Velvet wrote:

The condition of the cycle path might be of no consequence to those with
suspension or mtb's, but on a tourer they're a bloody pain in the neck
to ride any distance at all on.

While not in any way disagreeing with your point, it should be pointed
out that "tourer" and "suspension" need not be mutually exclusive terms,
and you don't even need to get a recumbent. Moulton T21 and R&M Delite
Black (or Grey) are both full-sus dedicated touring uprights, for example.

Pete.
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