GR translation: wheeling his bicycle

[David Morris]

In the US onw would say "walking a bike" when pushing it on foot.
Your refernce is British.  Impossible to say which Pynchon intended,
but he was raised with US-English.

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:24 AM, James Kyllo <jkyllo at gmail.com> wrote:
> No.  He's puffing because he's fat and he's going up the cliff.
>
> OED: 8. v.t. Push (or pull) a wheeled thing
>
> see for instance this discussion:
> http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/wheeling-your-bike-on-a-footpath
>
> he's certainly not doing a wheelie!
>
> J