Museum Bikes

My first trip to New York required a visit to the Guggenheim and the MOMA.

There is really nothing else architecturally in New York City quite like Frank Lloyd Wright's building on Park Avenue and it is absolutely fitting that it faces the natural splendour of Central Park.

I'm not sure about his inspiration, but its many circles certainly suggests an affinity with the endless cars and bicycles that roll by it every day.

Fridays, if you can stand the crowds, you can get into MOMA for free after 4pm. People tend to congregate around the showpiece works such as Van Gogh and Dali leaving Duchamp's Bicycle Wheel a respectful space.

The third floor has a section for Architecture and Design where two bicycles are on display.

I thought, perhaps, these were just museum pieces rather than ride-able bikes, but both are available for purchase with the AM2 having quite a storied history.

http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/heritage.html

http://www.biomega.dk/biomega.aspx

For some reason, Biomega calls their bike, Boston, on their website. 

I would be curious to know what criteria MOMA put on their selection of these bikes. I would have thought a recumbant or a carbon fibre or even an original Gary Fisher would have merited a distinction for design.

My bike is back from the shop so enough about NYC and certainly enough humping around town on a Bixi. Time to enjoy the temperate days of September on the paths of Montreal and environs.