[at-l] Hiking poles - On Topic

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

At 05:39 PM 9/22/2004 -0400, TrailR@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 9/22/2004 3:11:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>jbullar1@twcny.rr.com writes:
>Hmmm.... Shane has a point. Neither of my manufactured poles has ever
>needed serve either and Mother Nature is growing new bamboo and wood ones
>all the time. Just what are y'all doing with your poles to wreck them
>anyway? Reminds me of a guy who once told me I should be riding a Harley
>instead of my Honda Shadow. He said the Honda was a 'throw away' bike. When
>it got worn out you buy a new one but a Harley was Infinitely repairable.
>After a momentary pause he added "It's a good thing that it is". :)
>
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>I'm surprised your poles don't need repair, if you're using them on your 
>Honda
>Shadow. Does it help in the corners?
>
>hotdog AT 03
>Lekis 03
>Honda Shadow 01

No, but perhaps I should have tried it on that corner I wiped out on a 
couple of years back. :)