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Cyclecide is an American bicycle club based in San Francisco, California, composed of clowns, altered bikes, and a traveling show called "The Bike Rodeo", which is a public performance, and not a bicycle rodeo, a children's bicycle safety clinic.
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Cyclecide is an American bicycle club based in San Francisco, California, composed of clowns, altered bikes, and a traveling show called "The Bike Rodeo", which is a public performance, and not a bicycle rodeo, a children's bicycle safety clinic.
Jarico Reese and Erin Peruse organized the first Bike Rodeo on May 23, 1996, outside of Cyclone Warehouse in San Francisco. The event was a call to all local artists to build any type of bicycle attraction they could think of and bring it to the Bike Rodeo. The show was a massive success with several people flinging themselves off of a 3-foot burning bike ramp at the end of the show.[ citation needed ] This show solidified the group and they decided to host more events.
An inspiration for many bicycle gangs, including Cyclecide, is the C.h.u.n.k. 666 zine.
"Cyclecide is a group of people in San Francisco who take junked bikes, alter them, and weld them into tall bikes, choppers, and other contraptions. Welding is fun." [1] The group is composed of welders, musicians, seamstresses, inventors, and bicycle enthusiasts.[ citation needed ]
Cyclecide takes bikes out of the junkyard and "pre-cycles" them—they turn them into art before they get recycled. [2] Tall bikes—the symbol[ citation needed ] of the bicycle subculture—are a staple in the Cyclecide fleet. Some bikes are welded into bicycle choppers. The Suburban Intruder is a Frankenstein combination of a push mower and a bicycle: "2000 are in production to mow a strip across America", states Reese in a performance. [3] Other bikes have names like 666 Chopper, Twelve Pack Fetch, Bone Bike, and Bumblebee.
Cyclecide also creates bike powered carnival rides. The first were quite primitive—the bicycle teeter-totter was a 10-foot 4x4 piece of wood with a 3-foot fulcrum. Then came the Bicycle Carousel—just like the one at the carnival, but you have to pedal the bikes to make it go around. Paul daPlumber designed and welded a two-seated, pedal-powered Ferris wheel for Cyclecide.
Other notable rides are the Cyclefuge, Whirl'N'Hurl, Spanking Bike, and Dizzy Toy. [4]
Cyclecide decided that they should do shows, collect money for beer and gas, and tour the country.[ citation needed ] Reese's role model of success without talent was Circus Redickuless. Oddly, over the years of dedication to the bicycle, the group has gained a bit of talent. Enough so that they have been paid (minimally) to perform all over the U.S., in places such as Austin, Berkeley, Boise, Durango, Flagstaff, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival), Los Angeles, Mexico City, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Point Arena, Portland, Reno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Seattle, and Tucson.
While touring, anywhere from eight to 14 people live on an old converted school bus and drive from event to event. All the bikes are packed onto the roof in a custom, bus-long roof rack. Citizens witnessing the colorful bus full of dirty art punks pull into their town are agog. Around the San Francisco Bay Area, Cyclecide is often found billed at large art events such as 'Sand by the Ton' and Yuri's Night. [5] [6]
Cyclecide has participated in several annual events.
Pedal Monster is a multi-day, annual event organized, promoted, and hosted by Cyclecide. Cyclecide invites all other altered bike clubs to San Francisco for a weekend of activities including a poker run, a day of feasting (BBQ), and a show with the rides set up. [13] [14]
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