Materials: Stolmen pole with end fitting
Description: Wanted to get a bike rack for my Keirin track bike but solutions available are rather expensive. Thus, decided to get creative some spare bike parts and build an awesome bike rack.
Used the Ikea Stolmen pole, placed a ring (shape similar to the Greek omega or a traditional lamp shape, cost me less than $2 a pair!) holding the Nitto B123aa Gold handlebar to one Stolmen end fitting, and then took it to the "art" level using a vintage Ideale 80 saddle to make it look like a bull head.
Hope you like, I really do!
~ Luis Vieira, Osaka, Japan
This makes a pretty work of art. Like it very much!!
ReplyDeleteLove the recycled cork wall protection (is it the portuguese part in you?)
ReplyDeleteUma compatriota também expatriada
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
ReplyDeleteI guess my name, the bull head, and the corks made my nationality an easy guess :)
The cork panel is for a friend's restaurant here in Osaka.
Estes dias esta'-se melhor fora do pais (infelizmente).
Nice Vivalo! Very jealous of the keirin frame!
ReplyDeleteLovely!! :-) and with humor also. Bravo
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the stolmen is very popular to use as a bike rack, nice!
ReplyDeleteYou could have quote Picasso as the original builder:
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