Collaborate Disseminate
A recent addition to mountain bikes is the dropper seat post. This invention is in the vein of office swivel chairs, allowing the seat height to be adjusted with a …read more Continue reading Building a bicycle dropper seat post
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
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
[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
[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
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
[Brogan M Pratt] and his students do a lot of 3D printing, and as such found themselves producing a lot of plastic waste. Seeing an opportunity, they built a bike-powered …read more Continue reading Bike-Powered Shredder Makes Short Work of 3D Printer Waste
There are a lot of traditional features of a bike that rarely change. The spokes, the chain, and the inability for it to take off like a rocket, to mention …read more Continue reading Fixing the Failure of the Reevo
Although LCD displays have been used in almost every type of consumer electronics display over the last two decades, many of these screens have a few downsides that limit their …read more Continue reading Ebike Display Uses Reflective LCD
Smoothie bikes are a great way to make a nutritious beverage while getting a workout at the same time. [Tony Goacher] was approached by a local college, though, which had …read more Continue reading Smoothie Bikes Turned Into Game Controllers