The Bamboo Bike Project is a collaboration between scientists and engineers at The Earth Institute at Columbia University and a bicycle builder at Calfee Design. The project aims to examine the feasibility of implementing cargo bikes made of bamboo as a sustainable form of transportation in Africa. The ultimate goals of the project are: 1.To […]
French artist Vincent Lamouroux built this cool pedal cycle to travel along abandoned French Aerotrain monorail tracks. I love it when the future is already in ruin. Vincent Lamouroux – [via] Link
All the parts for my bike came from the shop Sheldon Brown worked at, this is really sad – a maker writes in – This is primarily a piece of sad news and secondarily a link to an awesome maker’s site. Sheldon Brown recently passed away due to a heart attack. Sheldon has been famous […]
The aim is to try to get a really high end city bike or courier bike that can fold up into a package like a golf bag, which could go into an overhead rack on a train or go into a plane locker. Reinventing the Wheel – Link
Brano Meres created his own carbon fiber bike frame after being inspired by one made by Damon Rinard. He has some very interesting pictures of the whole process on his site. I particularly like the frame jig he created out of wood to hold the foam base material. Everything began after I read the article […]
Robert Wechsler made these circular bikes from nine salvaged bikes. They were reassembled into a carousel formation, the bikes are modular and can be dismantled and reassembled. It is normally left in public places where it can attract a variety of riders – [via] Link.
BALLS 17, the premiere experimental rocketry launch contest, has been announced for Sept 26, 27, 28 in Black Rock, Nevada. The event website has details on BALLS 17 and the competition rules. This is the extreme rocketry event where experimental rocketeers push the envelope of size, staging/clustering, altitude, home-made components and motors, and cutting-edge rocket […]
