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Hello and welcome to the diversion. Where I occasionally don't stray from topic
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Or sometimes, you don't know. I'm Sascha Markmann and I say hello. Today's topic
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It's inspired by, oh, nothing. This is my first bike. I mean,
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I grew up in the early 1980s, so when I was small, I was very small. And
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At some point you learn to ride a bike, because it was normal to go through the area.
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It's brewed. And what can I say about that? At some point you have to learn this. And so got
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I have my first bike. It was a red bicycle from the company Pukki. Are there any
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Actually still today? Write it in the comments. Let's all put one in,
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If it still works. If they still exist. And that had support wheels and of course you drive
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through the area.
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At some point, the time came when
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The support wheels also came off and
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They learned without support wheels.
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driving. First my father walked beside
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me here or my mother and we fit then
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up and then sometime when you
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Bow then had out, then without. I still remember the neighbor's daughter, who was kind of five years old.
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Are you five years younger or were you three years younger? Let's think for a moment. No, she was three.
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years younger. She also had such a small bike with support wheels and somehow it was
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Not so tightly screwed on one side and they wandered a bit backwards.
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And at some point it had been the case that she rode almost without support wheels and
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if she drove in the bend, then she could drive improbably strong in the bend,
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really steep, because then the support wheel put on. They were amazed that they
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Suddenly I was able to ride without support wheels. I wanted to take it off because it bothered me.
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Yes, of course my first bike saw a few other people,
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because at that time you didn't buy something new for everyone, everything always new, new, new,
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new. And my sister got that, then my cousin, and I think after that, I still got that.
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Someone had the bike. But it changed color every time. I had a red,
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It was so red metallic. My sister wanted it so purple and yes,
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I think my cousin had some kind of metallic effect, I think blue-metallic.
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Now it must be said that my father was a painter and painter in his first training and the
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He did it himself and at that time he had also done such special painting for such
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such total freaks. So there were motorcycle parts injected and there is of course always such a special color
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and I remember that he then stopped this extreme Hibbelblau, no that was not
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Hibbelblau, that was so crystal blue and then with such coarse crystals there was such a special effect
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Made a varnish that was improbably deep and had a really great glitter effect.
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I did this later on my road bike. That's where my dad splashed me too
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There were so many of these crystals. That's where he got me dolphin grey
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used as a base color and then put these crystals on it and then just came such a glaze
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made of clear lacquer and are dolphin grey and that had such an improbable depth. So you would have
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You can almost jump in there. Yeah, it's been really cool. In any case, I still remember how we
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then stop, after the support wheels were off, with several children indeed drove through the area,
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Then you put a stick on it, put it in the back. Then it looked like
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A special police antenna. Because at our house there were hazelnut trees very close by. So
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the shrubs had already become real trees and they have been so extremely long
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We had branches and then we broke them off and then put them on the bike. Then saw this
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It's like a police antenna. Things like that were done before and it was good. If I
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I don't see a child riding a bike here today, they are more like scooters or scooters.
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Hold these electrified scooters and I know some kids have bikes,
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Really use it or something. That's super rare to see. I was now at the
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Solar eclipse surprised that I saw some people riding their bikes,
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But then also such really crazy things. So these were already half electric motorcycles.
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At least you could have put the tires on a motorcycle. But then with my first
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The bike, and then the bike that came after that, and the bike that came after that, that has
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It also laid the foundation for the fact that I liked to ride a two-wheeler. I have mine
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Car driver's license made, along with motorcycle driver's license. You save a little
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Money. But I mean, what you paid for it back then, and what you paid for it today, to this day, is yes.
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It's just a big difference. For both together I paid 2,2, 2,3. That's where we talk
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by D-Mark. And I didn't need as many driving lessons with the motorcycle as with the car,
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Because then everything was better known. And if you had the trick out,
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All I really needed was my mandatory hours and a few practice hours.
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drive a practice area for this slalom, i.e. drive around the hat cones and in circles or
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Drive at walking speed and don't tip over. I had to practice that a bit,
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But otherwise, the motorcycle license was a very quick thing. Yes, that's my childhood,
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My youth and also my adulthood. The love of the two-wheeler. I think,
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on a motorcycle or on a bicycle you experience the environment much more intensively and differently,
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It's like riding a motorcycle, like riding a car. Of course, you immediately have the elements. So
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So I remember, with us between two channels, I mean, I've said many times that I come from dates and that's a channel node, there are several channels coming together.
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There was a road between these two canals and it was quite steep.
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It was such an experiment, you wanted to know how fast you could go down there.
