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Drivers handing up bottles
Last Post 07/25/2014 10:07 AM by Mike Shea. 4 Replies.
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Ride On

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07/20/2014 03:17 PM
Why does the driver, the DS, hand up bottles and not a guy in the back seat. I assume the bottles are in the back seat so he has to hand them to the driver who then hands them to the rider. The driver is always taking his eyes off the road to do all this. All seems very unsafe. It can't be that he want to talk to the dude that bad. He has a radio. He is just a domestic anyway. What could he really need to tell him?
zootracer

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07/20/2014 10:00 PM
prob easier for the driver as the rear seat is packed with junk.....
dvs cycles

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07/21/2014 07:07 PM
The driver controls the car and can adjust speed to the rider or give a little STICKY BOTTLE help.
jacques_anquetil

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07/24/2014 08:26 AM
yes, sticky bottle: the driver holds the bottle from behind, the rider braces against the bottle, and driver guns the accelerator to sling the rider forward. saves a boatload of energy and takes much skill, experience and brass balls.
Master50

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07/25/2014 10:07 AM
Posted By jacques anquetil on 07/24/2014 08:26 AM
yes, sticky bottle: the driver holds the bottle from behind, the rider braces against the bottle, and driver guns the accelerator to sling the rider forward. saves a boatload of energy and takes much skill, experience and brass balls.


I drove the doctors car in the tour of Alberta last year. I gave Cadel a car assist after he stopped in for sunscreen No metal bits dangling from me. I am sure the driver hands out the bottles because he is also controlling the car. he cannot feel the rider if the mechanic was handing up stuff.
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