Comments on: Subculture alert: Boom Box Bikes in Queens, NY

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BAKFIETS EN MEER » Blog Archive » Dekochari: Japanese Art Bikes — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:29:49 +0000

[...] bikes have lots in common with the Queens, NY “boom box bikes” I wrote about in [...]

By: Math You

Math You — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:29:08 +0000

This …is… riduculous… ly AWESOME!
I’m a dude in Denver that is into guerilla electronic art, and am planning a ghettoblaster dance party where we all show up with boom boxes, and tune to a DJ being transmitted on the same station. Somebody said, “Dude, you should put it on a bike.” I figure, good idea, WTF? Well here it is… AWESOME

By: feddomw

feddomw — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:18:40 +0000

It ain’t about speed, that’s for sure…. Funny you mention the bakfiets, I was just wondering where they get their power from. You could fit quite a few car batteries in a cargobike…

By: henry

henry — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:59:17 +0000

I don’t think these guys are too interested in the bicycle parts of their machines. The focus is definitely on the music making, especially when you compare the investments in stereo vs. bike: a few thousand to a couple hundred. I have a feeling that their sophistication and capabilities with electronics are a few levels higher than with mechanics.

Still I bet these kids could do some cool stuff with a bakfiets… or whatever they’d deem cool from the Workcycles stable.

By: Feddo

Feddo — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:25:29 +0000

I like the pic of the Trinidadian kid in a white tank top. I think he needs some kind of Workcycles-industrial-strength wheel and bearings!

And maybe just a tiny bit more air in his rear tire… just a touch…..