World’s largest bicycle is a huge sculpture in a roundabout in Jeddah. The 15 metres high bicycle is an art work of Spanish artist. Julio Lafuente who created it in early eighties from scrap metal.
Incidentally most of the roundabouts/public squares in Jeddah have some sort of sculpture and are commonly known by the sculpture installed there. This one is known as ‘The Cycle Roundabout’. Perhaps it is the best way in a multi-language, international port city to identify the localities.
its height is 15 meters and from one end to the other it is 25 meters. There is also a spare wheel sculpture that accompanies it which is 90 meters away on the same enormous roundabout. Another interesting tidbit is that the scrap metal from which these sculptures were created came from a derelict old marble factory that was established by Mohammed Bin Laden.
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