Weekend Warrior
A few months after graduating from college and starting work, I decided I needed a new hobby.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Kult of the Kart
Cyclekarts are pint-sized (yet adult-piloted), prewar-style racers that are equal parts art object and four-wheeled mayhem generator.
OutRun
Building the un-simulation of a driving video game.
Skill Builder: Your Own SpinScooter
Our friends RadBrad and KoolKat, from Atomic Zombie, posted this cool SpinScooter build on Make: Projects. Besides the fact that it requires welding (if you can do this, maybe a friend can), it’s fairly simple project, and the result is a wacky mutant bike build that would is a challenge to ride and to master. […]
BikeCAD
Make subscriber Scott House wrote in to let us know about BikeCAD and associated cycle design software from BikeForrest. BikeCAD is a parametric CAD tool used to design hardtail mountain bike and road bike frames. Other variants of the software are available to help produce full suspensions, recumbents, tandems, and custom wheels.
Reflector Pockets for Cycling
Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes, download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube. Becky posted this great video on CRAFT about making a pair of reflector flaps that tuck into your back pockets when you’re not using them and can be deployed when you’re ready to ride. The project uses the […]
Skull Resewn From Old Baseball
Great find over on Recyclart, from Carey Dougan, aka Flickr user lovedc. Somebody needs to put a curse on it and put it up for sale on a dusty corner shelf in some out-of-the-way antique shop.