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  1. A book on cycle sport, by a German doctor called Peter Konopka, who was also team doctor to Bayern
    Munich (and has also won trophies for road racing).

    This is an English translation with a forward by Malcolm Elliot.

    However, in the section on clothing - it does show 4 German chaps in a pose similar to the members
    of Kraftwerk [1].

    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of Lederhosen?

    The fourth, however is wearing normal cycling shorts. all 4 appear to be keeping a lookout on
    something in the distance - perhaps he is there to warn the others.

    "Achtung! Also kommt hier die Bodenplattenfee. Vorsicht Bodenplatten!" 🙂

    Alex
    [1] Perhaps as a tribute to Kraftwerk composing a track called "Tour de France?"

  2. "Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of Lederhosen?

    Sounds like fighting talk to me .. 😉

  3. Apparently Kraftwerk are/were big fans of cycling if not riders themselves. They regularly feature
    in my MP3 playlists.

    "Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    A book on cycle sport, by a German doctor called Peter Konopka, who was


    also

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    team doctor to Bayern Munich (and has also won trophies for road racing).

    This is an English translation with a forward by Malcolm Elliot.

    However, in the section on clothing - it does show 4 German chaps in a


    pose

    Quoted message said:

    similar to the members of Kraftwerk [1].

    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of Lederhosen?

    The fourth, however is wearing normal cycling shorts. all 4 appear to be keeping a lookout on
    something in the distance - perhaps he is there to


    warn

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    the others.

    "Achtung! Also kommt hier die Bodenplattenfee. Vorsicht Bodenplatten!" 🙂

    Alex
    [1] Perhaps as a tribute to Kraftwerk composing a track called "Tour de France?"

  4. In "]news:[email hidden], Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
    <[email hidden]> typed:

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    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of Lederhosen?

    Are we supposed to cycle along slapping our thighs then?

    Tony

    --
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    "All truth goes through three steps: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed.
    Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer

  5. "M Series" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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    Apparently Kraftwerk are/were big fans of cycling if not riders themselves. They regularly feature
    in my MP3 playlists.

    They are indeed. It's reported that during the '80s people would turn up to interview them, only do
    discover that half the group were off cycling.

    Toby

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  6. "Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    In "]news:[email hidden], Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
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    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of
    Lederhosen?

    Are we supposed to cycle along slapping our thighs then?

    Yodelling to warn dozy pedestrians of our arrival.

  7. Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) comms room 2 said:

    "Achtung! Also kommt hier die Bodenplattenfee. Vorsicht Bodenplatten!" 🙂

    Has the paving slab fairy got as far as Germany?

    --
    Marc Tabards, banners and signs for fundraising events and charities
    jaceeprint.demon.co.ukjaceeprint.demon.co.uk

  8. W K schrieb:

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    "Tony Raven" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    In "]news:[email hidden], Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
    <[email hidden]> typed:

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    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of
    Lederhosen?

    Are we supposed to cycle along slapping our thighs then?

    Yodelling to warn dozy pedestrians of our arrival.

    Do not forget to have your yodelling diploma at hand whenever someone might ask for it.

    <http://www.matthias-kaldenbach.de/eigenes.mp3> or <http://www.jodelkurs.de/eng_index.html>
    respectively.

    Hans, SCNR

    --
    Hans Friedlaender <http://hans.friedlaender.org> Anything is possible except skiing trough a
    revolving door.

  9. Reminds me of when I was touring New Zealand alone. After a few months I think I started to go a
    bit mad with the solitude. Anyway to relieve the situation I went to the Canterbury Show (lots of
    cattle & tractors) with some others. In the beer tent was a Bavarian (style) Band with song sheets
    on the tables encouraging one to sing along - we did and I kept the song sheet. Once I resumed my
    trip I decided I needed a silly half hour at 1pm each day so I'd whip out the song sheet, fit it in
    my map window on the handlebar bag and bellow out whatever song was there. All this whilst riding
    along, after a while I dared myself not to stop singing when riding through villages. !!! Then it
    developed into shouting at animals like "hey rawhide" as I rode past cattle, or "mint sauce" as I
    rode past sheep

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    In "]news:[email hidden], Mr R@t (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
    <[email hidden]> typed:

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    3 of the 4 are wearing b*bshorts - are these a Teutonic invention and a development of
    Lederhosen?

    Are we supposed to cycle along slapping our thighs then?

    Yodelling to warn dozy pedestrians of our arrival.

  10. [email hidden] (marc) wrote in message
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    "Achtung! Also kommt hier die Bodenplattenfee. Vorsicht Bodenplatten!" 🙂

    Quoted message said:

    Has the paving slab fairy got as far as Germany?

    Who was it coined the term "Lycrahosen" to describe the offending gamrnets?

  11. Quoted message said:

    Then it developed into shouting at animals like "hey rawhide" as I rode past cattle, or "mint
    sauce" as I rode past sheep

    I moo at sheep, baa at horses and neigh at cows so that they get confused.

    Mark

  12. Quoted message said:

    Has the paving slab fairy got as far as Germany?

    Oh yes, the paving slab has been to Germany on several occasions 🙂

    Prost!
    PSF

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  13. "Toby Barrett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "M Series" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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    Apparently Kraftwerk are/were big fans of cycling if not riders themselves. They regularly
    feature in my MP3 playlists.

