Continuing the bike trend is the amazing tall bike and types of freak/mutant bikes. If a bike a is a great thing, another bike that is made of multiple bikes must be a greater thing.
How do tall bikes, something that exists around the world, fit into Minnesota? Let me tell you about The Black Label Bike Club. The Black Label Bike Club (started in Minneapolis) is considered the first outlaw bicycle club.
All of the recent craze, including the international Black Label Bike Club chapters and many other bike clubs that have started, didn't start until this group of people from Minneapolis decided that they were going to do something cool/fun/unique (the way we like to do things here in Minnesota).
I could bore you with talking about tall bikes and describing why they are cool, but until you see them in person, hang out with friends who have them and get scared to get on one yourself, my words will probably mean nothing. So go, look them up, see crazy pictures, check out the history, look into your nearest bike club and remember to thank Minnesota for making it a popular thing for you to enjoy.
Punk comic Nothing Nice To Say had a continuing story about Bike Gangs and tall bikes, if you wanted to laugh while reading this (oh, and this guy was originally from Minnesota).
For Derek, who thinks it is too cold to ride a bike in Minnesota, check out this Nothing Nice To Say comic.
Also, here is a Minnesota new article in case you wanted a little more information.
When is the last time your short, single frame high city created a growing and sustainable subculture?
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