Pimp my ride African style... AKA Put a HUGE stereo system onto my bicycle [Pic]!
Friday, November 30, 2007 at 7:41AM Those of us who live in South Africa will be quite familiar with those wonderfully decorated 'dik wiel' (Afrikaans for 'thick wheels') bicycles that are pimped to the max! You don't see as many as you used to!
But, this picture from the US brought a smile to my face!
Check out the stereo on this guy's bike! Heck he even has a fold out DVD player on there!
Now that's the kind of bike you want to see someone logging over the 'ou Kaapse Weg' in an Argus cycle race!
In today's NYT, a feature (with lots of great photos) about folks who build elaborate stereo soundsystems for their bicycles. It's not a new phenomenon, but it's neat to see it treated with such formal examination. Link, and pix here shot for the Times by Tyler Hicks. (thanks, Mark Hurst)
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Reader Comments (2)
Ever since by bike was stolen 20 years ago I've been looking for a plains bike -- an ordinary bike with ordinary tyres and real mudguards. They can't be had for love or money.
All you can get are mountain bikes, but the Drakensberg are hundreds of kilometres away, and I'm not even planning to ride in the Magaliesberg -- just to Hatfield.
SO HOW IS THE SOUND SYSTEM ON YOUR BELOVED VESPA, DION? DOES IT NEED TO BE PIMPED? LV & BLESSINGS JANET
AND TO STEVE .... MY FATHER IN LAW HAS THE VERY BIKE YOU ARE AFTER. HE IS 82 & STIL RIDES (READ, WOBBLES)IT EVERY DAY. MAKE ME AN OFFER I CAN'T REFUSE....I'M DESPERATE TO GET HIM OFF THE ROADS! HEEHEE