D.U.Pfeiffer@massey.ac.nz (D.U. Pfeiffer) (04/24/91)
I have been cycling with my Zenith SuperSports (first a 286/40 and now a 386 SX/120) in a backpack almost every day to university (about 7 km) for the last 2-3 years. I never had any problems with the machines. I would avoid carrying the computer in the rain, and my machine is protected additionally by the carrying case inside the backpack. A little bit of extra weight on your back is actually quite good exercise! And I guess the computer is more likely to survive a crash with a car than you are. Dirk -- ***************************************************************** * Dirk U. Pfeiffer, * AOTEAROA * * Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences,* * * Massey University, * The Land of the * * Palmerston North, New Zealand * long white Cloud * * D.U.Pfeiffer@MASSEY.AC.NZ on INTERNET * * *****************************************************************
silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr24.005508.6780@massey.ac.nz> D.U.Pfeiffer@massey.ac.nz (D.U. Pfeiffer) writes: >A little bit of extra weight on your back is actually quite good exercise! Also destabilizing and pretty dangerous. That is why you seldom see experienced touring cyclists with backpacks. I sometimes carry a small computer with me (R/S M100 or M200), but always in a pannier. -- William Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division, Bedford Inst. of Oceanography P. O. Box 1006, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, CANADA B2Y 4A2. Tel. (902)426-1577 UUCP=..!{uunet|watmath}!dalcs!biome!silvert BITNET=silvert%biome%dalcs@dalac InterNet=silvert%biome@cs.dal.ca
hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) (04/25/91)
In <1991Apr25.004308.21397@cs.dal.ca> silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) writes: >In article <1991Apr24.005508.6780@massey.ac.nz> D.U.Pfeiffer@massey.ac.nz (D.U. Pfeiffer) writes: >>A little bit of extra weight on your back is actually quite good exercise! > >Also destabilizing and pretty dangerous. That is why you seldom see Where did you learn cycling? :-) I think the best place for a laptop on a bike IS your back; this adsorbes the shocks the computer may suffer from when you put it on the bike itself. And these shocks can be really nasty. I never had any problems with stability. Ernst -- popa iret Qualitas qualitatem inducit. Semper ego qualitatem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernst de Ridder (student) | Email: hnridder@cs.ruu.nl Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University | Fido: Ernst de.Ridder UUCP: !mcsun!hp4nl!ruuinf!praxis!hnridder | 2:284/203.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- popa iret Qualitas qualitatem inducit. Semper ego qualitatem.
zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean) (04/30/91)
In Article <1991Apr25.103552.28889@cs.ruu.nl>, hnridder@cs.ruu.nl (Ernst de Ridder) writes: >In <1991Apr25.004308.21397@cs.dal.ca> silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) writes: > >>In article <1991Apr24.005508.6780@massey.ac.nz> D.U.Pfeiffer@massey.ac.nz (D.U. Pfeiffer) writes: >>>A little bit of extra weight on your back is actually quite good exercise! >> >>Also destabilizing and pretty dangerous. > I think the best place for a laptop on a bike IS your back; >[...] I never had any problems with stability. Have you ever had to take sudden evasive action to avoid an accident? It's kind of like wearing a seatbelt in your car-- after several years of not having any accidents, you might think you don't need to wear it anymore... but you'd be wrong. It may depend somewhat on where you ride. If you have to ride in rush-hour traffic regularly, it's just a matter of time before some bozo cuts you off (even in cities with bike paths, which have their own version of rush hour traffic). ================== zaphod@madnix.UUCP (Ron Bean) {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!zaphod