In the "wheat-germy, hippie-ish environs" of Portland, Oregon, you are bound to find a bicycle rider or fifty at any intersection. In the city frequently lampooned for its hipster culture, ubiquitous coffee shops, and never too many piercings, a bike-centric monument at its busiest bicycling intersection is a good thing. At the corner of North Williams and Cook, sculptor Ivan McLean brings forth the "Gear Sphere", a six-foot diameter globe made from 1,300 chainrings and rear cassettes gleefully rusting away amongst the plantings.

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