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And that's where we made it with our almost adult bikes of the size
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at almost 70 km/h below. Pretty stupid, isn't it? If you think about it that way.
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That's not exactly without it. How do we know that? Because we keep analog and digital,
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They already had speedometers. And if they're all pretty much the same
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of course there were deviations, as you knew so okay, yes it was definitely
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Over 70 and that's what I find on the bike that's totally crass. It's also totally crazy on the bike.
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Sitting in the car, 70 km/h is nothing. Even the double 140 feels almost even in the car
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Nothing on. It feels different on the bike. You can see the wind pressure, so the
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Pressure exerted by air retention on the chest. And if you drive longer distances or something
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and that is not accustomed, that can already lead to muscle soreness in the upper arms. This has
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By the way, I also had where I went from the Ruhr area to England. And that's where you drive
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Already a little bit to France, Calais, then set over to Ramsgate. Good from Ramsgate
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It wasn't far to my aunt's house, but it was a bit of a ride. And I
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I always had to say that I had always found it so funny when my aunt had said yes we
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drive back, it's all nice, then you can rest on the ship, then you drive
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just a few minutes to the house and then you can unload the car, come in.
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Yes, I understood how I did it. Well, you have to stop then
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Get used to left-hand traffic. This is much easier on a motorcycle than with a car.
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Interestingly, it is easier with an English car, so with a left-hand drive
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Driving a car on the left is like driving a car on the right. But no matter, these are now
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Stories from the Polarnagarten. In any case, you notice that when you drive longer distances
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If you don't know that, you feel the elements much more strongly. Of course it is
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Catch when it's raining or something, but yourself
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You can do that with the right clothes.
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prevent. In the summer it can also
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It's awful when you're reasonable.
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I'm wearing motorcycle clothes and I can do that.
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Let me say from my experience
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During the rescue service, the
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It's time it didn't look good when
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Put on your beard with unsuitable clothing. So already with 50 things,
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If he has slid a few meters above the road, the skin suffers from it extremely. So
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Abrasions are not an issue. No, this is more in the direction of sandpaper and flex.
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That's really bad what can happen on such a large scale. Therefore always suitable clothing
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And on the bike, even if it looks like shit. Guys, wear a helmet. When it comes to skull
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Injuries come, then that's always a bigger thing. Safety first. Yeah, what am I supposed to do?
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Or say otherwise? Driving these days is a bit difficult when you're in a wheelchair or
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The rollator is instructed. I really miss motorcycling. I can already drive my car
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It's great, but it's not fun with traffic these days. If you are in such a
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If you live in a city like Dortmund or something, then you have so much traffic that you don't have a buck on it.
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I really don't like driving, just as much as I need. And I know all too well
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Exactly that the next thing will somehow become electric, because these prices make at the gas station
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No fun. And Americans are upset that they're paying $4 for a gallon.
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Converted to liters, we would be happy about it. But that is also another issue.
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An electric motorcycle would also be cool. So far I haven't really
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I saw something I would like there. I once saw a few years ago,
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that there is an Indian company that replicates almost like a triumph,
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But then with a diesel engine. I find it funny from the principle, but the exhaust gas situation sees
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Then, of course, a little different. You can't do that with an exhaust filter system.
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Do it without the motorcycle getting rounded. But that is also another issue.
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Subject. Are we leaving today? I don't think so, no. I hope I smack properly,
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Because I know that some viewers or listeners especially love it. Is there anything else
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What to say about the bicycle? I think I would like to put myself back in this time,
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Not because everything was simpler and more uncomplicated, but simply because of this feeling of freedom,
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Relive what you experienced back then. It was great with the other kids.
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and we were many in the neighborhood to hunt through the area. And we had a pretty
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A large area where we drove around. So up to the turning place and so on, which at that time was still
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It wasn't limited, so you could ride the bikes. And it was also a
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Beautiful hill was with the top of the turning place and then it went so curved down the curve. Da
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We also got the model car later.
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Driven after the barrier was there.
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Always go with the bikes because there
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There was simply no traffic. You could
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then cycle to the canal and then
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You could look a little and then
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nicely cycle down the hill or you
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Let it roll. To the canal on the other side. So what childhood was all about and this feeling of
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Lightheartedness, I miss that. I'm missing that. This sense of freedom,
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Come home when the lights are on. Of course, this rule did not apply in the summer,
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Because then it would sometimes be after 9 p.m., but otherwise it was so great.
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Also the summer, then when the fields were mowed and we then with the bicycles in the
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You've ridden the cut fields, and when you've gotten into those stubble,
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You've already screwed up your shins. These things can be really hot.
