Strange bikes, strange folks: Scenes from the 2013 Brooklyn Bike Kill
Just another day in the neighborhood. Photo by Camille Lawhead
Crowds packed into the cul-de-sac in front of Bed-Stuy’s P.S. 54 for Black Label Bike Club’s tenth annual Brooklyn Bike Kill on Saturday. The rowdy mutant bike rally included tall bikes, a roll cage bike and a multi-person one that seemed part steamroller. There was even a stroller tower featuring one of many terrifyingly dismembered dolls. We assume this monument was a way of pouring one out for the parents who couldn’t make it all the way from Park Slope. Aside from testing the bikes, revelers participated in an intense tennis ball fight which also featured flying pita bread, shelled peanuts, bicycle tubes, plastic bins, giant foam skulls, and the occasional airborne attendee.
Some participants were real fashion heads. Photo by Camille LawheadCowabunga! Photo by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadOther participants used the buddy system. Photo by Camille LawheadFamily-friendly, at least to kids who will grow up to be cooler than you. Photo by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadFun fact: You can do pull ups on this bike. Photo by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadOne participant really ramping up the excitement. Photo by Camille LawheadPhoto by Camille LawheadA rather beautiful tall ghost bike memorial in honor of a late Black Label member. Photo by Camille LawheadIf Citi Bike ever makes it to Coney Island we hope they provide some surfboardcycles. Photo by Camille Lawhead
