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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: Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:31:34 -0400
  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>
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>
>
> 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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