suspendue au moyen d’anciens ressorts de selle à larges spires

English translation: suspended by old saddle springs with large coils

09:50 Apr 30, 2020
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / custom bike
French term or phrase: suspendue au moyen d’anciens ressorts de selle à larges spires
Fun text describing a custom bike that's a lower, stretched version of a beach cruiser. Intended audience is of course bike enthusiasts.

La fourche est suspendue au moyen d’anciens ressorts de selle à larges spires, le guidon (un morceau de chaise) passant en travers des ressorts.

Not sure how this would be phrased "in the trade": "suspended by means of wide-coil seat springs"?

There's a four-minute video of the bike being made here https://hickone.blogspot.com/2013/11/irzouts-x-backshot-vide... Images are a bit fast to appreciate what's happening, but I think the best shots of the fork are around 3 minutes when the designer is riding the bike.
MoiraB
France
Local time: 10:42
English translation:suspended by old saddle springs with large coils
Explanation:
Bike saddles can have springed coils underneath for suspension
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Suspended by old springs of large coils


Explanation:
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Suspended by old springs of a large coil set.

TEBBAL ABDessetar
Algeria
Local time: 10:42
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

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disagree  Tony M: Sound unnatural in EN, and in fact, they are not 'of' large coils; they HAVE large coils, but are 'OF' a saddle.
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suspended by old saddle springs with large coils


Explanation:
Bike saddles can have springed coils underneath for suspension


    https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Selle-Royal-Ondina-Saddle_91232.htm?sku=317299&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google_shopping&gclid=
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agree  Ian Davies
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