HOW TO – Articulated bicycle camera mount
Matt Mechtley made an articulated camera mount for his bike using an old tripod head. He shows us how in this instructable. – Link & more.
Drones & Vehicles
Exercise bike charges your gadgets
This custom-built exercise bike wheel turns a generator from an old Volkswagen to charge a 12 volt car battery. I like the idea of using human power to generate gadget power, they just need to get an iPod cable hooked up to this thing. Lots of other cool projects at the below link. How to […]
Cuban motor bike
Couple nice shots of a handmade Cuban motor bike, I like the direct contact engine and soda bottle gas tank – Link.
Sweet swing bike
From the MAKE Flickr Pool – Member Delcruiser submitted this shot of a gorgeous matte black swing bike – looks military grade! On a swing bike both back and front wheels rotate out of the plane of the frame making for a unique cycling experience. Delcruiser’s Swing Bike – Link Related: Make Volume 11 Swing […]
Wooden bike
Ross Millar writes in about Marco Facciola’s completely functional and completely wooden bicycle. Marco writes: I was mostly concerned that the wooden chain would break. I researched the strength of different types of wood and built jigs to test the stresses that each of the chain’s components would undergo during use. First, I used my […]
Landlubbers hoist their sails and go yachting on bikes
Sail biking! Popular Mechanics 1938 – Link. More: Bicycles @ MAKE – Link.
Pedal powered tennis ball launcher
Andrea sent in this awesome pedal powered tennis ball launcher! This is a chimera tennis ball cannon made from a bike that you can pedal. It is both cleanly powered and built from recycled bicycles. It allows players varying in skill levels to practice to be better at both tennis and cycling. The launcher is […]
