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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

3028.0. "Secret Service MTB" by WMOIS::WEIER (Keep those wings spinning!) Tue Oct 10 1995 09:40

         
        WASHINGTON (AP) - Secret Service Sgt. Doug Tuxbury patrols his
    White House beat from the seat of a sleek mountian bike.
         In a silver helmet, black combat gear and comfortable shoes,
    Tuxbury spends his shift atop a $2,400 TREK two-wheeler cruising the
    three block radius of the White House compound.
         The Secret Service launched its latest beat Saturday. By the end
    of the day, Tuxbury said, he was hoarse from talking to so many
    people about the bike.
         The space age white bike with black wheels has 24 gears, a Secret 
    Service seal inthe middle of the frame, a black handlebag with the
    tools of the trade inside - which he refused to discuss - and a
    mid-frame shock absorber for off-road pursuits.
         The bike officers trained for a week, learning how to shoot and
    tackle from the bike. They also went on a 40-mile, fast paced trip in
    stormy conditions.
         The kids who know bikes - who live in bike shops - stop and say,
     "Hey, thats the new wide-frame!' " Tuxbury told a reporter.
         And while Columbus Day brought hundreds of tourists, bikers and
    in-line skaters flocking to the avenue on a sunny afternoon, Tuxbury 
    said he knows a cold winter lies ahead.
         "We'll ride in rain and cold, but not in sleet." he said. We're
    not the post office.

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3028.1		COOKIE::MUNNS	dave	`Tue Oct 10 1995 12:19`	4
	$2400 MTB ! Our taxpayer dollars at play. The secret service will probably spend most of their time guarding their expensive and desirable 2 wheeled toys. Maybe they should slap HUFFY labels on the frame.
3028.2		WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Tue Oct 10 1995 12:49`	9
	I'm sure they're talking about the "Y" frame, not the "wide-frame." Only $2400.00? That's retail! I'm surprised that TREK didn't add on another $3k-$5k just because it was the gov't. I don't know what these guys will be doing, but that's an awful lot of bike to be riding on grass and jumping curbs... Chip
3028.3	ex	WMOIS::WEIER	Keep those wings spinning!	`Tue Oct 10 1995 13:17`	4
	The Nashua, NH police are "getting by" on $1000 Treks. I guess the terrain around Nashua isn't as rugged as the grounds around the White house! :)
3028.4		WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Tue Oct 10 1995 13:50`	1
	hey, maybe carbon fiber is more bullet-proof than chromoly! :-)
3028.5		NETCAD::BRANAM	Steve, Hub Products Engineering, LKG2-2, DTN 226-6043	`Tue Oct 10 1995 14:04`	2
	Shoot and tackle from the bike!?! Sounds like a new event for the Mt. Wachusett rides!
3028.6		WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Wed Oct 11 1995 06:58`	1
	Hey, does anyone know if radar picks up carbon fiber? :-)
3028.7	show 'em a bike mag while your at it	EDSCLU::NICHOLS		`Wed Oct 11 1995 14:14`	7
	'the new wide frames????' someone obviously had no clue what they were riding wish i was that blissful --roger
3028.8		UHUH::LUCIA	http://asaab.zko.dec.com/people/tjl/biography.html	`Mon Oct 16 1995 15:19`	2
	Radar doesn't even pick up aluminum. I actually asked a cop once when I flew through his speed trap on the bike. He said it would never register me.
3028.9	Radar registers skiers...	SALEM::SHAW		`Mon Oct 16 1995 15:23`	7
	That's funny the cop said that, it should register your body moving by. A couple of years ago, we had a day at the mountain skiing, and they had a gun there and registered our speed. It worked... so it should work if there is a person on the bike too. Shaw
3028.10		PCBUOA::KRATZ		`Mon Oct 16 1995 15:49`	7
	I regularly get my speed called out to me by Bolton cops set up in a speed trap on Forbush Mill Rd on both the aluminum and carbon Trek road bikes. They're pretty accurate too; exactly what my Avocet 50 says. And you wondered how they calibrated those radar guns... ;-) Kratz
3028.11		WMOIS::GIROUARD_C		`Tue Oct 17 1995 06:56`	5
	Aluminum shouldn't be a problem for any radar system given the majority of WWII planes were largely constructed of it and were getting picked up by some very rudimentary equipment. Chip
3028.12		JGO::GERRITSEN		`Tue Oct 17 1995 08:16`	3
	Maybe you have to speak with the designer of the Stealth ??? Ray
3028.13		CONSLT::MCBRIDE	Reformatted to fit your screen	`Tue Oct 17 1995 09:30`	3
	Stealths and the Mitsu 3K are both steel are they not? Oh, you meant the plane! Never mind..... :-).
3028.14	OK	JGO::GERRITSEN		`Tue Oct 17 1995 10:57`	2
	Never mind is a CD of Nirvana or was...
3028.15		BUSY::SLABOUNTY	Of course you can touch this.	`Tue Oct 17 1995 12:19`	3
	Was, not was.