Weird Bike Wednesday - Mahalia, the Alligator

Riding Mahlia, the alligator tricycle

While looking for weird bikes this week, I found a whole bunch of them at Krewe of Kolossos. They are located in New Orleans, and have created quite a menagerie of "art bikes" for riding in parades. My favorite is an alligator called Mahlia (Named after local civil rights activist Mahlia Jackson). It was built on a tandem trike, and is 14 feet long. The head and tail were made from a variety of recycled materials, including cardboard beer boxes, New Orleans Yellow Pages and leftover paint. Mahlia debuted in 2011 and has been appearing in parades ever since. If you don't like riding an alligator, your other options include:

• Hammerhead shark
• Killer Whale
• Crayfish
• Eagle 
• Bull 
• Triceratops
• Pelican
• Grasshopper
• Seahorse
• Panda
• Honey Bee