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dedmiston
Mar 26, 2018Moderator
Tripalot wrote:
Thank you for sharing this. We always enjoy watching the Tour de France, not only for the cycling aspect, but seeing all the various RV's parked along the roads.
We are always amazed at how large some are as we typically associate smaller vehicles with Europe. The RV's are manufactured differently than in US/Can.
Holding tanks with a sewer dumping system are not common - a box (called a cassette) that slides out and is carried to a dump is quite common. European units are much lighter in weight as well.
The city where I live has been the host of many starts and finishes for the Tour of California. Every year that we participate, I contact my city and ask them about allowing us to tailgate somewhere along the course or at the start/finish of the stage, and every year they are as bewildered as the year before. Every year I use the Tour de France as the example of hour a grand tour should be viewed, and then they blow me off again.
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