From: Nigel Hay -MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Mon Jul 26 2004 - 12:43:32 PDT
But heartrendingly, in September the Dutch hold the "race to the bridge" at
Arnhem - but its not for the Lance's of this world, its for re-enactors
"competing" on original BSA folding Parabikes. Years ago I rode one for
about 10 miles - dashed hard work and not an experience I relish- quite how
on earth anyone was in condition to fight after 500 yards on one I cannot
imagine.
However plus side is that values of these have risen, I saw one in the
summer approaching a thousand quid, though the norm is around half that.
Repro parts are now being made - amazingly original parts still surface.
These bikes really were a throwaway item in 1944.
NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Seidts" <jseidts@astory.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV support for Lance Armstrong ( very much on topic of
course)
> > Interesting:
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> > My wife has been glued to the TV watching these silly fools riding thru
> > France, While I can not support any sort of grand activity put on by any
> > nation other than the United States. If it is an important race, whey is
> > it not held in the US??? (Insert ugly American flames here), I none the
> > less watched some of it while in the house.
> >
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> To the typical fat, overweight MV collector, I guess the tour doesn't mean
> much. It couldn't be held here because you'd have a higher casualty rate
> among the contestants because Fat Americans riding SUV's would plow into
the
> course. Of course, it doesn't mean much that Lance is the first rider in
> history to win 6 Tour De France's, because he isn't a "real" athlete like
> the drug using, felony and misdemeanor-convicted football and baseball
> players...
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> Ohh, did I mention that most Americans are fat?
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> Keep on eatin' at BK and Mickey D's boys, cause me and my ambulance
> are-a-comin' when you have your MI!
>
> John K. Seidts
> Bicycle Rider, MV collector, damn proud of Lance Armstrong and hoping he
> inspires more Americans to ride Bicycles instead of SUV's...
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