Some of the findings from the presentations were made literally tangible through the opportunity to make test rides on the cargo bikes made available by Ca Go and Magura, with and without the Integral Braking System. Even a bicycle with Bosch’s ABS brake was on the spot.
With the presentation “What can we learn from the Babboe recall” Catharinus Helfrich from Accel-Global B.V. gave an inside view of one of the biggest exciters of recent years. The second day of the workshop laid the focus on the standards. Presentations, such as on bolted connections or shock loads on handlebar add-on components when bicycles topple over on the side, went into great detail. The conclusion of Philipp Kipker, Head of Quality Assurance at Zedler-Institut, for this day: “In various areas, it was revealed that the standards present weaknesses and that we need to work together as an industry to make various adjustments in order to achieve improvements.”
With the communicative evening on the first day amidst the historic bicycles in the museum of the Zedler-Institut, the DVM workshop lived up to its claim of promoting the exchange of knowledge within the cycle industry. The breaks were also used intensively for the exchange of expertise.
Author: Velototal / Zedler-Institut
Photos: Zedler-Institut
