Showing posts with label bicycles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bicycles. Show all posts

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Will B. Rolling Statue

Here's a very recent, very fun find. It's in Port Byron, Illinois, and is named "Will B. Rolling".  "Will" and his Penny-farthing (old-fashioned bicycle) top out at 30 feet (9.14m).

Port Byron is a small town in northern Illinois alongside the mighty Mississippi River.

Fun fact: Port Byron competes with Le Claire, Iowa, each year in a "tug fest". A 2700' (823m) rope is stretched across the Mississippi River for a series of tug-of-war competitions.  Tug Fest is the only event in the U.S. that allows the Mississippi River to be shut down.



It dawned on me that I had this postcard in my collection. Soooo, you get a BONUS fun fact: "Will B. Rolling" is a replica of "Big Ben Bikin'" which is billed as the world's largest bicycle, and is located in Sparta, Wisconsin.

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Baby Blue Bicycle



Just a fun sighting of a fun looking bicycle on its way to some unknown fun destination in the fun state of Missouri. :)

Friday, September 16, 2011

Pringle, South Dakota USA




If you happen to love Elks and/or Pringle's potato chips, this would be a great place to live....










..and, in addition to enjoying the vast wide-open scenery of South Dakota on a daily basis.......











.....you would have this funky bicycle sculpture to show off whenever relatives came to visit!