Re: Thoughts on industrial design

On 4/30/2025 3:10 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:

Am Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:27:05 -0400 schrieb Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>:

I've
gotten slower as I've aged, and I think I may be the oldest among those
I normally ride with; but I'm among the faster members of the usual
group. Maybe the key is choosing the proper group to ride with!

 I don't do group riding, never did. Most people in Germany don't.  The
bicycle is mostly a means of transport, for us. 

I just finished another club ride, with a snack afterward. Definitely a social situation, with lots of conversation. A beautiful day, nice roads in rural territory, very pleasant. I think there were 13 people on the ride.
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.
I'm even more unusual in that I do use my bikes for utility purposes - transportation to the grocery or other stores, the library, friends' houses, etc. and in the past, transportation to work. This is so unusual here that it draws comments from other cyclists and has triggered my being interviewed by news outlets!
America is different from Germany.
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- Frank Krygowski