The Spirit of Muckle Flugga

The Spirit of Muckle Flugga

a magnificant machine from Poulsbo Washington.

(Muckle Flugga is also an island in the Shetland Islands and a celtic folk dance band from Maine!)

The Spirit of Muckle Flugga is 1800 lbs, but i was able to pedal it BY MY SELF when Steve & Charlie let me ride it. Charlie said they had gotten up over 35mph on it! It is made entirely of wood. Each pedaler drives a single wheel, so if the team is working together well, the stearing wheel is not needed.

The Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race
Photos from the 1996 race
Photos and MPEGs from the 1995 race
Corvallis Oregon's Kinetic Sculpture Race, da Vinci Days
more from the 1996 daVinci race

Kinetic Art Racing Association site
Kinetic Skulpture Racing History
OMSI's Kinetic sculpture site
The Kinetic White Pages

This is an unofficial, 'fan' website. I am hoping that Steve & Charlie, the wonderful creators of this fun machine will ordain this site as OFFICIAL and help me complete it.

I also hope they let me ride The Spirit of Muckle Flugga in Seattle's St. Patrick's Day Parade, as suggested at 1999 Bike Expo! ... PLEASE!!

UPDATE! August 2007 I finally got a chance to ride it! It came over for in a bicycle parade around Fremont for the 'Tour d'Fat' festival!

The wonderful machine has been retired from Kenetics events, partially because it was unbeatable. It lives in a garage in Poulsbo. They said it was fun riding it onto the ferry! I was thrilled that they brought out for our bicycle celebration.

mrk.land