{"id":163711,"date":"2018-02-27T08:08:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T08:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=163711"},"modified":"2018-02-27T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:38:28","slug":"cyclecide-heavy-pedal-punks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/02\/27\/cyclecide-heavy-pedal-punks\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclecide \u2013 The Heavy Pedal Punks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/tag\/tour-de-france\/\">Le Tour de France<\/a> is the greatest race on earth, but it&#8217;s serious business.\u00a0 The whole retail cycle of components, products, and new bikes is born from every pro team&#8217;s hunt for jerseys and wins.\u00a0 And the excitement inspires millions to ride the bikes they love \u2013 but who will love a bike when its owner decides it&#8217;s time to say &#8220;goodbye&#8221;?<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Heavy pedal punks<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Cyclecide described themselves as The Heavy Pedal Bike Rodeo, and they&#8217;ve terrorised the streets of San Francisco with their Frankenstein creations since 1996.\u00a0 They started out by dumpster diving for discarded bikes.\u00a0 Their mission \u2013 to give each discarded bike a new identity.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=XOx3eXic1Gg params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/XOx3eXic1Gg\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>The circular saw and welding torch are Cyclecide&#8217;s tools of choice, but the biggest tool is really their imagination.\u00a0 Cyclecide are known for splicing frames together to build <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/tallbike\/\">tall bikes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XOx3eXic1Gg\">swing bikes<\/a>, and bike-themed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XfK8WCZlmeo\">fairground attractions<\/a> for all the family to enjoy\u2026<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=XfK8WCZlmeo params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/XfK8WCZlmeo\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<h2><strong>Recycling<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Everything starts with Cyclecide&#8217;s Paul De Plumber, whose official job title was San Francisco dump&#8217;s Artist in Residence.\u00a0 In a bid to reduce landfill, The City employs artists to repurpose anything they found that could be of use to the creative community \u2013 including finding new purpose for unwanted bikes.<\/p>\n<lite-youtube videoid=mCwx3VvEGL4 params=\"enablejsapi=1\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/mCwx3VvEGL4\/maxresdefault.webp');\"><\/lite-youtube>\n<p>Turning trash into treasure requires imagination, and Cyclecide have repurposed bicycles into lawnmowers, and pedal-powered fire-fighting machines.\u00a0 Founder, Jarico Reese, pointed out that Cyclecide&#8217;s mission is more about putting a smile on your face than creating practical bicycles.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-163711 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/Cyclofuge_Swinging.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/Cyclofuge_Swinging-1024x683.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-163712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/Cyclofuge_Swinging-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/Cyclofuge_Swinging-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/Cyclofuge_Swinging-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2018\/02\/Cyclofuge_Swinging-272x182.webp 272w, 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