Hasta La Gadget!

Ben Heck’s apprentices are showing their true colors again, with modder SifuF churning out a real winner over the holidays. The Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R just might be the most elegant portable N64 that we’ve seen to date, with a clean, low-key design, beautifully integrated buttons and a cartridge slot that’s about as non-cumbersome as possible. Of note, there are no internal batteries to speak of, thus it’s forced to rely on an InfoLithium (or any 7.2v supply) clipped on the rear. Tap the read link for a pictorial look at the build and final product.

[Thanks, Adam]

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In the winter, the bike often gets put away. Some reasons are rather weak, like rain and cold, but once the snow sets in taking a bike out is a rather dangerous proposition. No matter how good a rider you are, a sheet of black ice is going to throw you to the ground.

Unless you add some extra traction. This DIY hack from ZeCanon adds metal studs to your tires for extra winter grip. His tutorial covers drilling the holes, adding regular screws and then grinding down the sharp ends to stop them popping the innertubes. We prefer the modified approach outlined by the Bikehugger blog, which has the screws threaded from the inside out so that the rounded heads are left inside and the sharp points are outside, ready to bite into ice instead of soft rubber.

DIY Studded tires [Bike Hacks via Bikehugger]

Studded Tires: Make your own in 7 easy steps [Bikeforums]