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Hybrid machine: the grocycle

By Rain Noe - September 17, 2007

in Object Culture

The bicycle version of an SUV? Photographer Mike Hulsebus found a sort of grocery centaur--half Kroger shopping cart, half Schwinn--in front of his new house when he moved in. The unidentified man in the photograph (it's not clear if this is Hulsebus himself) apparently had the same idea and made his own prototype, different from the version Hulsebus found in that the forks go outside the shopping cart frame, to level the bike off. If urban bike messengers get wind of this, perhaps Fed Ex will finally have some local competition.

via mike hulsebus and the new shelton wet/dry

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Linda

17 years ago

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It's a great example of working with found objects, but, my goodness, there are so many problems with this photo I wouldn't know where to start listing them all.
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fredrik ampler

17 years ago

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I'd make a point of shopping only in stores located in a straight line from home - making turns should be difficult, no make that impossible, with four individually rotating wheels in the front... :-)
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James

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I would take extra care to avoid potholes if I were riding this homemade cargo bike.
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