Boneshaker Big Wheel

Ron Schroer boneshaker bigwheel

This kinetic sculpture by artist Ron Shroer in Jacksonville, Florida combines a pedal-powered Jansen’s linkage walking mechanism with a wooden penny-farthing style wheel.


Boneshaker Big Wheel 2014 incarnation from Ron Schroer on Vimeo.

On his One Spark project page, Shroer writes “I’m just a boring old fart who, after going through chemo, realized if I didn’t let some of my crazy out before I passed I’d be disappointed with myself.”

Via Eric in Ohio.

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