Re: [CR]Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel

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From: "Pete Geurds" <raleighpro@dejazzd.com>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 07:03:49 -0500
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From: "Fred Rafael Rednor" <fred_rednor@yahoo.com> Subject: [CR]Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel


> Yesterday, I was at the National Ggallery of Art (in D.C.) to
> see the DaDa exhibition. The exhibition is interesting, even
> if you don't care much for the style.
>
> But one piece that might be of interest to members of the CR
> list was Marcel Duchamp's "Bicycle Wheel." This is not the
> 1913 original, but a third version he put together in 1951.
> Normally, it resides in the Museum Of Modern Art in NYC:
> http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=81631
>
> Anyway, the fork used in this piece if just lovely. The fork
> has a fair amount of rake, which comes from a lovely curve near
> the end of the blades. The fork crown is really lovely - think
> it's a Nexvex piece.
>
> In fact, I wondered if the fork was chosen for its aesthetic
> properties, of if it simply was whatever was available at the
> time? (By the way, the wheel uses a nice aluminum alloy hub
> and a steel Rigida rim.)
> Cheers,
> Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
>

It's a freakn' wheel stuck in a stool for crying out loud! Now if you want art work check out: http://www.classicrendezvous.com/British/Raleigh/Raleigh_Lenton.htm more seriously, almost anything on this links page: http://www.cyclofiend.com/nahbs/show2006/index.htm#links

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, Pa