The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
This Maker Moriash Moreau hooked up a treadmill so he can walk around in the virtual world of Second Life… – “I started my walk at the beginning of the road on the east edge of Abitibi, and followed it roughly westward (give or take some meandering) to Whiskey, a trip of approximately 6.3 kilometers. […]
Matt writes – “Just posted the build notes for a simple sub-$20 LED bike light I built inside an audiocassette case. I’ve been riding with this thing for about a month now and loving it more and more.” – Link. Related: Bicycle projects, how-tos and archives – Link. New Bicycle section on MAKE! – Link. […]
Eric writes – “I am using laptop bags and a shaving kit as bike luggage. They were purchased at Goodwill and garage sales, so a complete set only cost $3.00” – Link. Related: Duct tape panniers – Link. DIY Panniers – Link.
Tho sent in his DIY fold-a-bike, he writes – “Here’s my folding bike that I built years ago from a cheapo small frame bike. The bike now has 20″ wheels, and the frame size is equivalent to about 17″. It was made by starting with the 19″ frame, cut apart with a hack saw, shape […]
I finally got around to a little housekeeping on the MAKE blog and added a bicycle category (we’re adding the old posts to it now)… so, in celebration of this new section here’s a shopping cart bike… Mike writes – “I found this modified bike/shopping cart combo outside my new apartment. The front is a […]
Robert sent in these photos taken in Rwanda of some cool homemade wooden bikes. – Link. Related: Wood Motorcycle – Link. Unusual Home Built Bicycles from wood and salvage – Link. Our new bicycle category (adding past posts this week) – Link.
AGiES writes – “This is the wall hanging I commissioned from my mother. It’s based on this Wind Waker promotional desktop wallpaper with some modifications for material and sanity (Link’s shield is obviously more detailed in the drawn version.)” – Link.
