Re: [SG, DS] Troops on Bikes???

In a message dated 3/9/01 6:07:36 PM Central Standard Time, 
Daniel.Casquilho@disney.com writes:

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>     I went to check out the pictures Adrian talked about and ran into
> some other interesting pictures of Special Troops on Dirt Bikes. Here
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Bikes have been very important. The Japanese used them to move rapidly
in 
Malay in 1941. Both French and German units used bicycles for some recon

units. And the Viet Cong and NVA moved tons and tons of materiale down
the Ho 
Chi Minh trail on bicycles. They aren't jsut for riding. You can strap
tweo 
or three hundred pounds of gear on a bicycle and then walk the bike for
miles 
and miles, days and days. For a low tech army, they can be a godsend.