Tour de France chalkbot

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I was disappointed to see this chalk-printing trailer, for the riders in the Tour de France, is towed behind a truck, not a bike like it’s predecessor. It looks like it works pretty well, though. The main problem with the original Bikes Against Bush prototype was the huge computer that had to be lugged around with it, but I see here that Nike/Livestrong is using a netbook or similar.

8 thoughts on “Tour de France chalkbot

  1. Frank says:

    Is it really necessary to bring politics in to the Make community (e.g. Bikes Against Bush)?

    A full eight months after the last election and you still need to get digs in?

    Pathetic.

    1. Tour de France chalkbot Becky Stern says:

      @Frank – I meant no political sniping, that’s just the name of the original SMS chalk printer project.

  2. Frank says:

    Understood. I no fan of either side, and was a bit harsh in the initial comment.

    Make is my area of imagination and wonderment at what everyone is creating – not what certain people are destroying. Make sense?

    Go ahead and delete both of my comments as they add nothing to the original blog post.

    Thanks

  3. Mike says:

    I must build one! The valve they seem to be using is the SMC VQC2000 series. There must be a pump of some kind somewhere. He talks about “emulsified chalk.” Any idea what this is?

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Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.

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