found in charity shop

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?"

 

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

Sounds like fighting talk to me ..

 

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

"Mr [email protected] (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> 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?"

 

In news:[email protected], Mr [email protected] (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
<[email protected]> typed:
>
> 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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Finally, it is accepted as self-evident." Arthur Schopenhauer

 

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

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

 

Mr [email protected] (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2] <[email protected]> wrote:

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

Has the paving slab fairy got as far as Germany?

--
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W K schrieb:
> "Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> In news:[email protected], Mr [email protected] (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
>> <[email protected]> typed:
>> >
>> > 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

--
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revolving door.

 

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

"W K" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:%[email protected]...
>
> "Tony Raven" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > In news:[email protected], Mr [email protected] (2.3 zulu-alpha) [comms room 2]
> > <[email protected]> typed:
> > >
> > > 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.

 

[email protected] (marc) wrote in message
news:<1ful3vg.hoc27613pcdb4N%[email protected]>...

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

> Has the paving slab fairy got as far as Germany?

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

 

> 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

 

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

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 http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

 

"Mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > 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.

 

Guy Chapman wrote:
> 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.

--
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http://www.speedy5.freeserve.co.uk/recumbents/ "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." -
Thomas Paine

 

"Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Toby Barrett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "M Series" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> >
> > > 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.
>
> I've got an interview on tape with them talking about cycling. I'll put
it
> on my site. http://www.simonmason.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 http://www.klingklang.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

 

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

"flembo" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
>
> "Simon Mason" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > "Toby Barrett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > "M Series" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> > >
> > > > 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.
> >
> > I've got an interview on tape with them talking about cycling. I'll put
> it
> > on my site. http://www.simonmason.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 http://www.klingklang.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

 

[email protected] (wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter) wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...

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

Today Chermany. Tomorrow ze vorld!

--
Dave...

 

M Series wrote:
> 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


--
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wafflycathcsdirtycatlitter <[email protected]> wrote:

> >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?

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