Mid & rear engine placement safety implications

On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 7:13:40 AM UTC+3, jim beam wrote:
> On 09/03/2013 08:48 PM, T0m $herman wrote:
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> > On 9/3/2013 10:20 PM, jim beam wrote:
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> >> On 09/03/2013 08:10 PM, T0m $herman wrote:
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> >>> On 9/3/2013 8:23 PM, jim beam wrote:
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> >>>> see above retard. now, stop avoiding the question - go find a single
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> >>>> rear engine car with less than 16" of crush space out front.
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> >>> VW Type II?
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> >>> <http://silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Volkswagen-Type-2-Kombi-Van.jpg>
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> >> yeah, not the best. #12 in that diagram is a freakin' unfunny JOKE.
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> > As a child in Quebec City, I spent time in the back of a VW Type IV -
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> > snowmobile suit, mittens and boots were mandatory for any trip over 15
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> > minutes long, even with the optional auxiliary heater.
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> can't imagine. i had to wear every single piece of clothing i owned,
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> including socks over my shoes, and that was just in oregon/seattle.
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beats me how you survive in the giant air conditioner by the bay

so you were implying never buy /read jobst book or that was not was
you implying?

I have other people do the wheel assembly and tensioning for me so I wonder
about the need vs want vs just for laughs

besides, I think I'll go mtb where wheel quality is of lesser importance
than on a road bike