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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Henrik Ohrstrom via extropy-chat<br><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Crazy electric scooter racing<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Airbag for older citizens…<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://en.helite.com/hipguard/">https://en.helite.com/hipguard/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cool thx Henrik.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Racing on ice is also a thing, actually I think there are a sport like it in US as well.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.svemo.se/Sporter/Isracing/">https://www.svemo.se/Sporter/Isracing/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja I have followed it halfheartedly over the years. The commies introduced it back in about the 1950s. It caught on in Canada and Sweden, but I don’t know of other leagues doing full spike ice racing. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>…The 5in spikes on the tires make running over your competition a wee bit exiting.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> If I were going to try something like that, I would do time trials only on an otherwise deserted track. Don’t want no spikes in spike.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The American version of that uses bolts instead of spikes and the race is held on a dirt flat track with ice over it:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxSiH5VonTE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxSiH5VonTE</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Om scooter sized tires it would become more stabby and then also throw the overrunner for even more merriment. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>/Henrik<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ja, again I would only attempt it on a track with no other racers. Good chance I would be OK if I fell off and no one hit me, given a good Kevlar suit.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>