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Did anybody actually watch this? Those dudes were doing 50 miles a day with a 65 pound bicycle and pack, cross country with almost no roads.

If that was a requirement to enter the army today we would not have one.
 
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This is a BSA parabike the paratroopers use drop out of airplanes with these folded. It's also one of my dream frames.
 
Did anybody actually watch this? Those dudes were doing 50 miles a day with a 65 pound bicycle and pack, cross country with almost no roads.

If that was a requirement to enter the army today we would not have one.
A 12 mile ruck in under time is hard enough. Like puke your guts out hard in the right/wrong conditions. Sometimes I'd be wishing I had a bike
 
Did anybody actually watch this? Those dudes were doing 50 miles a day with a 65 pound bicycle and pack, cross country with almost no roads.

If that was a requirement to enter the army today we would not have one.
They get better toys nowadays
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It's on my list to buy
 


I did some consulting with Mike Sparks on this program. At one point I was scheduled to help with some trials in Yuma, but budget cuts shut it down before it happened. My "in" on this program was a former comrade who also served as a Jumpmaster at various points in the program. I still have a murdered-out build in my brain that would be a way better bike than those Montagues.
 
Canadian army had bicycle units in the First or Second World War
They called them the Gas Pipe Cavalry or Suicide Squad.
OOPS I was wrong about the name Gas Pipe Cavalry was a British Battalion
Will have to do some digging about the Canadians .
 
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