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Speed is relative...

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    Speed is relative...

    If 80 mph doesn't seem fast to you try it on a skate board.

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    You just brought back nightmares of massive speed wobbles when i was a kid...they never ended good

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    I used shopping cart front wheels on the rear of a wooden go-cart when I was a kid.

    Little did I know that those wheels cause the back end to kick around when you steer.

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    have you ever been down Mt VanHoevenburg on a bobsled ?

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    True... it's all relative...

    Some people think 100 mph is fast on a highway...

    Some people have bikes that will do 100+ mph in first gear...

    Some people pilot fighter jets over the speed of sound...

    Some people have been in the space shuttle...

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by GixerJockey View Post
    True... it's all relative...

    Some people think 100 mph is fast on a highway...

    Some people have bikes that will do 100+ mph in first gear...

    Some people pilot fighter jets over the speed of sound...

    Some people have been in the space shuttle...
    Some people have ridden lawn mowers on the track.

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by 97BladeRider View Post
    Some people have ridden lawn mowers on the track.
    ...rapidly.



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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Some people think they don't need gear for a trip to the store...


    (yes I know there is no smilie for that)

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    (yes I know there is no smilie for that)
    Hold your, er, horses. It just might be.
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    isn't that why dirt bikes and motards are fun?

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    You obviously aren't Gleaming the Cube..

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by jc r6 View Post
    You just brought back nightmares of massive speed wobbles when i was a kid...they never ended good
    +1!!

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    If 80 mph doesn't seam fast to you try it on a skate board.
    Prove it. We need Vid.

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by nt650hawk View Post
    Prove it. We need Vid.
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    Re: Speed is relative...

    last winter i had a party at my house and at about 2 Am we got the great idea to go sleding...

    ...i lived over a mile up a windy dirt road in the woods on top of a hill, the road was covered with snow so we tied a 10 foot rope to the back of an suv and attached a tube...i didn't make it around one of the corners and flew into the woods when the suv was going 45... i hit some small trees and got pretty banged up but i still did better than some other people...the funny part was ...i went first!... they saw me crawl out of the woods with my jacket all shreded and still went tubin

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by 97BladeRider View Post
    Thanks chuck. But I want to see Doc doing this.

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by seth505 View Post
    +1!!
    I had my first fall off a skateboard (long board rather) when I was 26

    My friend put me on a long board and said go down a hill and was telling me how to turn. Slam I went. Stopped there since I had an interview the next day would be hard to explain a 26 year old Grad student falling off a skateboard!

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    Re: Speed is relative...

    Quote Originally Posted by Doc View Post
    If 80 mph doesn't seem fast to you try it on a skate board.
    That's called feedback.

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