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bike photos, art sites + artists using bikes as theme, material, medium

           
  Freak Bikes   Huge online catalog of photos of bikes: freakbikes, choppers, funnybikes, clownbikes, kustoms, tallbikes, swingbikes, lead sleds, trashbikes, mutant bikes, tallbike jousting, cargo bikes, tallchoppers and frankenbikes..
           
  Cyclecide   "Cyclecide Bike Rodeo is a club of alter-bike mechanics, mariachi-punk musicians and psychotic clowns who love bikes, beer and building stuff. Together we form a traveling pedal-powered carnival that is fun for people of all ages."
           
  Kenetic Bike Scuptures   Flickr slideshow of photos of bikes in a parade as part of Kinetic Sculpture Derby at the Trenton Ave Arts festival in Kensington (Philladelphia n'hood). Search this festival and find many more videos and photos.
           
  Rat Patrol
  Lots of great bike photos from this club's Bike of the Month collection.
           
  Ghost Bikes   Street memorial project where bikes are painted white, sometimes decorated with flowers, and placed at the sites of places where a cyclist was killed.
           
  Burning Man Gate   Photo of a bike sculpture at center camp at burning man in some year past.
           
  Bike Lock Sculpture   Bike lock art piece…possible statement from a pissed-off bike theft victim.
           
  Comfort of Home   Toilet seat bicycle with wings.
           
  Bike Frame Art Show   A collection of art bikes created by various Atlanta-based artists. They were auctioned at the show, but many are still up for sale.
           
  Madison Art Bike Rally   Art parade with amazing bikes, like the wooden airplane bike and the grass bike.
           
  Sydney Body Art Ride   Site with photos from the naked bike ride in Sideny, as well as a slew of other photos of people on bikes, some costumed, some painted
           
  Bike Part Art Show   Online gallery of the bike part art show, which has been happening since 2003. view all retrospective bike art made from bike parts
           
  Williwaw Studio   Sculptured riders on bikes ssembled from mixed woods and bicycle parts. Most depict a rider or riders doing tricks or cruising.
           
  Bike Sculpture   Photo of a bike sculpture in San Gabriel, Ecuador
           
  Public Art Sculpture   Some random person's Flickr site has one picture of a possible bike sculpture.
           
  Berlin Bike Sculpture   Caption reads, "Berlin is a bike-friendly city."
           
  Clownhouse   A few photos from this show from the Alberta Art Walk, but the page also has links to other sites with bike art.
           
  Bicycle Wheel   Marcel Duchamp's famous sculpture, his first "ready made" with info and artist quotes.
           
  Gateway to the Future   An artsy arch made up of discarded bike parts from the Toronto police warehouse
           
  Invisible Bicycle   Art performance bike ride on an invisible (clear plastic) bicycle in a clear plastic outfit.
           
  Deko-chari   A form of art bike of Japan dating back to the mid 1970s. 'Deko' in Japanese is short for decoration and 'Chari' is slang for bike.
           
  Minibike Olympics   Everyone cool is moving to Portland and everyone else is watching the real Olympics.
           
  ARTCRANK   A bike art poster show held in Minneapolis and Denver, and on website.
           
  Portland sculpture   Sculpture made of brand new-looking mini-bikes in Portland, undoubtedly one of many around the city.
           
  Bike Letterpress   Friendly greeting cards with bikes on them.
           
  Oily Cog   Max Chen's art website with a nice collection of rideable art.
           
  Shawn Granton   Shawn does lots of illustration for bike events and shops, and also contribute bicycle comics to Momentum Magazine.
           
  Kurt Wold   Serious bike artist.
           
  Dennis Kalichuck   Artist who dabbles in bike art sculpture.
           
  Matt Cartwright   Portland sculptor and bike artist. Has several bike pieces
           
  Leni Fried   Artist who uses bike frames as canvas
           
  Cycleseen   "Exhibition of photographs, artwork and documentation representing the bicycle culture in Portland."
           
  Steve Mitchell   Online recycle gallery has photos of murals and trophies made from cogs and other bike parts
           
  Cycletops   Flickr site of Randy Richmond, whose hobby is bicycle photography.
           
  Bikengruvin   David James, artist of Bikengruvin, which has a web gallery of recycles bicycle art.
           
  Sprockettes   Portland dance squad that uses mini-bikes as props and balancing tools in their dance routines. They tour and perform. Half punk, half caberet.
           
    "An almanac with interviews from the bicycling community, profiles of bike-related grassroots organizations, essays, graphs, lists, letters, and stories from a utilitiarian bike-enthusiast perspective."
           
  Bicycle Film Festival   Film fest that celebrates the bicycle. Films are into all styles of bikes and biking, from Tall Bike Jousting, Track Bikes, BMX, Alleycats, Critical Mass, Bike Polo, Cycling to Recumbents. The festival's goal is to bring together all aspects of bicycling together to advocate its ability to transport us in many ways.
           
  B.I.K.E. the movie   "The film is a depiction of the Brooklyn chapter of the Black Label Bike Club (BLBC), a fringe network of tall bike jousters that combine and justify their medieval inspired competitions with environmentalist and anti-consumerist rhetoric and politically radical ideals"
           
  Earth Studio   Slightly commercial bike-themed gifts, but some of it isn't bad.
           
  Bike Furniture   Makes chairs out of recycled tubes and aluminum parts.
     

 

 

   
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