    They are indeed. It's reported that during the '80s people would turn up


    to

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    interview them, only do discover that half the group were off cycling.

    I've got an interview on tape with them talking about cycling. I'll put it on my site.
    --
    Simon Mason Anlaby East Yorkshire. 53°44'N 0°26'W simonmason.karoo.netsimonmason.karoo.net

  14. "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Then it developed into shouting at animals like "hey rawhide" as I rode past cattle, or "mint
    sauce" as I rode past sheep

    I moo at sheep, baa at horses and neigh at cows so that they get confused.

    Mark

    But you'll only confuse the ones who don't know a foreign language!

    (this joke comes to you courtesy of Ken Dodd, 1746)

    Regards,

    Pete.

  15. Guy Chapman said:

    Who was it coined the term "Lycrahosen" to describe the offending gamrnets?

    I came up with the term (on 31/10/02 according to Google), but I'd be surprised if no-one else had
    used it before.

    Sure enough, Google also shows that Dave Kahn used it on 17/05/02. I also found the term on a couple
    of German language posts, the earliest being on 20/05/98 on de.rec.fahrrad. Babel Fish translates
    that post as:

    "If I write here over my experiences, e.g. that I shave myself wet, wildly tents, Lycrahosen without
    employment carry, pedals mitm Inbus tighten etc., am primary that * my * experiences. Others, e.g.
    electrical electric shaver [ TM ], are not invited to copy it without closer inspection and
    unreflected - the attempt of the wet shaving approximately can end under certain conditions in a
    blood bath. And not with see above to torques tightened pedal possibly one loses. "

    So I'm not entirely sure whether it's about bibshorts.

    --
    Danny Colyer (remove safety to reply) ( juggler.netdanny ) Recumbent cycle page:
    speedy5.freeserve.co.ukrecumbents "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -
    Thomas Paine

  16. "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "Toby Barrett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    "M Series" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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    Apparently Kraftwerk are/were big fans of cycling if not riders themselves. They regularly
    feature in my MP3 playlists.

    They are indeed. It's reported that during the '80s people would turn up


    to

    Quoted message said:

    interview them, only do discover that half the group were off cycling.

    I've got an interview on tape with them talking about cycling. I'll put


    it

    Quoted message said:

    on my site. simonmason.karoo.netsimonmason.karoo.net

    I'd love to hear that... but bear in mind they do have a notorious reputation for being litigious.

    I'd also like to see the article mentioned by Pascal Bussy in his Kraftwerk book 'Man Machine and
    Music' which features Ralf Hutter's bike collection in 'a French cycling monthly'... That's all the
    info there is in the book so I've no idea what magazine he was talking about. Any clues, anybody?

    Another thing about Kraftwerk and their cycling connection... they actually do a range of
    band-related cycling shirts on their merchandise website klingklang.comklingklang.com (35 Euro for the
    Tour de France artwork, 30 for the others)

    I've got some more nonsense about shirts but I'll stick that in another post

    cheers -Andy Fleming

  17. The TdF shirt is so cool, does anyone know about the quality of these garments ?

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    "M Series" <[email hidden]> wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

    > Apparently Kraftwerk are/were big fans of cycling if not riders themselves. They regularly
    > feature in my MP3 playlists.

    They are indeed. It's reported that during the '80s people would turn


    up

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    to

    Quoted message said:

    interview them, only do discover that half the group were off cycling.

    I've got an interview on tape with them talking about cycling. I'll put


    it

    Quoted message said:

    on my site. simonmason.karoo.netsimonmason.karoo.net

    I'd love to hear that... but bear in mind they do have a notorious reputation for being litigious.

    I'd also like to see the article mentioned by Pascal Bussy in his


    Kraftwerk

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    book 'Man Machine and Music' which features Ralf Hutter's bike collection


    in

    Quoted message said:

    'a French cycling monthly'... That's all the info there is in the book so I've no idea what
    magazine he was talking about. Any clues, anybody?

    Another thing about Kraftwerk and their cycling connection... they


    actually

    Quoted message said:

    do a range of band-related cycling shirts on their merchandise website klingklang.comklingklang.com
    (35 Euro for the Tour de France artwork, 30 for the others)

    I've got some more nonsense about shirts but I'll stick that in another


    post

    Quoted message said:


    cheers -Andy Fleming

  18. [email hidden] (wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter) wrote in message
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    Oh yes, the paving slab has been to Germany on several occasions 🙂

    Today Chermany. Tomorrow ze vorld!

    --
    Dave...

  19. M Series said:

    The TdF shirt is so cool, does anyone know about the quality of these garments ?

    If anyone has one and its any good, let us know as its my burthday coming up
    :-)

    --
    Andy Morris

    AndyAtJinkasDotFreeserve.Co.UK

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  20. wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter said:
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    Has the paving slab fairy got as far as Germany?

    Oh yes, the paving slab has been to Germany on several occasions 🙂

    But not often enough to recognize herself in German? :-)

    --
    Marc Tabards, banners and signs for fundraising events and charities
    jaceeprint.demon.co.ukjaceeprint.demon.co.uk

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