That reminds me of when I drove through Colorado and a guy on a bicycle
passed my 240Z and I was probably going 70 or so in third gear downhill with
my foot off the gas.
66 Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: noji <noji@snowman.med.umn.edu>
To: roadsters <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: Street Luge or Roadster Test Track?
> Speed and excitement are often related to what you are using to get down
> the hill with. I was out watching the luge guys and as they were making
> the 90 degree turn they would use their shoes to slow them down. Going
> at speed near 60 mph (so they say) you could smell the rubber burning
> and see smoke coming off their shoes. I wanted to see some bodies
> flying, but they seemed to be under a lot of control.
>
> There were also some folks on bikes and there wasn't enough speed or
> turns to make this very interesting. I remember coming down from Mt.
> Whitney Portal on my bike years ago. There was enough speed to melt the
> brakes and there was a high pucker factor. In the family station wagon
> it was just like going down to the corner store. I think it would be
> fun to see them do this course on Flexy Flyers. These are fast with
> little control. Now that would be fun to watch.
>
> Dana
>
>
> Joseph Roach wrote:
> >
> > Jeeezz, you guys are pretty funny ... unless the x-games were showing
just
> > a small part of the road that looked pretty tame!
> >
>
> >
> > At 07:56 PM 8/21/00 -0400, CalSpeed@aol.com wrote:
> > ><< Saw some of the X-games this weekend. They do this crazy thing
> > > called street luge where they lie down on there backs on whats
basically
> > > fancy skateboards and go screaming down steep twisty hills.
> > > Whats funny is the steep-dangerous-curvy stretch of road they use
is
> > > where I test my roadster tuning out!! Its also the hill I go
screaming up
> > > with Irene in the passenger seat and the car stuffed full of grocerys
for
> > >two. >>
> > >
> > >Yeah... as a matter of fact it is also part of my daily commute. I
love
> > >swinging the rearend out at the last turn as I am driving up the hill.
Nice
> > >thing about the X-Games is that they keep this road nice and smooth.
Perfect
> > >for a motorcycle or Roadster.
> > >
> > >Michael "Calspeed" Carion
> > >San Francisco, Ca
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