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From: Pete Fisher on 12 Nov 2009 07:37
In communiqu� <hdgurh$d0s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty
<dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>Pete Fisher wrote:
>
>> Indeed, a variant of "because it's there". I saw a wonderful Egli
>> Vincent at the 2008 MGP. I think it had an electric start as well as
>> an alternator, but my grey cells are often unreliable these days. Not
>> the best frame for the road of bones, granted.
>
>It was probably a Godet rather than an original Egli.
>

I'll take your word for it. It was very shiny, made a marvellous noise,
and did the Ramsey Classic Sprint.


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From: Krusty on 12 Nov 2009 07:52
Pete Fisher wrote:

> In communiqu� <hdgurh$d0s$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Krusty
> <dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
> > Pete Fisher wrote:
> >
> > > Indeed, a variant of "because it's there". I saw a wonderful Egli
> > > Vincent at the 2008 MGP. I think it had an electric start as well
> > > as an alternator, but my grey cells are often unreliable these
> > > days. Not the best frame for the road of bones, granted.
> >
> > It was probably a Godet rather than an original Egli.
> >
>
> I'll take your word for it.

You will?!? Seriously though, original Eglis are *very* rare, & it
would take a certain kind of nutter to muck around with one. Thankfully
my dad is one of those nutters, as you can tell from this pic of him
with one of his Eglis -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roncoombs/images/Ron%20Kemp%20by%20bikes.jp
g


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From: CT on 12 Nov 2009 08:01
Krusty wrote:

> Seriously though, original Eglis are very rare, & it
> would take a certain kind of nutter to muck around with one.
> Thankfully my dad is one of those nutters, as you can tell from this
> pic of him with one of his Eglis -
>
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roncoombs/images/Ron%20Kemp%20by%20bikes.jpg

"what a load of old shite"

:o)

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From: Champ on 12 Nov 2009 08:16
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:52:23 +0000 (UTC), "Krusty"
<dontwantany(a)nowhere.invalid> wrote:

>Pete Fisher wrote:

>> > > I saw a wonderful Egli Vincent at the 2008 MGP.

>> > It was probably a Godet rather than an original Egli.

>> I'll take your word for it.
>
>You will?!? Seriously though, original Eglis are *very* rare, & it
>would take a certain kind of nutter to muck around with one. Thankfully
>my dad is one of those nutters, as you can tell from this pic of him
>with one of his Eglis -
>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/roncoombs/images/Ron%20Kemp%20by%20bikes.jpg

"one of his Eglis" ?!?!?!?

I hate you.
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From: Simon Wilson on 12 Nov 2009 08:28
Champ wrote:

> "one of his Eglis" ?!?!?!?
>
> I hate you.

AOL. why aren't you riding one instead of that of that plastic-melting
piece of old Italian tat[1] that you've got?

[1]<thinks> I'll take that off your hands if you like - no need to pay me.

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