An RV on a Bike
Bicycles are the ultimate form of transportation freedom. They’re easy to repair, parts are cheap, and they will travel almost anywhere for free, as long as the rider has enough …read more Continue reading An RV on a Bike
Tag Archives: Bicycle
Fat Tire Brakes Get Wireless Upgrade
At first glance, wireless brakes seem like a recipe for disaster. For something as critical as braking, many bicyclists might prefer a physical connection to their method of safely controlling …read more Continue reading Fat Tire Brakes Get Wireless Upgrade
3D Printing A Usable Airless Tire
For decades now, companies like Michelin have been teasing us with futuristic-looking automobile tires that don’t use air. Instead, they use a polymer mesh of sorts which maintains the same …read more Continue reading 3D Printing A Usable Airless Tire
Bike Trainers as Video Game Controllers
While we’ve largely settled on analog sticks and digital buttons for controlling video games, there’s all sorts of projects to create truly esoteric controllers that allow playing games in unique …read more Continue reading Bike Trainers as Video Game Controllers
Use Your Head While Trimming Trees
[Attoparsec] occasionally rides a bicycle for transportation, but with the major downside of doing this in North America, a place where bicycle infrastructure is generally neglected. From snow removal, maintenance, …read more Continue reading Use Your Head While Trimming Trees
Open-Source Mid-Drive e-Bike Motor Has Lots of Promise, and Hyphens
[Pedro Neves] has a mid-drive e-bike, but he doesn’t own it — not truly, since he can’t repair the motor unit. For a hacker to be in that position, there …read more Continue reading Open-Source Mid-Drive e-Bike Motor Has Lots of Promise, and Hyphens
Tricking a Bike Counter
Some municipalities implement bike counters on cycling routes in order to monitor traffic. [nullpxl] recently investigated how these counters work, and explored methods that can be used to trick the …read more Continue reading Tricking a Bike Counter
A Bicycle Built on an Italian Renaissance Tech Base
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
Challenging The Way We Pedal
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
Bicycle Tubes Aren’t Just Made Of Rubber Anymore
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