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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Shad Laws wrote: > It doesn't take all that much horsepower to keep a car moving. It just Right -- for a typical car, to just push the air out of the way and to overcome internal friction of moving parts, I recall that you only need about 12hp to go steadily down the road at 50 or 55mph. My seven-year-old daughter rides a trailer bike connected to my bike, and it's got its own drive train. All together, with the bike(s), ourselves, backpacks, locks, pump, lunches, jackets, etc., we're around 300pounds; my chain broke one afternoon, and she had no trouble pushing us steadily down the road to a bike store. Not terribly fast, but it sure beat walking! -Greg ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/