Rinky Dink is a mobile musical sound system that operates on power provided by two

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s and

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s. The sound system tours the world as part of many musical

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s and parties. As well as being powered by bicycle, the system itself is moved around using specially converted bicycles. Rinky Dink is an example of how

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can be generated and used to power things. The Rinky Dink was responsible for powering the first bicycle-powered digital recording in history—''Live & Pedal-Powered'' (1995) by

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. The system was named after the American slang expression "rinky-dink", which originally meant "rip-off", but came to mean anything that was poorly put together, amateurish, shoddy, cheap or insignificant.

External links

Rinky Dink
fficial site
Rinky Dink
on Glastonbury Festival website (page not found)
A song by David Rovics about the Rinky Dink

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