One of a kind Obama bike up for auction on eBay

Animal New York and Geekhouse Bikes have joined forces and created this wonderful red, white, and blue bicycle in support of Obama’s campaign for Presidency.

The graphics on the bike around the frame and wheel rim are created by graphic designer Dan Funderburgh.

The hand built, Geekhouse Custom ‘Rockcity’ Frame measures 55cm, comes race ready with a nice array of parts, and sports a highly designed, curved seat tube. Walsh described his motivation to build the bike as a way to combat the country’s junkie-like addiction to petrol. “I think our country needs some serious
change to get away from our dependency on foreign oil and oil in general. But more important than offshore drilling, we need to invest in ourselves and renewable energy sources. A small start to this is to simply ride a bike more. So I’d like to start our own chant: ‘Ride baby, ride!’’”

The distinctive bike also features custom sublimated graphics on the frame and Veolcity Deep V wheel set, as well as an exclusive ‘Obama chainring’ logo on the front. Funderburgh’s attributes his inspiration for the design to the fiery unity speech Obama delivered at the 2004 DNC when he was still a candidate for the
U.S. Senate that emphasized the need for the country to come together and abandon the ‘Red’ and ‘Blue ‘ state labels. “This speech was the first time in my life that I’ve been moved by the words of a living politician. I feel like the people I know are bored to death of cynicism and are willing to do everything in their power to see this momentary flicker of hope extend beyond November.” To emphasize this political ideal, the artist created the design with colors to representing our electoral spectrum using a blue to red gradient.

Check out Geekhouse Bike’s Flickr photostream to see more close-up photos of the intricate patterns on this bike. It’s absolutely beautiful.

If you aren’t satisfied with just looking at the photos, you can bid to become the owner of this track bike on eBay. All proceeds from the sale of this bike will go towards Obama’s campaign.