Madison Art Bike Parade 06

We met Melvin the Whacky Wheeler at the Chicago South Side St. Patrick's Day Parade. He invited us to come up to Madison WI, former home of SCAB, to ride in their annual Art Bike Parade.

Despite the rain there was an impressive turnout. Most of them were bikes that folks had gussied up for the event. Even with the arrival of a lone tallbiker, we could find no trace of SCAB or any of its members.

The Whacky Wheeler uses an industrial wire spool from Delaney's Scrapyard and basically just rides on it, runs inside it or on top of it, and does all sorts of tricks. It's a terrifying motivation of way too much steel in a crowded, toddler-filled area.

A bike with bowling balls for wheels.























This one won "coolest". Ooh, you shoulda seen it flex!





Bustin' a curb ride on the Stupid Trick Cycle.



Then we rode around town for a bit. We visited Dr. Evermor's Dreamkeepers. The feathers are rejected shear blades. In between the wings are snow machine fans that turn in the wind.







Then we relaxed in the hillbilly hot tub. Just sink a potbelly stove down into a cattle trough, put some rocks on it to hold it down, and crack a beer!








From that point on it was just relaxing by the fire in the guest house, dressed in our cashmere, sipping fine whisky from the finest vineyards.




Johnny 7:02 PM