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Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the junkyard-wars dept.

YetAnotherName writes "Both Wired Magazine and Tom Jones have coverage of the East Coast Championship Kinetic Sculpture Race 2003. Contestants plant tongue firmly into cheek, construct, and race bizarre human-powered vehicles across a variety of terrains. Notable vehicles included a 13-foot high pink poodle and a giant eyeball. Special rules this year required contestants to carry a sock-puppet on board. The winner this year? RTFA."

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  1. Re:No discussion of Kinetics is complete... by petecarlson · · Score: 2, Insightful

    without mention of the Boulder Kinetics race

    And why should they? The race was in Baltimore last weekend. Boulder has a race in May. When they report on the race in Boulder should they mention that there was a race in Baltimore a few weeks ago?

  2. Re:Some people just aren't trying by UniverseIsADoughnut · · Score: 2, Insightful

    " Tying a wagon to the back of a bike does not a kinetic sculpture make."

    Further more, putting anything on a bike doesn't make it a kinetic sculpture, it makes it a bike. I think for this to be interesting it should have a rule saying you can't used things like bicycle drives. A wheel is fine but run it with a wind turbine, or make it sail powered. Do something with levers. Anything just don't re-invent the wheel by using something allready invented or at the least really common.

    Anything moving is a kinetic anything, but jazzing up a bike is lame.