Drones & Vehicles

MAKEcation: Powered bikes!

MAKEcation: Powered bikes!

I found these two bikes in the MAKE Flickr pool: The top photo shows a folding bike with an “electric push trailer” — a $75 e-bike conversion kit turned into an electrically-powered trailer. Neat idea! The bottom photo shows a standard mountain bike that some maniac has hacked to run via gas engine. What have […]

How-To: Spray bike makeover

How-To: Spray bike makeover

Learn to strip down and repaint an old bike in this CRAFT project sponsored by Krylon. MAKE staffer Sheena Stevens shows off the made-over Space Cruiser in the pic above! Brookelynn Morris writes: My friend had a classic beach bike that she rode around town every day for years. It is a good bike with […]

MAKE 23: Bike trunk from sheet metal

MAKE 23: Bike trunk from sheet metal

Being a year-round cyclist in Minnesota, Frank Yost had a problem. “Car drivers can lock things up while running errands,” he noticed, “so why should cyclists have to carry everything around with them?” And when Frank has a problem, he reaches for his pop-rivet gun. So he designed and built this all-weather, lockable College Bike […]