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Old 01-03-2012, 13:34   #1
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Dinghy Transportable Ground Transportation, What Do You Use?

Bikes, roller skates, skate boards, unicycle, or just use public (if available) transportation, when anchored out and dinghy in. What do you use?

This is my grocery getter, 6.5 mile range, low CG, and I use stretch netting that I made into a bib/backpack, that scrunches up and fits in pocket when not being used.



Nice thing about AGM batteries, they aren't restricted to a 0.1C charge rate, so a 48 volt golf cart charger can "fill" the tank in 30 minutes.
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Re: Dinghy transportable ground transportation, what do you use?

We hoof it, when going further we have used collectivos and hitchhiked!! But there have been times when I would have killed for an electric scooter!!
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My feet. Used to carry a couple of foldable full sized mountain bikes by Mongoose -- way cool, but found we only used them infrequently.
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Bikes, roller skates, skate boards, unicycle, or just use public (if available) transportation, when anchored out and dinghy in. What do you use?

This is my grocery getter, 6.5 mile range, low CG, and I use stretch netting that I made into a bib/backpack, that scrunches up and fits in pocket when not being used..
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Cool toy. What's it weigh?
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Cool toy. What's it weigh?
Now that lithium has come down in cost, it will go on a diet. Right now, 103 lbs.
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