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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Tallbikers, meet your match... and then some

Getting ansty for the Giro? Here's a nifty story today about Didi "El Diablo" Senft, the fellow who's best known as the red devil that runs along torturing riders in the pro peloton.


But as this article makes clear, Didi's more than just a German with a sense of humor (which is exceptional enough, sure.) He's sort of a one-man industry, dedicated not only to devilishness, but also to building crazy clown bikes -- like this one, officially the world's biggest bicycle as determined by those English purveyors of Irish stout, Guinness.


Yesterday, Didi unveiled a new creation, a 12-meter long bicycle shaped like an electric guitar.

All I can say is this: What did that John 3:16 guy ever do for the world besides buy up its reserves of rainbow wigs?

3 comments:

Unknown said...

He can't be much of a mechanic, the guy at the back seems o be peddling the wrong way!!

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking that's God riding the backward stoker position. Wearing a sensible helmet.

Anonymous said...

Looks like he's travelling pretty fast on that thing. Wonder what it feels like to crash on that. Maybe that's what the cape is for...