My Friend, The Artist/Engineer

Wow, that is cool stuff!
Love the big wave...(and the bikes)
Certainly some structural engineering probs there.
Del
_{(Hey I think I see that bike I lost in there!)}

_{(Hey I think I see that bike I lost in there!)}

No that can't be. He only used bikes for driving on the right hand side of the road.

Now there's an interesting question.

I'm from the UK, and, when I get on a bike: I put my left foot on the pedal (scoot), and swing my right leg over the saddle.

I'm not aware of left handed people doing the opposite, so, I guess it's because we ride on the left.

I think I'd find it pretty hard to do it the other way round.

Do people from countries that ride on the right get on bikes from the right?

_{I've never seen a country on a bike: sorry about the misplaced participle (in case the grammar police are watching).}

I am from the USA and I put my left foot on the pedal, scoot and swing my right leg over the saddle too. I don't recall seeing anyone doing the opposite.

Does such a mounting technique stem from days of old where knights or cavalry wore swords on their left sides, so mounted the horse from the left?

I've tried it left leg over -and found it very difficult. Also tried a kid's scooter the 'wrong was round' with comic results. I'm right-handed.

Any south-paws out there who can comment?

(Occurs to me that it must be tricky for cyclists in countries where they drive/ride on the wrong side of the road - they must stand in the road to mount their bikes.)

Exciting artwork from Chris.

Chris's work is eye candy! What a true sense of form!

JBTardis

Thank you for holding up the flag for a friend. This will nourish his creativity and make him wanting to start a new one. Great stuff Mate

I'll tell you what, he must be a busy man. Getting to control chaos is what engineering is about and all of those sculptures would challenge a few braincells and would require a large set of skills. He would be picking them up on the fly and just start with the basics (I imagine) and then invent his way around difficulties or challenges.

He must be a very determined man, not only to come up with the concept, but to keep a team of people enthusiastic about the projects. A skill some engineers not use enough of, human management that is. Not to mention the "ink urinators", you know, the people handling the paperwork, the book keepers, bean counters of this world.

It would be good to see these works in a u-tube video. The "bicycle DNA", if that is what it is, would come out more obvious. Well done Chris, I take my hat! Have a couple on me, for now.

I suppose this is one of his works as well? Looks like the same DNA to me.

Any chance of a close up? At first glance it looked like part of the "log wave", my eyes you know. Anyway good to see a hands and brains on approach in the arts.

It is a bread less occupation but who is counting?

Love and respect to all involved, Ky.

YouTube video video and others linked here:- http://www.youtube.com/bicycletornado

Thanks

Thanks for the video link. I had meant to include one but was interrupted several times while creating this thread (work always seems to get in the way). On Chris' web site he has a link to videos.

Funny thing about that link...it says bicycletornado, but the video is of a different piece called 'Rail Wave'.

Here is a link to a video of his collaboration with another artist who has a totally different style.

Thanks for the kind thoughts.

I can't say if the DNA ball is from Chris or not. If he drops in (He is not a CR4 member that I know of) he can let you know for sure.

Actually his bicycle piece is a tornado, as opposed to DNA, but it certainly could pass a DNA.

He is definitely determined. While I think he is pretty good with people, I don't know if he really has much of a team, I believe he does most of the work by himself, including paperwork (although he may have been able to talk his wife into that).

Awesome work.

very cool Artgineering!

I love when function is merged with fashion. My favorite piece is his Bus Bus Stop

http://www.youtube.com/bicycletornado#p/a/u/2/ukKKM-Tn1HU