It is the What A Concept: Halloween Edition... where the concept is slightly scarier than normal. But before I give you this weeks entry, I would like to share some history... some really, really disturbing cycling history.
In the 60's, informing kids and adults about bicycle safety was important with the boom in bicycle sales and use. Everyone was getting in on cycling, and many didn't know the dangers. The following video may be familiar to some as the tool used to teach kids the rules, and to scare them into using them.
That video was creepy when I first saw it, and still is.
Now for the concept...
This Weeks Concept is the bike/art piece by Eric Tryon. The Skeleton Bicycle is fully functional and articulated to move with the bike's movements. A very interesting idea, and made simply, but very well. Although I would have LED lights in the eyes, some sound effects, or scary accouterments attached to add to the creepiness, all it really needs is a hipster riding it to maximize the horror.
As a bonus to his Skeleton Bicycle, he has also made this little wire art, bike and rider piece. Just an honorable mention due to the sort of steam-punkish creepy feel it has.
The Final rating for this idea is a hard one. It is art, but it is also a fixie. It has a cool skeleton that moves while riding it, but it is a fixie. It is well made, and put together over the frame of the bike, plus the idea is a unique, and rather fun one. So it will get a 5 Einstars, and 1 Hipstar. The Hipstar because it is Art, and a fixie, in case you didn't catch that.
Rating ~ 5 Einstars!
and for more scary bike related fun here is some really scary pics...
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| It would be scarier with PeeWee Herman on it. |
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| Helena Bonham Carter, Freeeaaaky |
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| This is the Tim Burton Version of Schwinn |
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