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Bicycle Wheel
Bicycle Wheel is a readymade from Marcel Duchamp consisting of a bicycle fork with front wheel mounted upside-down on a wooden stool.
In 1913 at his Paris studio he mounted the bicycle wheel upside down onto a stool, spinning it occasionally just to watch it. Later he denied that its creation was purposeful, though it has come to be known as the first of his readymades. "I enjoyed looking at it," he said. "Just as I enjoy looking at the flames dancing in the
was designed to be fuel efficient personal transportation for commuters, college students, and other specialty uses.
History.
Rotary engine wheel hubs have been used in motorbikes for over one hundred years.
In 1997, Steve Katsaros, the creator of the Wheel, visited a manufacturer who was experimenting with making electric powered bicycle taxis. He did not like the electric design, and began to think about how to power a bicycle with a gasoline engine, eventually deciding to keep the engine inside the wheel of the bicycle,