. I'd
recommend, ohhhh, an F-250 Super Duty.

Ossama will thank you.

--
'Just because you're wearing a tie
Doesn't mean you're bloody important'
-chumbawamba

<jobst.brandt wrote...

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jobst Brandt

Real men aren't afraid to mess with gears. Get the biggest diesel engine you
can find, and tweak the injectors so that your machine belches black smoke
every time you double clutch that baby, coating everyone in sight with
carcinogenous black soot.
--
mark

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Quoted message said:

neil0502 said:

I say stay practical--think International: http://snipurl.com/9kgy

I can't believe that's for real! (Is it?)

I'm pretty sure it is. I think I read an article about it. Primarily targeted to
businesses, for example landscaping companys, but they expect to sell a few
to people who want a truck that costs twice as much as a Hummer.

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Totally ridiculous. {Pause} Eveyone knows you're a roadie.

Bill "JB on knobbies?!?" S.

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Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Heck, I'd just like to see the MTB these would haul.

Must be one of those heavy Downhill bikes.

cheers,
Tom

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"Matt O'Toole" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Dude, fill the back up with water, an' make a giant Jacuzzi! Think how

many

Quoted message said:

chicks you could fit in that thing!

Matt O.

not anymore than a regular full size pickup truck apparently, it has a "8'
dually pickup bed," pretty much the same you'd find on your average
way-too-large-pickup. i'll stick with my toyota thanks.

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Bill Sornson said:

Quoted message said:

I'm having the hardest time deciding which of these trucks I should
get to haul my MTB to the trailhead. They both have a certain
machismo, but different. I kinda like the electric wheel drive
though, no gears to mess with:

http://tinyurl.com/3tt6p
http://tinyurl.com/ywxku

Totally ridiculous. {Pause} Eveyone knows you're a roadie.

I've heard that some riders claim they derive some sort
of cross-training benefits by not limiting themselves to
just off-road, or just paved terrain.

Yeah, right!

Just kidding, with tongue firmly in cheek. Fortunately,
nobody has to pledge allegiance to either road or trail
to the exclusion of the other.

It is, however, interesting to note GWB leans primarily to
off-road, while Kerry apparently is more of a roadie.
Maybe the US of A needs a Third Option/candidate who does
city cruising on a chopper, or BMX Street riding, or
/something/ different (short of transporting MTBs to the
trailhead on earthmovers.) Kinda like how The Who filled
the gap between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

I'd think someone who's into cycle touring would make an
ideal presidential canditate.

cheers,
Tom

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Tom Keats said:

I'd think someone who's into cycle touring would make an
ideal presidential canditate.

i accept your nomination!

[censored], you're canadian.

besides anyone who's into cycletouring would balk at a job with almost zero
potential for any sizeable stretch of time off. oooops, george2 obviously
notwithstanding.

hmmm, wait a minute .. the secret service sag van might work out ok.
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David Reuteler said:

besides anyone who's into cycletouring would balk at a job with almost zero
potential for any sizeable stretch of time off.

One should be able to integrate it into one's itineraries.

oooops, george2 obviously

Quoted message said:

notwithstanding.

hmmm, wait a minute .. the secret service sag van might work out ok.

As long as they stock Krispy Kreme, rather than Dunkin donuts.

I've heard it said the best leaders are those who'd
have to be dragged kicking and screaming to office.
Of course there are exceptions. Like Eleanor Roosevelt.

cheers,
Tom

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Tom Keats said:

It is, however, interesting to note GWB leans primarily to
off-road, while Kerry apparently is more of a roadie.
Maybe the US of A needs a Third Option/candidate who does
city cruising on a chopper, or BMX Street riding, or
/something/ different (short of transporting MTBs to the
trailhead on earthmovers.) Kinda like how The Who filled
the gap between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

So would Nader be the recumbent candidate or the unicylce candidate?

Ross Perot (back in his heyday) must have been the candidate of the little
clown bike.

I could keep this up for a while.......

Tom

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tcmedara said:

Tom Keats said:

It is, however, interesting to note GWB leans primarily to
off-road, while Kerry apparently is more of a roadie.
Maybe the US of A needs a Third Option/candidate who does
city cruising on a chopper, or BMX Street riding, or
/something/ different (short of transporting MTBs to the
trailhead on earthmovers.) Kinda like how The Who filled
the gap between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

So would Nader be the recumbent candidate or the unicylce candidate?

As a newly minted uni rider, it is mnsho that Nader would be the dork
in a utility trike <http://3wheel.makers.com.tw/frontpic/3000.jpg>.

Unicycles are for the kewl kidz, not square herberts, man.

..max

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tcmedara said:

Tom Keats said:

It is, however, interesting to note GWB leans primarily to
off-road, while Kerry apparently is more of a roadie.
Maybe the US of A needs a Third Option/candidate who does
city cruising on a chopper, or BMX Street riding, or
/something/ different (short of transporting MTBs to the
trailhead on earthmovers.) Kinda like how The Who filled
the gap between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

So would Nader be the recumbent candidate or the unicylce candidate?

Ross Perot (back in his heyday) must have been the candidate of the little
clown bike.

I could keep this up for a while.......

Actually, for the life o' me, I cannot picture any past
incumbent or candidate since Truman as a cyclist. That
would include Humphrey and McGovern. I can sorta see
Truman on a Raleigh 3-speed, a little bit ... his grey
suit fluttering in the breeze, one hand holding his hat on.

Dwight had his driver (hubba hubba.) JFK was too much into
football to be into cycling. Since then you guys have gone
through Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush the Elder,
Clinton ... and some amusing side-shows like Agnew and that
guy who can't spell 'potato' (who might, by Fabrizio standards,
be the closest thing to a Cyclist that the White House has
ever seen.) Imagine Gerald Ford and Look pedals.

Canada's no better; in fact, we're far worse. Our Prime Ministers
can't even pull off a decent kick-off, let alone a First Pitch.

cheers,
Tom

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Tom Keats <[email hidden]> wrote:

........ Imagine Gerald Ford and Look pedals.

Now that's an helluva image. Made my night.

Tom