@28:

Bullshit hitching is dangerous. I've hitched from Nova Scotia to Victoria, from London to Alaska. If you're not from North America, that's damned far. And I did it for years.

Not once did anyone ever try to harm me. Not once.

On the contrary:
• In Manitoba, I stayed with a family on the way home from their patriarch's wake. They fed me steak and put me up for the night--the very same day they mourned their father.
• In Alaska, I rode with Elvis--or a guy who thought he was Elvis.
• In Burlington, I rode with a former assassin. Nice guy, too. I'm pretty sure he wasn't putting me on.

I've loved hitching. There's no better way to travel--except maybe biking!

A.

Biomega, the screen-resizing dimwits, say they 'redefined' the bicycle industry by "focusing on design driven branding and urban mobility."

a) I have no idea what that means
b) You can ride a 12 speed around the world and never be more than one town away from a place with parts. Good luck with that on a shaft-driven Biomega.

I remember the Leary that was an FBI informant.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/380815.stm

I once loved the man.