MAKE | Make: Live 4/13/11 – Bikes, Basics to Extremes (video)

Make: Live ep06 is all about bikes! Thanks to our guests Nick Normal and William Thomas Porter. Catch up on video and notes from the show here. Want to show us your project? Upload a video or photos and send a link to live@makezine.com.

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Get to Know Your Bike
Our own Becky Stern will be doing a bike primer where you’ll learn about function, maintenance, security, and visibility with persistence of vision (POV) bike wheel displays. And Nick Normal from World Maker Faire New York will be checking in to show off what he carries in his mobile bike repair kit. Also:

MAKE Vol 11 on Alternative Vehicles: Back issue available from Maker Shed [PDF|print]
Sew a Drawstring Bike Seat Cover
Bike Tube Headband
Bike ABC Quick Check video by Etsy
Mini Bike Light project from MAKE v14
U-G-L-Y your bike from MAKE v11
Bright bike with reflective tape
SpokePOV bike wheel display
Monkey Light RGB bike wheel display

William Thomas Porter – PorterCycles
Brooklyn-based extreme bike maker William Thomas Porter of PorterCycles shows us around his workshop, where he builds some rather unique bikes. You’ll get a chance to see his flywheel powered trike and something he calls a The Expert Level, which he classifies as a “french circus bike” and takes quite a bit of practice to ride. Also:

William Thomas Porter’s PorterCycles
Black Label Bike Kill 2010

More show notes:

Larry Fisher’s triple tandem bike
Bike Shop skill builder series all April long!
Bike frame size calculator
Bike Shorts site/film screenings run by Sara Kinney
Chariots of Fire at World Maker Faire NY
Giveaway prizes from Digi-Key: 148 Piece tool set, LED flashlight

Next show:
Make: Live 07 – Karts & Wheels
Wednesday April 27th, 9pm ET/6pm PT
Watch at makezine.com/live or on UStream
Please join us in the UStream chat or mark tweets with #makelive to interact live with the show.

3 Responses to Make: Live 4/13/11 – Bikes, Basics to Extremes (video)

Wolfs Wohnwand on April 14th, 2011 at 4:35 pm said:

Thanks for the great episode!

The vimeo video is still “untitled”, makes it difficult to share, I’m afraid.

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- Matt Richardson on April 14th, 2011 at 6:00 pm said:
  
  Thanks for letting us know. Hopefully it’s fixed for good now. This is the third time I’ve had to key in all that info on Vimeo.
  
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Anonymous on April 15th, 2011 at 12:44 pm said:

I think he chickened out: this is the home of that and many other bikes which are even harder to ride: http://www.delustigevelodroom.be/

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