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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Thoughts on industrial design
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 14:12:19 -0400
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On 5/2/2025 2:28 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
> Am Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:17:50 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:
> 
>> These rides make up the bulk of annual riding for almost all members of
>> our club. The group on this ride were almost all retirees, and it seems
>> to be their main form of recreation. I'm unusual in that I have other
>> outdoor activities I also do regularly.
> 
> There are bicycle clubs in Germany, almost all of them members of the
> national biycle club and bound to its rules
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Cycling_Federation>
> ("Bund Deutscher Radfahrer", BDR), a member of the UCI.
> 
> When our children where young, we considered getting a club membership
> in a local club for them. We lost interest when we where told about a
> strict helmet law: nor helmet, no rides - at a time when only the very
> small minority of organzized bicyclists in Germany and other European
> countries used bicycle helmets.
I wonder if that was before or after the UCI rule mandating helmets. Our 
club still has no rule mandating helmets on normal rides; but I'm one of 
very few who will attend a ride without the special hat.

Cycling attire is very much a fashion thing! There's certainly benefit 
to comfortable riding shorts, aero jerseys etc. for fast or long rides. 
But the other day, one member led a leisurely 15 mile ride followed by a 
wildflower walk in our nature preserve. I showed up in normal 
lightweight slacks and shirt, normal shoes, as I'd wear to ride to do 
some shopping, visit a friend, etc. Everyone else was attired as if to 
ride 75 miles.


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- Frank Krygowski