Light-up bike pedals add bling to your ride
Need extra bling on your bike? How about some human powered, light-up pedals?
Drones & Vehicles
Paul Elkins’ bikes, trikes, and mobile homes for birds
I love discovering a blog like Paul Elkins’. He’s an obsessive designer and tinkerer who’s made all sorts of bikes, trikes, boats, trailers, tree houses, stoves out of mail boxes, and even mobile homes for birds (see above). He writes of his life-long passion for designing and building: I’ve been doing this idea hatching thing […]
Weekend Project: Mini Bike Light
Ride safely at night with this easy to make Mini Bike Light. Thanks go to Trevor Shannon for the original article in MAKE, Volume 14. To download The Mini Bike Light video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Mini Bike Light article in MAKE, Volume 14 and you can see that […]
Car made from billet aluminum
David writes in to share his directions on how he built a car out of aluminum billet. Milling a car out of solid aluminum is no mean feat, and the site has some pretty nice photos depicting the process. Now, if we can get an aluminum extruder for the Makerbot, can we take the next […]
How-To: Simple bike trailer
Instructables user cmachia made a simple bike trailer from some scavanged wood and two bike tires to fill a need to haul more stuff than fits in a backpack.
Stepper motor bike light generator
Over on DinoFab, Dean shows off his latest bike improvement, an LED light system that uses a generator built from an old printer stepper motor. He points readers to this article about how to generate electricity using steppers. Stepper Motor Powered Bike Light
