Bike Lock Lifts Your Bike Out of Reach
The wildly popular video of this German bike lock prototype blew me away. Clamp your bike to the motorized unit, and it scurries up a lamp post, securing your bike in the sky
Bicycles
Beer Wheel Drive Vehicle
No longer must those looking for a giant, 14-person bicycle outfitted with beer coolers look across the Atlantic for their machines. My friend, übermaker Casimir Sienkiewicz, (it sounds just like it’s spelled) has produced the first in what I believe will be quite a few of these.
DIY Armored Bike Tires
Check out this creative re-use of an old seatbelt as an anti-puncture band for bicycle tires. [via BikeHacks]
Hover Bike Prototype is Dubious, Awesome
And not necessarily in that order. Australian Chris Malloy is the responsible party. Obviously it’s dangerous. I would also add that, although there is a short video of a grounded airflow visualization test, the only evidence I have seen that it actually flies are still images like the one above. So a hoax disclaimer also seems in order. Still, just look at that thing…
Electric Diwheel With Active Rotation Damping (EDWARD)
An honors mechanical engineering project from a group of thirteen at Australia’s University of Adelaide. Rich technical detail available at the project’s webpage.
Project Aura: A Bicycle Safety Lighting System
Riding at night can be a daunting and dangerous task; many biking commuters are faced with the issue of being obscured when riding on the streets. Visibility at night is a vital component of biker safety, hence the need for reflectors and attachable lights. However, some of these devices are not always effective especially from […]
Reminder: Bike Book Giveaway
Don’t forget that the drawing for two copies of Chris Nodder’s book, The Little Book of Bike Boo Boos, ends tonight at Midnight PDT. To be eligible, go to the giveaway post and leave a bike-related question or answer. The comments on the post are great, with Chris and other bike know-it-alls helping out the […]
