BikeZilla created by Paul Cesewski aka Paul da Plumber. Pauls website is: http://www.paulsrides.com/
So far, there are three Bike Powered Ferris Wheels–the two seater, then the stationary 3 seater, and finally the rolling 3 person Ferris Wheel AKA the Star Wheel.This short movie is about the 2 seater also known as the Kharma Wheel 2005 2 Seater. Fabricated tube steel and sheet metal construction, custom bearings. Each approximately 14’x14’ footprint, 16’ tall. This ferris wheel was one of two bicycle powered carnival rides I built for New Belgium Brewery. The other was Bike to the Moon, a fly...
The Miss Rockaway Armada is a group of approximately 25 performers and artists from all over the country including members of the Toyshop Collective, Cyclecide, Visual Resistance, The Amateurs, The Floating Neutrinos, The Infernal Noise Brigade, The Madagascar Institute and the Rude Mechanical Orchestra. This July we will converge in Minneapolis to construct a flotilla of rafts that will journey down the Mississippi River. We’ll stop in towns along the way, hosting musical performances and vau...
2000 Dizzy Toy. 14’ diameter footprint x 30” tall. Fabricated tube steel, custom bearings. truck axel, custom drive line assembly. In this piece participants hold on and spin around and around. As participants turn the world blurs and they see only each other. This piece tours with San Francisco’s Bike Rodeo and is loaned out for installation at other events.Created by Paul Cesewski aka Paul da Plumber. This ride is often on tour with cyclecide http://www.paulsrides.com/
Cyclefuge2004 Cyclefuge. Fabricated tube steel, custom bearings. 40’ Diameter footprint x 12’ tall. Cyclefuge is a ride that tours with San Francisco’s Bike Rodeo. Riders and peddlers cooperate redefining amusement rides. This ride swings four people around as four people pedal the ride. Inclusive, interactive, entertainment for participants by participants.Created by Paul Cesewski aka Paul da Plumber. Pauls website is: http://www.paulsrides.com/ The Bike Rodeo website is http://www.cyclecide....
Adventure awaits us in our forgotten infrastructures. By re-organizingthe detritus of our overstuffed American dreams we invent new horizons.Heaps of refuse are accompanied by abandoned dreams. The story of to therails is a contemporary Huck Finn lashing logs together to build a raft.Automobile wheels, airplane seats, and bicycle pedals cobbled togetherto make a true American mutt. Take it to the rails to celebrate the endof the industrial age. Pioneers established the routes for the rails.The...
Fabricated tube steel and sheet metal construction, steel gears, chains, and custom bearings. 22 foot vertical diameter wheel x 7’ wide. This piece is a Rolling Ferris Wheel. Participant Powered Rolling Sculpture commissioned by Burning Man Art Festival. Wheels within wheels turn to propel us through the universe. As we pedal ourselves around our daily routines we are driving our greater life’s path. We develop commitments, loyalties, and family.Star Wheel Created by Paul Cesewski aka Paul da ...