Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club
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Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club e.V. (ADFC) is a bicycle advocacy club in Germany. The ADFC was founded on September 20, 1979, first chairman was Jan Tebbe from Bremen. It is member of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA). The club offers some services for the members like bicycle tours, legal advice around bicycle topics, defense- and casualty insurance and much more.
ADFC location groups are active and involved in the transport policy in many German cities.
Because Critical Mass has no organization the ADFC isn't organizing Critical Mass rides, too. But in the past some local ADFC publications or websites reported from Critical Mass rides. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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[edit] Positions
[edit] Helmets
The ADFC is currently against a compulsory wearing of a helmet. At the federal general meeting in Berlin on May 23/24, 1998 a resolution was declared to proceed against any efforts bringing about such an obligation. [5]. According to the ADFC's homepage wearing helmets is supposed to be voluntary.[6]
[edit] Star Ride
(official German term: Fahrradsternfahrt)
In Berlin and Brandenburg the ADFC is the organizer of the yearly Star Ride, probably the bicycle event in the world with the most participants. In 1995 about 10000 cyclists took part in the ride, in 2004, 2007 and 2008 up to 250,000. The Star Ride is an official organized event and has been arranged to make cycling more safely and attractive. [7]
[edit] See also
[edit] Weblinks
- adfc.de – Official Homepage (nation wide)
- Local ADFC groups
- Wikipedia: ADFC (German)
[edit] References
- ↑ Radzeit 4 (ADFC Berlin) from 1999
- ↑ http://www.adfc-bw.de/stuttgart/rund99.htm#Critical%201 ADFC BW (Stuttgart) 1999
- ↑ Radzeit 2 (ADFC Berlin) from 1999
- ↑ ADFC Dresden from 2008
- ↑ http://www.adfc.de/3217_1#position
- ↑ http://www.adfc.de/3217_1#beratung
- ↑ Wikipedia:de:Fahrradsternfahrt
