We’re suckers for this gala procession of “art and human-powered transit,” a two-mile-long obstacle course full of drag queens, sofa kings, oversized skulls, beer tanks, balloons, sharks and superheroes, all battling to make it to-what else?-a mud pit. And how can you not love a fest that invites notorious two-wheeler-hater Stu Bykofsky to judge what is, underneath all the papier-maché and twisted metal, a bike parade?

The Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby | http://www.kinetickensington.com