They stopped production 3 years ago. We bought one of the very last C5 Tourers
manufactured, anticipating its extinction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3S8XX4-nCk
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3S8XX4-nCk>
Amities
Philippe on a flying carpet :-)
> Le 18 juil. 2019 à 22:39, <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> They're still using hydro-pneumatic suspension? That design was
> ingenious, and it was once used on the British Centurion tanks.
>
> We did everything we could to steer people away from bikes with
> suspension. It was the first thing to fail, and it usually cost as much to
> repair it as it would to buy a new bike.
>
>>
>> Well, I feel extremely comfy in my hydro-pneumatic computer assisted
>> suspension Citroën C5.
>>
>> BUT I hate it when a bike, any bike, doesn’t allow me to feel the grip,
>> which is the case with all the bikes with suspension I’ve tried, so far…
>> still open to persuasion, honest.
>>
>> Electricity assisted bikes are a boon, and that’s what I now need and want.
>>
>> And of course my wheel-chair when in the old people’s home should be
>> electricity powered (damn the planet at that stage), AND suspended ;-)
>>
>>>
>>> Here is what you need, a full suspension gravel bike:
>>>
>>> https://ninerbikes.com/pages/the-mcr-9-rdo
>>>
>>> Specifically designed for bumpy and stony field track.
>>> It looks like a great bike for bike-packing trips.
>>>
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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