This dude is probably the most famous freak bike builder in the world. Every year this crazy french guy builds these huge pedal powered floats and rides them at Tour De Franz events. Some of his past bikes have included a giant whale, and other ridiculous things.
The wikipedia article on him:
Dieter "Didi" Senft[1] (born 1952 in Reichenwalde, Germany) is known as the Tour de France devil or El Diablo. Since 1993, he has been seen in the Tour's many stages wearing his red devil costume and painting a trifork on the road some miles before he'll show up. Senft attributes the inspiration for the costume to German cycling announcer Herbert Watterot who called the last lap of local criterium races, "the Red Devil's Lap."
He is also an inventor who has created over 100 bicycles, including the largest in the world. He is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.
On the 2006 edition of Tour of Switzerland, Didi Senft painted his signature trifork on the road the day before the competitors came by his door. But later that day the Swiss police came by and said it was illegal, and he had to pay a fine or go to jail. He was also forced to
FuzzBeast04.11.08 - 12:33 am
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