We like to think that we live in the most creative time in the history of all the things. This video will make you wonder if that’s really the case. Apparently Charlie Steinlauf created some most unusual bikes in the 1930s in Chicago. Think Dr. Seuss meets custom frame builder. If it was possible for a bike to comically represent the patriarchy, one of these would take the cake, but we concede not many people find humor in institutionalized sexism. Nonetheless, these are some of the strangest bikes you will ever see, we promise.

When playing drums in a rock and roll band didn't turn at to be as lucrative as he'd hoped, Padraig left his hometown of Memphis to pursue an MFA in poetry at UMASS Amherst. Writing about his other love, bicycles, seemed a natural progression; certainly it paid better than either poetry or rock music. His work has appeared everywhere from Bicycling Magazine to the LA Times. His feature, "My Day With Ilya," won a Lowell Thomas Award for travel writing. These days he lives in Sonoma County, California, where he attempts to inspire his two demitasse ninja with the wonder of bikes. Favorites: flavor: maple; wine: Boheme Pinot Noir; beer: Russian River Pliny the Elder; neurochemical: dopamine; poetry: Andrew Hudgins; fiction: Thomas Pynchon; music: David Sylvian; comedy: Firesign Theater; event: 8-Hours of Wente.
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