Bicycle Winnebago — Exhibit A
by Warren McLaren, Sydney on 12. 1.06
Weird how things come at you in a rush. Almost in a day of each other, we've had two stories land in our in-tray, about folk making bicycle motor-homes. Lord knows how many more are out there, but let’s kick off with these. Exhibit A comes courtesy of Jonathan at Bike Portland. Pics via one of his blog's readers, Bob. As you’ll read, when you wander over there for the extra images, this beastie has apparently been on the road for the past two years. It’s inspiration is said to be the moon rovers and landing vehicles, which might account for all the silvery stuff. Seems there had been substantial rain for the days preceding the 'photo shoot', but the interior of the gentleman's creation was nice and dry. ::Bicycle Motorhome at bikeportland.org.
His name is Brian. I wrote about a conversation I had with him back in October. He told me he's been doing this not for a couple years, but for decades, cruising up and down the West Coast. He is currently holding out in PDX, just across the street from Citybikes, looking to establish business building similar bikes for touring and in-town cargo hauling.
tags, arghhh...
For more backstory on Brian, see my post at
http://www.worldchanging.com/local/portland/archives/005163.html
From 1983-1991 Steven Roberts pedaled 17,000 miles on his brilliantly crafted/engineered Winnebiko I and II, and his way cool Behemoth (solar-, satphone-, and computer-enabled). For more on him and his wild rides:
http://microship.com/index.html