Spotted this sexy commercial electric bicycle in a back issue of Popular Science at the barber shop today. It’s called Pi, and the company that makes it is based out of San Francisco. The magazine article claims it uses a Nu Vinci continuously-variable transmission but the official company specs now only mention a Shimano 8-speed. Sounds like they’re still working out the kinks. Something to keep an eye on, though.
Olli Erkkilä created this custom concept bike as his graduation project from the Institute of Design in Lahti. [via Core77]
We have covered making a bamboo bike once or twice before. OK, maybe more like 3 or 4 times! What can I say, we <3 bicycles! Here is yet another bamboo bike frame, however the construction of this one is a bit different. What really caught my attention on this build was the use of paper templates for cutting all the miters. It's a really cool technique, and it allows the bamboo to hide almost all the structural metal parts, making this the ultimate Gilligan's Island ride. Very cool.
Look, just because I have a pink Nano doesn’t mean I’m some kind of a…pink necktie wearer! Oh wait, NM: It’s British. And the company’s name is Pink–Thomas Pink, of London. Pink gets €55 for one online, which is like more money than there is in all of America right now, but if you are crafty or have a crafty friend it should be a fairly simple sew job.
Ty over at ThinkGeek hipped us to their latest custom product, which is a T-shirt with a Lego-compatible baseplate attached to the front so you can build stuff on it–murals, spaceships, chunky boobs, whatever floats your boat.
Maker Faire Africa flickr pool
Dan says: These folks dragged their bikes from all over Europe and many overseas even. The detailing is pro level and goes well beyond just the frames – there were a lot of hand made pedals, shifters, rims, brakes. There was a week of chopper bike events with up to 30 mile (!) rides but […]
