The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
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. […]
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.
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 […]
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.
In this how-to, mountain biker Chris Nodder outlines how to deal with punctures on both tube and tubeless bicycle tires.
Bruno Soares wanted to play a classic Super Nintendo game on his cell phone, but it’s touch screen was unresponsive and just wasn’t cutting it as a controller. Instead of just giving up, he devised a Rube Goldberg-esque system to connect an actual SNES controller to his phone.
From garage conversions to hot commercial products, electrified tall bikes to “stealth” electrification, we have covered a lot of electric bike stuff over the years. These are the ten posts that have generated the most traffic since we started collecting data back in 2008. If you’re thinking of undertaking your own homebrew bike electrification, this list should be a pretty good place to start reading. Enjoy!
