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Re: Load carrying devices.

 
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Old 09-06.-2008, 09:01 AM   #16
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Per Gary Young:
>> Somebody was making an entire bolt-on extended rear triangle they called
>> something like "Bike SUV" - that looked like it actually worked, as long
>> as there was a relatively smooth riding surface.
>>
>> I tried Googling, but no luck.
>>
>> All I found was http://tinyurl.com/3gros2

>
>Do you mean the xtracycle?:
>
>http://www.xtracycle.com/


That's the one!
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Old 09-06.-2008, 09:37 AM   #17
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(PeteCresswell) wrote:
> Per !Jones:
>> Right you are! The name translates to "killer", BTW. Obviously,
>> someone didn't think that it mattered.

>
> Reminds me of the motorcycle BridgeStone brought out in the late
> sixties: the logo on the gas tank was "BS".


....Or the Chevy Nova ("no va" = "doesn't go," or so I'm told)

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Old 09-06.-2008, 10:55 AM   #18
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>> Per !Jones:
>>> Right you are! The name translates to "killer", BTW. Obviously,
>>> someone didn't think that it mattered.


> (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>> Reminds me of the motorcycle BridgeStone brought out in the late
>> sixties: the logo on the gas tank was "BS".


Rob Lindauer wrote:
> ...Or the Chevy Nova ("no va" = "doesn't go," or so I'm told)


My 1965 Nova 283 V8 goes. But it is a cute pun.
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Old 09-06.-2008, 11:32 AM   #19
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:37:19 -0400, in rec.bicycles.tech Rob Lindauer
<rlindx@attglobal.net> wrote:

>...Or the Chevy Nova ("no va" = "doesn't go," or so I'm told)


PeMex's (national petrol in Mexico) brand name was "Nova" for years.
Then no-lead came out and that was "Nova Extra"... go figure.

Jones

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Old 10-06.-2008, 06:20 AM   #20
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Per Rob Lindauer:
>...Or the Chevy Nova ("no va" = "doesn't go," or so I'm told)


Or Ford's "Thunderbird".

Supposedly Canadian dialect for toilet.

Maybe somebody from Canada can shed some light...
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