Tue, 12 May 1998 14:08:37 +0100 - Message No. 2972
From: "Seaton, Andy"

Subject: RE: Winter finally seems to have gone. The plastic crotch-


I agree Marco. I wonder what the crotchet rockets think of us on our
sceptic tanks eh...??

I commute to London (80 miles) each and every day of the year unless
there are blizzards. I have to because I cannot afford the train fare to
come to work to London. 3,500 pounds for a train ticket for the year.
Best of luck to the people who can afford to have their bikes as fair
weather toys. I don't mind. The more bikes on the road the better it is
for all of us. Lets not make ourselves too exclusive eh. Heaven knows,
people might start to think we're a bunch of stuck up bikers...

Ciao..


 Andy Seaton. X5287.
Systems Support Manager,
E-Mail: Andy.Seaton@gs.com
 "The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other
people"


	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Marco Kost [SMTP:makost@nw80.cip.fak14.uni-muenchen.de]
	Sent:	11 May 1998 5:52 pm
	To:	xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
	Subject:	Re: (XRV) Winter finally seems to have gone. The
plastic crotch-

	Hi Chris and Lorenzo,

	> do, but sometimes a bit of Bike Romance is welcome!

	To me it doesnīt seem like "Bike Romance" bit quite an
intolerant and 
	arrogant point of view.
	"Only all-season-bikers are good bikers". I donīt appreciate
that.
	I tend more to "live and let live" (or better "ride and let
ride").

	> I've always thought that if you really like riding (no matter
the bike), you
	> have to do it, no matter how awful weather is.

	Imagibne, in some regions of Europe itīs not possible to ride
all 
	year. I once crashed in autumn, cause a little part of the road
was 
	icy (and almost died), so I decided to drive never again in bad 
	weather conditions like that. 

	Moreover, Iīm a student and Iīm glad that I can afford to ride
an @ 
	at least 6 to 8 months a year...

	> I like riding in any condition particularly for the feelings I
can get
	> particularly from   the environment, I mean smell, sounds,
sights,  and so on. 

	I like that feelings, too!
	 
	Ciao, 

	Marco
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