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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Nathan's PAW 27: a bumpy bike ride, pride weekend in rural Spain, my wife in full voice
From: Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 15:40:02 +0200
Don’t know - I use my I-phone to listen to monaural historic recordings of 
Caruso

;-)

Amities

Philippe



> Le 19 juil. 2019 à 15:31, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx> a 
> écrit :
> 
>  Very nice looking automobile, Philippe. Even comes with an 8-track
> player. ;^)
> 
> Charlie
> 
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 1:32 AM Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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> <
>> 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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