I looked around town for a bicycle repair stand, and the cheapest one was $150. Yikes! Rather than resign myself to flipping the bike upside down on its seat and...
Posted by Shaun Wilson
Categories: Fun & Games, Home, Kids & Family, Workshop | No Comments
Sew some pants pocket reflectors to gain visibility for night cycling. They tuck into the pockets for storage and then flip out easily and quickly for riding.
Posted by Becky Stern
Categories: Fun & Games, Sewing | No Comments
Apartment-style living has its advantages, but getting a bicycle off the balcony, through your living area, and down several flights of stairs just to go get some exercise isn’t one...
Posted by Matthew Russell
Categories: Fun & Games | No Comments
Rather than lamenting the slow death of drive-in theaters, I decided to build my own, mount it on an adult tricycle, and take the movies anywhere there’s an AC outlet....
Posted by Mister Jalopy
Categories: Fun & Games, Hacks | No Comments
Trotify is a coconut-clopping bicycle attachment.
Posted by Michael Colombo | Thursday November 22nd, 2012 2:30 PM
Categories: Workshop, Fun & Games | 7 Comments
Israeli inventor Izhar Gafni says he ready to mass-produce a 20-pound bicycle made of cardboard that's waterproof and even fireproof. There are no metal parts. The chain is actually a...
Posted by Stett Holbrook | Tuesday October 16th, 2012 11:30 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Home | 10 Comments
Facaro, the Etsy boutique of metalworker Carolina Fontoura Alzaga, sells beautiful chandeliers made from reclaimed bicycle parts. [via Arden]
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday September 24th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Fun & Games, Workshop | 2 Comments
The Treadmill Bike by Bicycle Forrest is cracking me up. Yes, it's a viral video to ever so subtly introduce you to their Bicycle CAD software, but that's not going...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday September 10th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games, Workshop | 2 Comments
21-year-old MIT computer science and electrical engineering student Stephan Boyer built Bullet, a self-balancing electric unicycle that reaches a top speed of 15 miles per hour and is the envy...
Posted by Laura Cochrane | Friday August 17th, 2012 7:00 AM
Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games | 5 Comments
For about $50 in parts, this handy DIY suction mounted roof rack looks like it would do a fine job of allowing you to shuttle your bike. When not in...
Posted by Adam Flaherty | Monday July 30th, 2012 2:00 AM
Categories: Energy, Fun & Games, Home | 8 Comments
Inspired by Mitchell Silva’s Globars, our friend Becky at Adafruit created a DIY version of his illuminated bicycle handlebars.
Posted by Matt Richardson | Saturday July 21st, 2012 6:00 AM
Categories: Electronics, Fun & Games | 6 Comments
When people tell you it’s impossible, do it anyway! [via @grathio]
Posted by John Baichtal | Monday July 16th, 2012 5:00 PM
Categories: Art & Design, Fun & Games, Home | 5 Comments
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