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the dry straws that look out of the well. Yes, but this is the life of a child
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in the early 80s on the edge of a city next to the canal. I also miss honestly.
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This sound from the canal when the ships are sailing. I have always lived in such a way that I
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I've heard it and I've heard it myself.
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I've lived in another city, I've
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the sound is heard there because the canal
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even only ten minutes on foot
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was gone. And now I don't hear that.
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Now I hear a highway. This is in
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Compare nothing to that. Let's come
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Back to the bicycle issue. So much for
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Don't stray from the subject. Bicycles can also be a really expensive affair. So
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when I look at the prices for the pedelecs today and what they are all called, the things,
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with their fat batteries or must be afraid that the thing does not fly around the ears,
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Then yes, what should I say about it? This can be expensive if you have a family of four.
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Buying bicycles. But this is also an investment that you have longer. As I said,
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Bicycles were handed over to us, unless the frame was broken. I still have that
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I didn't get it, but a co-worker from my father, who has two frames in the year through
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Driven. Now one wonders, oh my God, what did he do with the bike? Well, he was
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European champion in BMX cycling and he also did show riding with a skateboarder
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together and or two skateboarders and so on and he's also in the halfpipe with
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the bmx bike and no wonder that there are several ravens quasi in the year
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I was fascinated by it at the time, where
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I went to my father's house and had a special remodeling.
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and to see that with the bike, how it works, that you can just turn the steering wheel in 360 degrees,
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how it works with the brakes and so on. Yes, as you can see, you can spend hours on bicycles
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entertain. I don't. I just rode bikes, it was great and I hope that I
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Were you able to talk for the last 20 minutes? I don't think so. No. writes
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One in the chat when you've been feeling bored. Thanks for listening and
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Until next time. Goodbye, Sasha.
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In this episode, I take you on a little journey back in time to the early 80s – back to the roots of my two-wheeled love. It all started with a classic, red Puky bike with support wheels. But this wheel didn't just stay red. It wandered through the family and got spectacular custom paints from my father made of special effect paints, which were actually intended for motorcycles.
Starting from this very first vehicle, I tell of the small and large adventures of a carefree childhood. We pinned long hazelnut branches to the wheel to chase through the neighbourhood with huge ‘police radio antennas’ and risked shins strung up in mowed stubble fields. I'm also talking about the pure thrill of driving down a steep road between the canals at almost 70 km/h.
These intense experiences laid the foundation for my later passion for motorcycles. From motorcycle driving licences to challenging tours in English left-hand traffic to the haunting realization of why good protective clothing is absolutely indispensable – on two wheels you can feel the elements much more directly.
Sit back and join me in this nostalgic look back at a time when the calming sound of canal ships was still part of everyday life, long before today's urban traffic and highways shaped the picture.
The topics of this episode:
- Getting started on two wheels: The legendary red Puky bike and the fight with and without support wheels.
- Recycling and Custom Paints: How bicycles were passed on in the family and refined by the father with spectacular effect varnishes, such as crystal blue and dolphin grey.
- 80s tuning: Hazelnut branches as police radio antennas and the carefree playing around the turning place.
- Speed rush on the canal: How we are boarded down the mountain in Datteln with a daring 70 km/h.
- The road to the motorcycle: From the bike enthusiast to the motorcycle driving license and the intense perception of the elements on the motorized two-wheeler.
- Road trips and left-hand traffic: Motorcycle tours to England and the challenges of wind pressure and the English side of the road.
- Safety First: Impressive memories from the time in the rescue service – why helmet and protective clothing are not an option, but an absolute duty.
- Traffic frustration and e-mobility: The current traffic situation in Dortmund, high fuel prices and thoughts on electric two-wheelers.
- Nostalgic conclusion: Raised shins in mowed stubble fields, the boundless freedom of the 80s and the longing for the soothing sound of the canal ships.
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Playing time: 0:25:15
Date of admission: 16.08.26
This episode is from season 4, there are a total of 4 seasons.
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Author: Sascha Markmann
Sascha Markmann is a creative mind with a moving biography – and a person who has rediscovered life after a stroke. After working as a paramedic and elderly caregiver, Sascha found his way into creative expression. As a blogger, podcaster, musician and visual storyteller, he brings together things that just don't fit at first glance: He combines his keen enthusiasm for technology – from self-hosted servers to electronic music production – with emotional depth and an oblique sense of humor. His contributions are somewhere between borderline, acid basslines and assistance – honestly, directly and with a wink. Guiding principle: “Audio-visual dullness with no usefulness – but perhaps that's why it's so valuable.” View all posts by Sascha Markmann
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