With gas costing a fortune nowadays and icebergs melting
like snowflakes in the hands of global warming,
(and since we’re running out of gas in a couple of years anyway)
i’d like to focus on alternative means of transportation today
Bicycles. Yep, good old two-wheelers.
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Nothing but two wheels, a chain and a pair of pedals.
Inspired by a good friend of mine who got himself a
pretty nice bike (which i saw today), i’d like to dedicate
todays blog to bike things.
Watch this sneakerbike, for a starter.
Made by (bike-)designer Max Knight for a friend of his at
Intersection magazine.
Watch a video of the bike walking (sic!
For the lazy guys among you, who find riding a bike too much of an effort,
why don’t you LET ride your bike? Ask the Murata Boy, he’ll love to do it for you
Talking bout lazy bikers– there’s a bikelift in Trondheim, Norway, they built
back in the Nineties. It’s the first (and maybe only) bikelift to help cyclist
get up steep hills. Looks a bit lame to me, but then again, may be quite useful.
Read more about it here.
As if bikes werent already the most ecologic transportation
means, this guy has designed one out of waterproof cardboard.
No need to be afortuneteller to sense a lot of burned bikes whenever
they bring these out.
Let’s switch over to skills. Doing doughnuts and burning rubber with your
car is kinda cool, yet its stupid to burn your wheels for nothing, but- oh well.
Now is that possible with a bike too? And i dont mean no motorbike.
Real Ruff Riders in Africa keep it real and burn their rubber on a fucking
bicycle. Now that’s gangsta!
And last but not least, Meet Rob Wise, who rides for Demolition and Volume.
He does some real slick shit with a BMX. Damn. Havent seen a guy fly so high
since E.T.
Here’s an interview with dude.
Enjoy his street-knowledge. Dude got maaaaaad skills.
