…the proverbial weird-bike arms race:
- Image lifted from Wonderhowto.com
- “My name is Dekochari. My father was a pinball machine and my mother was an ATM.”
These clunky things are called Dekocharis, which essentially means “art-bike” in Japanese. They look a lot like props from sci-fi flicks— which isn’t surprising, considering that the Dekochari is a product of a cultural obsession with Truck Yaro, a film from the 70s featuring lots of disco-era, blinky-light studded trucks. Here’s a clip from the film:
In the Wonderhowto.com article which turned me onto these robot bikes, the Dekochari Wikipedia entry was quoted as stating, “current Dekocharis have elaborate light displays and many include hi-fi audio systems and cup-holders.”
Oh Dekochari, you had me at “elaborate light displays,” but hi-fi sound systems to boot?! Do we have anything like this in town?— I just Googled the hell outta “Portland” and “Dekochari” and found nothing. Anybody know something I don’t?
Wow, these beat the holy hell out of a shitty tall clown bike, no question.
MUST. HAVE. SOUNDTRACK!
Holy Smokes! http://www.weirdomatic.com/dekotora.html
Seems like an exchange program would be appropriate.
I’m guessing our american equivalent would be the pimped out low-rider.