Terence R. McCain researched how to build a bike that could help him haul supplies from town to his home. He decided he wanted an electric cargo bike. An energetic retiree, McCain had to go out of state to find a bike shop with “experience selling several models of cargo bicycles, and retrofitting electrical systems […]
Man, these wood handlebars for bikes are really appealing…. Andy (the maker) writes- Each set of my handlebars, carefully crafted entirely by hand, is a unique piece of art that will set your bike apart from the masses. Made by bending and clamping thin strips of hard, durable woods together with adhesive inbetween the layers, […]
Next to an intersection with the main road to Mulanje works a group of men with basic tools. One of them was actively welding with a scratch built arc welder. Wire was wrapped around a group of metal plates, and the whole thing was housed in a basic wooden frame. To turn it on, the […]
Photograph by Gabriela Hasbun PAPER, TAPE, COMPRESSED AIR … LIFT-OFF! Blow your friends away as you send this 25-cent rocket hundreds of feet in the air. You can build this easy launcher and rocket with common hardware store items in an afternoon. All the parts for this simple but impressive air rocket and launcher are […]
A story in Christian Science Monitor features Oakland, CA teenagers who are remaking ordinary bicycles and turning them into something colorful and cool. His name is Tyrone Stevenson, though most know him by his nickname, “Baby Champ.” He is, everyone agrees, the Scraper Bike King. He wants to change the rough, violent world that he […]
the cheapest gift: your old, flat tires for artistic reuse “When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments. Here was a machine of precision and balance for the convenience of man. And (unlike subsequent inventions for man’s convenience) the more he used it, the fitter his body became. Here, for once, […]
Thanks to Robin for pointing me to this experiment in winter bicycling with skis: Here’s a downhill-only version by another Maker in action: Here’s Ktrak, the fancy commercial version:
