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Those of a certain age - or prototypical millennials with a penchant for vintage tunes - will be familiar with Kraftwerk's close relationship with cycling, most memorably typified by the band's 1983 song 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France, which paid homage to the race through an epic thirteen minute electro-percussion🐈 ba🍌llad that was mixed with voices and mechanical sounds sampled from the event.

The band's relationship with cycling is to soon be cast in cold har🅷d carbon, with the release of 21 limited edition bikes produ𒉰ced in collaboration with fellow German cycling institution, Canyon.

Canyon founder and CEO, Roman Arnold is said to have been moved to work with the band after reflection on "memories of partying in friends' basements as a teenager [listening to] Kraftwerk🌳's groundbreaking sounds."

The design was c🌃reated by Ralf Hütter, Kraftwerk's lead singer, and sees an intricate geometric design laid down in reflective tape across the whole bike - a process that is said to take over sevℱen hours to complete per frame.

The design has a decidedly brave-new-digital-future, late-80'🐷s vibe that is entirely fitting for a band that has famously embraced technology.

The timing of the release of this limited run of bikes is no coincidence, with Kraftwerk taking part in ꧋this year's Grand Départ in Düsseldorf, the city where the ba﷽nd first made their name in the now legendary Kling Klang studios.

German time-trial specialist 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tony Martin will a🎀lso be riding a bike that shares the design throughout this year's tour.

The bikes will be 🌱available to order fro🦄m Canyon's website from Monday the 3rd of July and will cost a heady €10,000 each.

Of course, K🎃raftwerk is not the only band to have turned its hand towards designing a bike.

In a completel🍃y unexpected move, American metal band Slayer designed a fixie, BMX and a balance bike of all things last year in collaboration with Subrosa.

While Slayer remains🦩 a favourite soundtrack for those that like to do scary thing🥀s and generally thrash themselves on bikes, we can't help but feel that this Kraftwerk collaboration feels more appropriate.