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Freakbikes, choppers, funnybikes, clownbikes, kustoms, tallbikes, swingbikes, lead sleds, chunkbikes, trashbikes, mutant bikes, tallbike jousting, cargo bikes, tallchoppers, and frankenbikes. This is a record of human-powered creativity in Chicago.

[bikes]
-'52 freakin'-
-vintage p-cola freakin-
-zany bikes of redmoon ii-

-zig anime-
-australia freakin'-
-rat patrol russia-
-vintage freakbikes ii-
-skunk's cloudbuster-
-bikes of burning man 07-
-pedal-powered crane-

-rat patrol belgium-
-jet rides-
-fat boy's bikes-

-vintage freakbikes-
-Steinlauf family 1920's-1960s-
-afghanistan tallbikin'-
-india tallbikin'-
-spain freakin'-
-not hard enough-
-porno squad-
-grillbike/drumbike-

-chicagofreakboat-
-pushmepullyou-
-green machine-

-rolling bonfire-
-scrounger-
-the human television network-
-zany bikes of redmoon-

-*shrug*-
-fatback bomber-

-WTF?-
-two-wheeled tank-
-precious cargo-

-ghana's national tallbike-
-twang bang-

-trampoline trailer-
-san fran freakin'-
-wooden packrat-
-the loserbago-
-foley freakin'-
-n'awlins freakin'-
-schwinn cycle truck-
-question-
-the bike formerly known as the white elephant-
-abigail-

-trashbike 1-
-glowbike-
-chopsicle-

-reCycle-
-UV chopper 2-
-handcycle-

-crimebike-
-mightybike-

-gateway drug-
-lee's bent 1-
-trout lake freakin-
-tiger-
-angel-
-UV chopper 1-
-pipe bomb-
-unicyclin bear-
-a work in progress-
-the chopper-

[rides]
-pride 07-
-death of a tallbike-
-st ratrick's day 07-
-guerilla floatilla 07-
-st. ratrick's 07-
-bike kill IV-
-hootenanny 06-
-ratification 06-
-5th annual st chino's run-
-sweethearts build day-
-madison art bike parade 06-
-slaughterama 06-
-guerilla flotilla 06-
-st ratrick's day 06-
-the buurn, maaaaan 05-
-rat rides 2005-
-black label bike kill iii-
-pedal pushers-
-ratification 05-
-Guerilla Flotilla 2005-
-St. Ratrick's Day 2005-
-2nd Annual St. Chino's Run-
-rats on the mass-
-gimp haulin'-
-ratatistas!-
-rat patrol vs. human television network-
-monkey tag ride-
-stockyards ride-
-build day 112004-
-magic bean ride-
-puke ride-
-ratification 04-
-rat rides 2004-
-rat race 04-
-clunker classic III-
-ghana freakin'-
-st. ratrick's day 03-
-the stingray kids-
-may day 2003-
-the scallywags come to chicago critical mass-
-a rat retreat to the redneck riviera-
-a visit from the BLBC-
-rat rides 2003-
-rat rides 2002-

[Miscellany]
-can't you read?-
-trashcastle-
-rat trikes-
-scratch-made arc welder-

Email and Submissions: johnny@rat-patrol.org

The Burn, Maaaan

national trailer queen convention of freakbikes.

images submitted by Dr. Kludge (Rat Patrol) and Haptotrope (S.C.U.L.)

Pictures Hapto found somewhere online:

Kludge's Pix

Jane Rat.

Dr. Kludge hisself (somebody else's chopper).

"Sadly, I don't have a detail shot of the
gusset, which has a rat cut artfully into it."

Johnny 1:23 AM