Message In A Bottle: Bicycle Trailer On A Mission
Graffiti is a controversial subject, and whether you see it as art or vandalism usually depends where and how you come across it. From the scribbled tag on a house wall, to highly sophisticated murals,...
View ArticleThe Spin Cycle: Washing Machine Motor Converts 10-Speed to E-Bike
The “Spin Cycle” is an amazing electric bicycle built using a motor salvaged from a washing machine; when the puns are this perfect you have to roll with them. [jimminecraftguy’s] creation is one of...
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Bike Computer Powers on Long After Your Legs Give Out
A typical bicycle computer from the store rack will show your speed, trip distance, odometer, and maybe the time. We can derive all this data from a magnet sensor and a clock, but we live in a world...
View ArticleAutomatic Arduino Bicycle Shifter
One of the keys to efficient cycling performance is a consistent pedalling cadence. To achieve this the cyclist must always be in the correct gear, which can be tricky when your legs are burning and...
View ArticleClimbing Everest One Hill At A Time – And Keeping Track Of It
The internet is full of self-proclaimed challenges, ranging from some absolutely pointless fads to well-intended tasks with an actual purpose. In times of TikTok, the latter is of course becoming...
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No-Battery Pressure Sensors For Bike Tyres
Finding out you’ve got a flat tyres halfway into a long ride is a frustrating experience for a cyclist. Maintaining the While the epoxy does a great job of sealing the PCB to the valve extension, the...
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Keep An Eye On Your Bike With This DIY GPS Tracker
Owning a bike and commuting on it regularly is a great way to end up with your bike getting stolen, unfortunately. It can be a frustrating experience, and it can be particularly difficult to track a...
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All-Wheel Drive Bicycle Using Hand Drill Parts
A skilled mountain biker can cross some extreme terrain, but [The Q] thought there might be room for improvement, so he converted a fat bike to all-wheel drive. The major challenge here is transferring...
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Bicycle Flywheel Stores A Bit of Energy, Not Much
Kinetic energy recovery systems have often been proposed as a useful way to improve the efficiency of on-road vehicles, and even used to great effect in motorsports for added performance. [Tom Stanton]...
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A Self-Driving Bicycle is Something to Marvel At
One of the most annoying things about bicycles is that they don’t stay up on their own, especially when they’re stationary. That’s why they come with stands, after all. That said, if you had plenty of...
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Fat Tire Bike Turned Hubless
Bicycle wheels have looked pretty much the same for over a century, and for very good reason: It works. [The Q] decided to ignore reason for a bit and focus on looks, so he built a fat tire bike...
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Extending Bicycle Will Let You Stand Out Above The Crowd
Some bicycles are built primarily for practicality, while others are more focused on novel looks. [Make It Extreme]’s latest project, the extending bicycle, falls squarely in the latter category. Built...
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Put a Landscape Scanner On Your Bike And Ride
Google have a fleet of cars travelling the roads of the world taking images for their online StreetView service. You could do much the same thing pedalling on two wheels, with the help of this...
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Bicycles Are Bad At Towing, Even With Crawler Gears
Gearing can make a huge difference to a cyclist, enabling even the least fit rider to climb a steep hill, albeit slowly. [Berm Peak Express] took that to the next level, creating a super-low geared...
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Building a Bicycle Dash Cam With Advanced Capabilites
Riding a bicycle is a wonderful and healthy way to get around. However, just like with any other vehicle on the road, it can be useful to have a camera to record what goes on in traffic. [Richard...
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Attack of the Eighty-Foot String Shooter
String shooters are exciting because they adhere to the laws of physics in that peculiar way that makes us ask, “How?” and “Why?” After a bit of poking and prodding, maybe some light rope burn, we...
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Bike On Over To The Campground
Like many of us, [Paul] enjoys occasionally hitching up his tow-behind camper and heading out to the wilderness to get away from it all at his favorite campsite. Unlike the vast majority of those who...
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Hoverbike Turns Hoverboard Into Ebike
Hoverboards were a popular trend with the youths and in-crowd a few years ago, and now that the fad has largely died out there are plenty of them sitting unused in closets and basements around the...
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Riding The Rails, In A Literal Sense
Hundreds of miles of railroad tracks are scattered across the US and other countries. Despite how they look, many aren’t abandoned. But in the case of a genuinely abandoned track, having a railway bike...
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Motorcycle Builder Makes Downhill Mountain Bike
[Allen Millyard] is a premier British motorcycle builder. In these circles he is widely regarded and his custom motorcycles are nearly world-famous. But when his son took up downhill mountain biking,...
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