Not sure what this has to do with the TDF?

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Sheffield's attempt at TDF art..now I realise art is subjective and I am of a more "function over form" kind of mindset..

All I see is just a pile of usable secondhand spare parts ruined by yellow paint

It certainly didn't seem to be attracting any attention, I doubt most people knew or cared why a yellow mountain-bso was taking up a cycle parking space...

 

[TissoT]

Post boxes next .....

 

[shouldbeinbed]

looks like a mouldy ghost bike & why use a MTB to celebrate a road race

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

looks like a mouldy ghost bike & why use a MTB to celebrate a road race

No idea...as I was walking up the road, some distance away I first thought it was a ghost until I realised the colour tint...from a distance I thought there had been an incident

The only reason I know it's TdF is from someone mentioning old bikes being sprayed yellow and left in random places

I bet no-one passing by had any idea. I doubt Sheffield City Council have any idea come to that...

 

[TissoT]

looks like a mouldy ghost bike & why use a MTB to celebrate a road race

Because The roads are bad .... ie pot holes

 

[ayceejay]

Which way is it pointing? You may have missed a clue there.

 

[Cycleops]

Is this supposed to be art?

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Is this supposed to be art?

What's worse is that I've tweaked the colour balance and saturation to bring out the yellow. In "real life" it's even more bland!

 

[Easytigers]

That lock doesn't look very sturdy...where I come from, it'd be gone in a couple of hours! Some young un would be riding around telling his mates that he's blinged up his wheels!

 

[SomethingLikeThat]

We've got these in Loughborough too...I thought it was something to do with the police and bike theft because one of them had an accompanying sign. There's a crappy BMX here.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Is this supposed to be art?

Everything is art, its just down to how people interpret it.

That said.... What a mess!!

 

[raleighnut]

There were a bunch of them sprayed pink and left locked around Leicester a few years back, I think Cyclemagic did them to highlight cycling safety.
BTW they were scrap BSOs so no cycles were injured in the campaign.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Have you seen the weird tat and old bikes that decorate the route in some French towns? I have photos at home.

 

[Alembicbassman]

The yellow bikes are supposed to mark the route, this doesn't look like the route, looks more like Arundel Gate/Arundel Street way?

 

[SamR]

It definitely can't be 'art' with the cranks and chain in that position!