If cars were bicycles...
08-01-05, 02:50 PM
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I think my little red bike is the equivalent of an 80s subaru gl hatchback, 4wd, natch.
It's ugly and not especially fast, but it'll get you just about anywhere.
It's ugly and not especially fast, but it'll get you just about anywhere.
08-01-05, 02:54 PM
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I was actually having a hard time with the cruiser. The problem is that in the car world, big and cushy is usually matched to a large displacement engine, so that it's big and cushy and relatively fast (if not exactly sprightly).
My cousin had a '64 Caddy and that bad boy would easily hit 120 on the flat, though at that speed it tended to pitch and roll like a small ship on choppy waters. I think the huge surface area started having serious aerodynamic interactions.
My cousin had a '64 Caddy and that bad boy would easily hit 120 on the flat, though at that speed it tended to pitch and roll like a small ship on choppy waters. I think the huge surface area started having serious aerodynamic interactions.
