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Canyon and Kraftwerk celebrate Düsseldorf Grand Depart with Limited Edition Bike

Canyon in collaboration with the pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk have produced a limited edition run of just  21 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Kraftwerk Bikes

German Time Trial heavyweight Tony Martin will sport one in the same livery on Stage 1 time trial on Saturday in Düsseldorf, Kraftwerk's home city.

Canyon and Kraftwerk celebrate Düsseldorf Grand Depart with Limited Edition Bike

German band Kraftwerk’s long association with cycling is well known, with the electronic music pioneers having recorded what many believe is still the best soundtrack to the Tour de France back in the early 1980s. Kraftwerk co-founder Ralf Hütter said that members of the band took up cycling in the late 1970s, and the influence started there. A crash while out riding put Ralf Hütter in a coma while they were making the album.

Canyon and Kraftwerk celebrate Düsseldorf Grand Depart with Limited Edition Bike

The limited edition run of just 21 models will be available to the public on Monday 3 July at Noon CET for €10,000 ($11,500 dollars).

The geometric pattern designed by Kraftwerk's own Ralf Hütter which is based on one their branding for one of their iconic tours, took seven hours to apply.

The model come with SRAM’s wireless eTap groupset, and Zipp Firecrest 303 wheels, more information here.
 
Canyon and Kraftwerk celebrate Düsseldorf Grand Depart with Limited Edition Bike

Canyon Founder and CEO, Roman Arnold said that the partnership had a special meaning for him, "When I think about how I discovered the first records of music in the cellars of my friends, these memories are clearly dominated by the groundbreaking sound of Kraftwerk, and cycling and power have been linked to each other in a very special way."

"Their music and the development of canyon show many parallels and have always been inspiration for our bikes over the years, so it is a special honor for us to show our respect for what power plant has achieved and what power plant has achieved at the project 'Canyon x Kraftwerk'"

Canyon and Kraftwerk celebrate Düsseldorf Grand Depart with Limited Edition Bike

New Kraftwerk Album released

For Kraftwerk fans, their latest album 3D Catalogue was recently released on May 26th 2017. Released to coincide with Kraftwerk’s forthcoming June 2017 tour, this is the ground-breaking 3-D Kraftwerk Concert brought thrillingly to life, developed using high definition 3-D visuals, with Dolby Atmos surround sound and presented to the technological and audio standards one would associate and indeed come to expect from the pioneering Germans led by founder Ralf Hütter. 

For the very first time, every Kraftwerk fan can now experience a "Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art” in the comfort of their own home, more information here.

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