Kreidler is a Düsseldorf-based side-project of Stefan Schneider, bassist with Cologne neo-Krautrock group To Rococo Rot. Kreidler is similar to that group in its attempts to combine catchy, acoustic-based compositions (e.g., guitar, bass, drums) with bizarre electronic tangents, a tact that allies them with such American post-rock outfits as Tortoise and Trans Am. However, Kreidler's approach is both more filled out than the former and less derivative than the latter, and is probably closer to countrymen Can or Faust than any of the more contemporary rock-based extrapolators. The group record for Kiff SM and produced their first album, Weekender, in 1996. The remix EP Resport featured work from Jim O'Rourke and L@n, among others. Their second album Appearance and the Park earned a record deal with Mute. A self titled album followed a year later, in 2000. ~ Sean Cooper, All Music Guide
1950s and '70s examples of the 50 cc Kreidler Florett
Kreidler was a German manufacturer of small motorcycles and mopeds, based in Kornwestheim, between Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. The company was founded in 1903 as "Kreidlers Metall- und Drahtwerke" (Kreidlers metal and wire factory) by Anton Kreidler and started to built motorcycles in 1951. In 1959 one third of all German motorcycles were Kreidler. In the '70s Kreidler had very big success in motorsport. Especially in the Netherlands the riders Jan de Vries and Henk van Kessel had been very successful.
The company went out of business in 1982, the rights to the trademark were sold to businessman Rudolf Scheidt who had Italian manufacturer Garelli Motorcycles make mopeds under the Kreidler name until 1988, the rights to the Kreidler mark have since been bought by bicycle manufacturer Prophete.[1]
