If bikes had a “rat king,” it might look something like this. I like the ornamental wheel on the front fork that has a fender going all around it. Not the most practical bike on the rack, but certainly the most unique. Rag and Bone bike on Rat Rod Bikes [via Brass Goggles]
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool, Vin Marshall (Philadelphia, PA) writes: We built an human powered panzer kampwagen III tank in 11 days. This was intended to crash the party at the 2nd annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby (we crashed the 1st annual with a pirate ship), but by the time we arrived, we were […]
Instructables slide show of a bicycle trailer made out of PVC pipe and wire rack material. PVC Bike trailer
A product design student at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK wanted to address the problem of prevalent bike theft so he created this bike for around US$30. It doesn’t say whether this was just for the frame or for everything. And no, it doesn’t melt in a rainstorm. He used hexacomb board, which is […]
On Street Use, Kevin Kelly has a few pics of hand-made bike-building tools, spotted in bike shops in Rwanda. Rwandan Hammers
Over at the Steampunk Workshop, Jake von Slatt has more pics of the Brass Lion recumbent steampunkified trike. The Brass Lion – Steampunk Recumbent Related: Brass Lion recumbent tricycle
More “cocopunk” goodness, here a round-up of wooden bikes from around the world on Kevin Kelly’s Street Use. Wooden Bikes Related: Is Gilligan the next Jules Verne? Wooden bike
