MetaFilter posts tagged with bike

Steampunk recumbent.

fixedgear — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:32:22 -0800

Steampunk recumbent. That is all. I'm speechless but awed.

It's not your dad's bicycle.

maudlin — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:07:59 -0800

If Wile E. Coyote entered the Tour de France, this would be his ride. Brought to you by some guy who always wanted to be a human missile. No word if he's going to move from eBay to Acme one day. (The bike running briefly at ear-shredding volume. The slightly more elegant European version. And, of course, Jeremy Clarkson on a jet-powered bike with a pretty basket in front.)

Notch tubing without a notcher.

Mitheral — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:19:34 -0800

Cope pipe without a jig. Enter a few parameters and get a pdf that will give you a printable pattern that will allow you to notch tubing for welding or brazing to another pipe.

Just Like Rudy if He Had Been a Bike Wheel

turbodog — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:21:16 -0800

I Finally own a Zipp Wheel& A little story of how a bike racing fan came to own a fancy, schmancy carbon race wheel during the recently concluded Tour of California. A photo of Hank's work-a-day wheel going pro. The rider was veteran America pro Bobby Julich of Team CSC during stage 3 of the ToC. He managed to come in 32nd just ahead of Astana rider Vladimir Gusev, the other guy in the photos.

It's about a bike

fixedgear — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:41:07 -0800

The '...is your new bicycle' meme is your new bicycle. I like bikes.

The Bicycle of Your Youth or Bike of your Dreams

snsranch — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:41:24 -0800

BikeIcons isn't the best site, but it has the best bikes! Just cruise around and look at old bicycles.

Peddling toward Utopia

Toekneesan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:49:26 -0800

Our intentions are to be as sustainable a city as possible, said Mr. Adams, Portland's city commissioner in charge of transportation. “That means socially, that means environmentally and that means economically. The bike is great on all three of those factors. You just can’t get a better transportation return on your investment than you get with promoting bicycling.” Many city planners agree that bikes make sense, but after two riders recently lost their lives in Portland one must wonder, is there a better way?

Big wheels keep on turnin'

GrammarMoses — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:10:47 -0800

Suddenly, a man in a vintage hat rides up, hip-hop blaring from a glowing Plexiglas container shaped like a tropical fish set above the back wheel of his bicycle, control lights flashing. Fossil Fool, a rolling rapper from San Francisco who rides the college circuit preaching the benefits of peddling, grabs his microphone, cranks up the volume and starts to rap. Paul Freedman, aka Fossil Fool, is one of the founders of Rock the Bike, which makes Soul Cycles -- bicycle-based, often human-powered hi-fi and PA systems -- for "playing clean, powerful, uplifting music at street festivals and off-grid parties." RTB recently made a mobile DJ booth for Austin's DJ Manny; here's how. Attention, party-throwers: In 2008, you may well be able to rent or borrow a Soul Cycle for your own shindig.

Bike Hacks

brain_drain — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:42 -0800

Bike Hacks! Bored with your generic two-wheeler? Check out this collection of funky bicycle modifications. My favorite is the grocery cart.

Warbiking

myopicman — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:55:17 -0800

David McCallum's Warbike, which chimes away as it passes by (and detects) stray wifi signals. Torontonians can ride the Warbike for free until the beginning of December as part of Interaccess. Full interview with the artist and more audio available in the first segment from the Spark podcast.