Cheap bags for bikes
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.
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DIY Living room PC
Pat writes – “I needed a case for my computer with would blend into the living room, where it would be playing MP3’s. About this time, a broken CD player came along, and an unholy marriage resulted – The PC in a CD player was born! “ – Link. Related: Free TiVo: Build a Better […]
Homemade folding bike
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 […]
Shopping cart bike
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 […]
Rwanda wooden bikes
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.
Link quilt
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.
Avatar… in real life (3D printing)
Our pal Mark at 3pointD is getting his virtual avatar from Second Life “3D printed”… – “Walker was produced by the Fabjectory 3D printing service of Second Life resident Hal9k Andalso (aka Mike Buckbee). I’m eager to see what Walker is like in real life, having occupied him virtually for almost two years now. (Is […]