Bike builder Tom Donhou—the namesake behind Britain’s Donhou Bicycles—has a dream, and possibly a death wish. He wants to ride a pedal-powered bike up to 100 miles per hour, and he’s hoping this somewhat ludicrous creation is the bicycle that will let him do it. More »
Weighing just 99 grams and folding away into a compact package that’s easy to pocket, Victorinox’s new Swiss Army Bike Tool is the perfect weapon against misaligned handlebars and other on-the-road cycling emergencies. More »
Young-Deok Seo is a Korean artist who works almost exclusively with different kinds of reclaimed chains. His latest project—Meditation—is a series of impressively large faces, deep in thought. More »
Designer Jurgen Kuipers’ plywood Sawyer lowrider bike is as awesome to look at as it probably is to cruise around the neighborhood on. So much so that Kuipers has actually created a full-size, 1:1 scale model of the bike that comes packaged just like a plastic model kit. More »
Unless you’re blasting through red lights and stop signs, you don’t really need to care what speed you’re riding a bike at. But maybe knowing that you’re careening through traffic at a blistering eight miles per hour gives you some kind of thrill. In that case, check out Matt Richardson’s Dynamic Bike Headlight hack. More »
Rather bike than drive? Prefer beautiful, totally unattainable things to realistic purchases? Enter the Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Edition impec, a bike that’s as beautiful as it is out of your reach. More »
Earth has become quite the scary place to live when you consider meteorites have been crashing into our planet and the noticeable changes in our climate in recent years. Many people have been blaming our recent climate changes on a number of things such as pollution affecting our ozone layer, but one U.S. lawmaker is blaming the huffing and puffing of cyclists.
Washington state representative Ed Orcutt recently uncovered bicycle breath as being a source of greenhouse gas and was contacted by a bike shop owner who wanted to protest a proposed tax on bicycles. (more…)
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Bike-based odometers make tracking your fitness levels relatively simple. Relatively. You still have to pry the little bastards off your handle bars and sync them with a PC after every ride—not that that’s a hassle or anything. More »
As the weather starts to (eventually) warm up, cyclists will inevitably begin coming out of the woodwork to enrage drivers and terrify pedestrians once again. But how, you might ask, does the cycling businessman about town distinguish himself from the fanny-pack-wearing hipsters on fixies? With fancy leather accessories like this Detroit Cargo Handlebar Bag, naturally. More »
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