ferdinand (li’l red), originally uploaded by magical wheelism – corey todnem.
Magical Wheelism, a Flickr contact of mine, draws the most beautiful bicycle machines. I love the way the drawings look, and I love the ideas behind the concepts (so to speak).
Treadle-powered bikes, bike where you lie prone, bikes with baroque curlicues. Amazing and inspiring. The bikes speak for themselves.
He says he’ll soon have a prototype built. He’s doing the mitering, brazing and painting himself. I think that’s really cool. Fabricating is when tinkering goes pro.
