Black Label Bike Club
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The Black Label Bike Club is an international freak/mutant bicycle organization specializing in tall bikes and choppers.
Started in 1992 by Jacob Houle and Per Hanson as the "Hard Times Bike Club" in Minneapolis, Minnesota,[1] the club has grown to include a chapter in New York City,[2] Reno, Nevada, Austin, Texas, Oakland, California, Stockholm, Sweden New Orleans Louisiana, and a nomad chapter known as "Nowhere".
The Black Label Bike Club is credited with being the first "outlaw bicycle club", the originators of tall bike jousting, and one of the main contributors to the rise of the tall bike culture.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ Avidor, Ken (March 7, 2006). "Who rides the tall bikes?". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ Gross, Matt (May 21, 2005). "Rough Riders". New York Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Unstoppable". New York Times. April 29, 2007
External links [edit]
- Photo Essay in Chief Magazine of the group's annual Bike Kill event, featuring video of "bike jousting"
