At Maker Faire, the crew used these Xtracycle Radishes to get around. They carry extra cargo than a normal bike and can even be fitted to carry an extra passenger. Xtracycle is offering a deal to makers in celebration of the Faire, so check out their site for reduced Maker pricing until June 14th. Their […]
I was stunned to see the MonkeyLectric folks’ new persistence of vision (POV) bike-wheel video display at Maker Faire, and to see how far they’ve… er… driven this tech since the last time I saw it. The video does a good job of showing off all that it can now do. Dan Goldwater adds: I […]
Looks like a piece of crap bike, right? Not quite. In MAKE Volume 11, Rick Polito showed us how to deter bike thieves by uglifying. It may look like an old clunker, but the bike above is actually Rick’s Bianchi Milano, which rides like a dream. Here it is pre-makeover: I love the analogy in […]
This guy’s ladyfriend sure is lucky to have this bike frame customized with appliqued logos and powder coating. In this Instructable, user corwin shows you how to form and affix the logos after prepping the frame for the powder coater’s.
I always enjoy riding my bicycle in new places, so I was very excited to hear that a bunch of makers will be riding to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in the morning. Join the ride from Dolores Park with the Rock The Bike crew and other two-wheeled enthusiasts. I’ll be riding into town to […]
My bike’s paint job is looking pretty sorry these days, which I guess makes it less likely to get stolen, but doesn’t get much drooling out about town… Instructables user Panda Face shares some awesome bike painting tips for a pro-looking job minus a large chunk of cash.
Garth Johnson recently got to attend the Kinetic Grand Championship, a human-powered art vehicle race across road, land, and water between Arcata and Ferndale, California. He took a lot of nice video and included some anecdotes of the more eccentric aspects of the competition over at Extreme Craft.
