Feats per minute: a bike and recordplayer combined vehicle

The first prototype was build in a month. And yes it was pretty difficult, but loads of fun…. the idea is pretty simple; basicly, a wheel and dynamo work the same way as a record player. But it was not as easy as it looked.

A 30 year old bike was changed into a lefty bike; the forfork was blocking the possibility to change the records. A construction was build to support the weight and had to be strong enough for people to ride on it. The biggest challenge of all was to make sure that the needles would stick to the record and follow the grooves, without skipping too much. Therefor two vertical record players were taken apart, and explored how they worked. The designers wanted the bike to be as low tech as possible; that’s why the only “extra” energy used was a 9 volt battery to support the amplifier. In order for the records to run smoothly, the crank of the bike and the chain were changed. After that, a horn was build, to get some extra volume, and the whole bike was sprayed black. Sponsors like bikestores, handy people and DJ’s turned this dream into reality...

The Future of the Feats

Feats per minute is a dream in progress; a prototype. From now on we will continue to develop it further and make sure that within a short period of time, every city will have at least one Feats per minute biking around.

We will also try to press or own vinyl records, so keeping the right speed will be a little less difficult.

DJ's will be asked to share their favorite records and maybe even mix some music on the bike, while riding it.

Feats per minute was created by

Liat Azulay, Concept Designer and Art Director

Merel Slootheer, Product designer and Goldsmith

Pieter Frank de Jong, Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Vincent Beijersbergen & Jeffry Sol