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Pedal Play Velomutation Art Bikes
Last night celebrated the creativity of die-hard bike nuts with a
performance by ten remarkable machines. The 400 lbs. pedal-powered tank was the piece that everyone wanted to pedal. Two steel framed office side chairs were welded side-by-side on a fabricated steel frame. A fixed gear drive train drove two 12" pulleys that pulled the steel conveyor belts over a series of rollers The steel tracks propelled the machine. Turns are accomplished by one rider pedalling backwards while the other keeps cranking ahead. It's about 10' long. My favourite was a tall bike with an auxiliary wheel mounted above the rear wheel. A cut out inverted steel barrel was mounted over the lower back wheel and the auxiliary wheel had hard rubber balls attached with short pieces of cable. These struck the drum as the bike was pedalled. What a racket! I'd love to hear and see fifty of these things riding in formation. Another amazing machine was the steel bathtub trike. The rider sits in the tub and powers it with a rowing action. What is most amazing is its builder was unaware rowing bikes already exist. He claims to have never seen nor heard of the concept. Another trike mounted a sewing machine on the front. Pedalling powered the trike and the sewing machine. It's hard to steer and sew a straight line at the same time but it was pretty and it functioned perfectly except for the toe overlap on tight turns. The prettiest machine was a tall chainless bike that derived its locomotion by pedalling a 26" unicycle that drives a 24" idler wheel that drives the 16" rear wheel. The front tire is even smaller and the steerer tube is about 5' long. He calls it a four-penny-farthing. There were people up from Portland and a few of the Dead Babies from Seattle. Storm Brewing, live music and DJs kept the party rolling until well past two. Photos will likely be posted by Monday. -- zk |
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Sun, 26 Sep 2004 16:43:13 -0700,
, Zoot Katz wrote: Last night celebrated the creativity of die-hard bike nuts with a performance by ten remarkable machines. Photos will likely be posted by Monday. http://nai.dyndns.org/events/VeloMut...0925/index.htm -- zk |
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I'd love to hear and see fifty of these things riding
in formation. ....sort of like a flock of geese, bank right, we're in flight... _______ Blog, or dog? Who knows. But if you see my lost pup, please ping me! A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo"http://journal s.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo/A |
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zk
....perhaps, VK, Ph fame? _______ Blog, or dog? Who knows. But if you see my lost pup, please ping me! A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo"http://journal s.aol.com/virginiaz/DreamingofLeonardo/A |
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