Date:         Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:38:48 -0400
Reply-To:     Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
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From:         Stephen Steele <steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET>
Subject:      Re: [Re: 91 Vanagon GL Top Speed?]
Comments: To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@worldnet.att.net>
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> The guy in the old army jeep did a double take as the two of us whizzed by
> on a tandem while "flying" down Mt Lemmon, near Tucson, AZ.  He gave chase,
> but we rapidly pulled away from him, and didn't see him again till well
> after the bottom of the mountain.
>
> "This ol' jeep maxes out around 55 mph", he said, after we both pulled over,
> "and you guys turned into a speck in nothing flat!  You must have been doin'
> at least 65."
>
> We had climbed the mountain and won the tandem division, which was a piece
> of cake, since we were one of two entries in the division.  21 miles with an
> elevation gain of 7000 feet in 3:56.  To the minute, the same time I had
> achieved the previous year on a single!
>
> Man!  If you really want a rush, find a good straight downhill run and do it
> on a tandem with a fat guy!

 Historical perspective PLEASE....who was the president?

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Stephen
Chillicothe OH