Spirograph with bike parts
Instructables user hunrichs made this clever spirograph rig out of old bike parts and a piece of pegboard. This could be a good way to learn about gear ratios!
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Wooden bike gallery
More “cocopunk” goodness, here a round-up of wooden bikes from around the world on Kevin Kelly’s Street Use. Wooden Bikes Related: Is Gilligan the next Jules Verne? Wooden bike
Bicycle that blows bubbles as you pedal
Lovely bicycle that blows bubbles as you pedal via Guy. The Bloom device is meant to be a subversive and inspirational tool for our concrete jungles. Similar to the tuft of a dandelion as the wind carries the seedling, we propose a way of dispersing seedlings with bubbles and bicycling. Seeds are co-mingled with a […]
Brass Lion recumbent tricycle
Check out this cool steampunk-ified three-wheel recumbent trike. Love the lantern headlights. Ladies And Gentlemen, I Present The Brass Lion! [Thanks, Jeff!]
RGB SpokePOV
Appears a user over in the Ladyada.net forums has built an RGB version of the SpokePOV device – pretty impressive. No word on video display capabilities :[ – (brace for advertising blitz should that ever happen) [via Ladaya’s ranting] Related: Light up animated Pac-Man bicycle wheels In the Maker Shed: MiniPOV kit
HOW TO – Add vectoring thrusters to a blimp
As part of DIY Drones BlimpDuino Project, Chris Anderson has a new piece up about adding vectoring thrusters to a blimp. How to add vectoring thrusters to a blimp
Eliptical bike interview
In this video, Kristin White from TalkTech interviews Bryan Pate, co-founder of PT Motion Works about his elliptiGO glide bike, which is powered by an elliptical training motion. If you missed the elliptiGO at Maker Faire this May, this video is a good introduction. As a former ironman competitor, Bryan explains why this bike is […]
