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An art bike is any
bicycle A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike, push-bike or cycle, is a human-powered transport, human-powered or motorized bicycle, motor-assisted, bicycle pedal, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, with two bicycle wheel, wheels attached to a ...
modified for creative purposes while still being ridable. It is a type of
kinetic sculpture Kinetic art is art from any medium that contains movement perceivable by the viewer or that depends on motion for its effects. Canvas paintings that extend the viewer's perspective of the artwork and incorporate multidimensional movement are ...
. The degree of artistic creativity and originality or new functionality of art bikes varies greatly, depending on the artist or designer's intentions (as well as the subjective interpretation of what "art" is by the observer).


Examples

* The annual
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festival (held in the
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of
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, United States) is a popular setting for members of the art bike community to display and ride their sometimes radically modified and decorated bicycles. * The Dekochari is a form of art bike indigenous to Japan. * A
cycle rickshaw The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport. It is a type of tricycle designed to carry passengers on a vehicle for hire, for-hire basis. It is also known by a variety of other names such as bike taxi, velotaxi, pedicab, bi ...
is a bicycle designed to carry passengers; in countries like Bangladesh, India, Japan and South Africa these cycle rickshaws may feature elaborate decorations and can be considered art bikes. * Clown bikes and tall bikes are forms of art bikes. * "Pimp My 'Fahrrad'" is a German TV show featuring "pimped" bicycles especially modified for urban environments.


See also

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Outline of cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding bicycles or other Human-powered transport, human-powered vehicles with Wheel, wheels, for transportation, recreation, exercise, sport, and other purposes. People who engage i ...
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Art car An art car is a vehicle that has had its appearance modified as an act of personal artistic expression. Art cars are often driven and owned by their creators, who are sometimes referred to as "Cartists". Most car artists are ordinary people with ...
* Art truck


References


External links


"Slimm Buick - Bike Art"



Bicycle Forest's Homebuilders' Gallery

Burning Bikes Tribe

Couchbike

"BikeRod&Kustom Webzine"
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Art vehicles, * Cycle types Types of sculpture Decorated vehicles {{Cycling-stub