John & List
The term 'fodding' comes form the air force acronym 'FOD' - which means
foreign object debris, or if your jet injests it foreign object damage.
But most of you knew that.
When making attempts on any surfaces that are not dragged then British
teams have volunteers that are happy to go 'fodding' - to find and remove
every piece of debris, stone, metal that could damage a tyre. The 'fod
plod' at Pendine Sands takes on a different meaning when we have to move
jelly fish over 18 inches across and four inches high.
So John when Nancy lets you go to South Africa they will use a road sweeper
first to remove the 'fod' that will allow you to run your bikes safely.
Malcolm Pittwood, Derby, England.
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