The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Spotted at Maker Faire, Peter Stanley’s electric tall bike may be my favorite vehicle of any kind: You can’t tell from the video that there’s no throttle: just an on-off switch. Because adding a motor to a tallbike wasn’t dangerous enough;)
Kevin’s kid-sized Mega Man costume in-progress is looking impressive – in particular, the megabuster/gun light effects. – The Mega Buster was another important part of the costume… I could have just done two gloves, but that would have been lame. Anyways, I liked Mr Wilsons idea of using tupperware for the construction, I just decided […]
Here’s yet another cool electric motorcycle mod. This time it is based around a recycled 1986 Kawasaki Ninja ZX 900 where the only working components of the original bike were the tires, frame, and suspension. The bike was retrofitted with a 72 volt drive train powered by 6 batteries and a photovoltaic array. Check out […]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Superlocal shares a simple solution for preventing a bike from rolling during train transportation – a velcro strap. I’m guessing a heavy-duty rubber band might do the trick as well. – DIY brake lock
From now until the awesomeness that is Maker Faire Austin, I’ll be highlighting projects that you can find at Travis County Fairgrounds on 10/18-19. Tickets here; see you there! Now that they’ve got the bike snake out to the fairgrounds, Jeremy and crew are putting the finishing touches on their latest multi-rider bike. They were […]
A bike-tastic opportunity for anyone who’s in Austin for Maker Faire already: come escort Austin Bike Zoo’s bike snake! We’ll be riding from the Ihop on Koenig Lane by I-35 to Travis County Expo Center at 11pm, Tuesday. If you’d like to ride along side the snake, just bring your night riding lights, bicycle, and […]
Musician Mark Growden plays many instruments, but here he demonstrates a particularly unusual one – bicycle handlebars. Note there are no holes or other modification added to the tube – the voice is controlled simply by hand and mouth. With some dedication to practice, the handlebars could be a choice instrument for the bicycling busker […]
