9/9/02 6:38 PMclassicrendezvous-request@bikelist.org
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> It's not about holding on the wheel. It's about French culture. When you
> operate the quick release, for a second it's as if you're blasting down the
> Route Nationale in a Chapron DS23 Decapotable, Sophie Marceau next to you, a
> bottle of Condrieu in the pique-nique basket in the back and Edith Piaf on the
> stereo.
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> Of course, it could also be that the plastic wing nut on every Simplex QR that
> was ever used is broken.
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> Leonard Bulger
> Ann Arbor, MI
leanord,
for a moment there you had me helpless and wistfully enjoying your imagery ....
citroen ds23 decapotable - perhaps ultimate french mojo, svelte whilst awkward, lines that are neither young nor old and that its a decapotable means its even more chic and super rare then and now. before its time for what seems like 3 generations of 4 wheeled penchance and even now after 3 decades since it ceased to be produced could outclass moderns in many ways if not only with just its style.
Sopghie Marceau - tatlly winsome, beguiling with oodles of that frenchness that is close to impossible to describe but easy to notice.
Condrieu - great wine from a district that is barely heralded but always good drinking and attainable for any class.
but then i dropped like a a basket of stale eggs
edith piaf???? - killing me here. give me Serge gainsbourg any day - inimitable, maverick and a man that truly lived whilst he was alive and moved many a person who lived by their heart alone. i could even dig Sascha Distel for a little while but Edith .... aint happening.
...what simplex skewers sell for is beyond me as my heart doesn't lust for them and i am not discerning enough to know why they are valued other than being correct for whatever given bike of that period they are for. perhaps a case of ignorance is money in the bank but what do i know.
Ben "aint no TGV in NYC" Kamen