Collaborate Disseminate
There is a drawing of a bicycle in one of Leonarda DaVinci‘s sketchbooks– except it wasn’t drawn by DaVinci, and dates long after his death, so we can’t say the …read more Continue reading A Bicycle Built on an Italian Renaissance Tech Base
The bicycle is an invention that has not changed in its fundamentals since the first recognisably modern machines appeared in the closing years of the 19th century. Its frame uses …read more Continue reading Challenging The Way We Pedal
For the average rider, inner tubes have been one of the most enduring and unchanging parts of bicycle design over the decades. They’re made of rubber, they have a Schrader …read more Continue reading Bicycle Tubes Aren’t Just Made Of Rubber Anymore
So-called bug out cars are a rather silly venture that serve little purpose more than snagging your jumper. The odds of a car working well through a nuclear winter are …read more Continue reading Looking at a bike built for the apocalypse
Electric vehicles are everywhere these days, and with them comes along a whole slew of charging infrastructure. The fastest of these are high-power machines that can deliver enough energy to …read more Continue reading Ebike Charges At Car Charging Stations
An old joke in physics is that of the “spherical cow”, poking fun at some of the assumptions physicists make when tackling a new problem. Making the problem simple like …read more Continue reading Bicycle Tows 15,000 Pounds
If you exclude certain companies like Peloton, the world of cycling technology is surprisingly open. It’s not perfect by any means, but there are enough open or open-ish standards for …read more Continue reading Ride On with FOSS and GoldenCheetah
One of the hardest things about owning a classic car is finding replacement parts. Especially if the car is particularly old or rare, or if the parent company is now …read more Continue reading Saving a Rental Ebike From the Landfill
Often times, e-bikes seek to build the biggest battery with the most range. But what if you want to take a couple lunch loops on your bike and only need …read more Continue reading Making the World’s Smallest E-Bike Battery
Over on his YouTube channel [Tom Stanton] shows us how to build a Stirling Engine for a bike. A Stirling Engine is a heat engine, powered by the expansion and …read more Continue reading Building a Stirling Engine Bike