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My DIY Pedicab Saga: DIY Discrimination? (4) share digg
by Luke Iseman (1) on MAKE Magazine (428) 5 days, 23 hours ago permalink
Short version of the story: I may fail at starting a pedicab company because city officials don't like my DIY version, get nervous, and possibly break the law when you put them on film. Please keep this in mind when trying to get your DIY projects past any bureaucrats! 5-minute video version (visually boring for first minute): The longer story: There are 2 ways to legally drive a pedicab in Austin, Texas: rent one nightly ...

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- Kyle said: This is ridiculous, more Bureaucracy, more interference... Such BS right there. It's like they refuse to even think that someone can create something safe... Grah.
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Employers Finally Giving Bike Commuters Some Love (10) share digg
by Dave Demerjian (20) on Wired: Autopia (9) 6 days, 16 hours ago permalink
How is it fair that employers offer incentives to take mass transit but not to ride bikes? It's a question corporate America is starting to ask itself.

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- Clint Ecker said: Daaaamn! :)
- Herschell / Special*Dark said: for clint, even though he works at home lol
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Elementary School Teacher Builds Solar-Powered Tricycle (1) share digg
on TreeHugger (277) 1 week ago permalink
Ben Vander Heiden, a sixth-grade teacher at Woodbridge Elementary School in California, likes to include lessons about solar power and renewable energies into his science lessons. His most recent pet project: A solar-powered tricycle he assembled for less than $500 out of bike scraps and two solar panels donated by the Bay Area's Solar Institute. Powered by a 600-watt motor, the three-wheeler can reach speeds of up to 17mph. And if the batteries short out, ...

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More Bike Commuters on the Road, But Are They Being Safe? (3) share digg
on TreeHugger (277) 1 week ago permalink
Photo credit: Getty Images More bikes take to the streets Skyrocketing gas prices have resulted in a sudden glut of bicycle commuters on the road, reports the Christian Science Monitor, not just in metropolitan areas, but also in places like Louisville, Ky., and Charlotte, N.C. The sudden surge of two-wheelers is also causing rising tensions among drivers who are unaccustomed to sharing their streets—and herding cyclists to traffic safety classes. ...

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- Guy Davis said: I ride safeish. Does that count?
- Dustin Diaz said: Splitting image of me on the road!
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Bike Vest Reads Your Speed in Giant Glowing Digits (3) share digg
by Charlie Sorrel (13) on Wired: Gadget Lab (36) 1 week, 2 days ago permalink
The claimed purpose of the Speed Vest is safety: It gives a glowing, live readout of your speed to increase "motorists' awareness of both cyclists and speed limits." What it's really for, though, is showing off. The six inch high digits are made from electroluminescent wire which will glow for six hours on a single AA battery. The brain of the operation is the Arduino, a programmable circuit which in this case takes the speed ...

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- Michaelk said: I say this is for show-offs in lycra... :P
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Chain was Yesterday….Carbon drive belt is today! (1) share digg
by marco (0) on Hubstripping.com (0) 2 weeks ago permalink
It looks like that the belt technology breaks into the bicycle world. There have been many attemps to create a belt system which can replace a chain. They all failed! But now we see some of the big bicycle manufacturer using the belt drive… The refernce according belt drive systems comes from Gates. A company who [...]

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New York's Pedicab Wars (3) share digg
by Luke Iseman (1) on MAKE Magazine (428) 2 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
Image courtesy Trixi As I wrestle to get my home-built pedicab legal for passengers in my fair metropolis of Austin, Texas (more on that in a later post), this article reminds me that I could have it significantly worse. My favorite part: Council Speaker Christine Quinn makes a face. "No way. I would never get into one of those things," she says. Any problems with the law can be fixed when it comes up for ...

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Shared by Allan Espinosa (4) Noah (22) ReducedHackers (11)
- Allan Espinosa said: astig! pedicab sa new york :)
- Noah said: What the hell?!
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New Bike Racks, Courtesy of David Byrne - City Room - Metro - New York Times Blog (2) share digg
by SEWELL CHAN (2) on City Room (0) 2 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
The musician and cycling enthusiast David Byrne has designed nine bike racks, which have been installed and will remain in place for about 11 months.

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Tall Bike Extravaganza (4) share digg
by Luke Iseman (1) on MAKE Magazine (428) 2 weeks, 2 days ago permalink
When there's one quality how-to on something you're interested in, you may or may not build it. But, when you hit around half a dozen well-documented builds, it gets a lot harder to put the project off. (Image from Rat Patrol) Such is the case with me and tall bikes: Building a better tall bike. But who wants brakes?:) Tim Anderson's no-weld version The really-tall Skywalker TallBike Project Catty Scrap Tall Bike: looks like one ...

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Shared by Adam (5) Gene Locklin (30) Gonzo (12) Monkey (3)
- Adam said: The opposite of my Xootr Swift I just got today...weird.
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Quote of the Day: All Bikes Weigh Fifty Pounds (2) share digg
on TreeHugger (277) 2 weeks, 4 days ago permalink
Leslie Scrivener writes in the Star about the problem of rampant bike theft, and the proper way to protect your bike, including painting it pink, using two expensive and heavy locks, or riding a junker. A commenter pointed out (what appears to be a cliche but new to me): "All bicycles weigh fifty pounds. A thirty-pound bicycle needs a twenty-pound lock. A forty-pound bicycle needs a ten-pound lock. A fifty-pound bicycle doesn't need a lock ...

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- Alex said: LOL. I wonder if I'm carrying too much weight!
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Japanese Train Station Parking Lot Packed Full of Bikes (2) share digg
by Stephanie Rogers (3) on EarthFirst.com | Snarking Up Green Since 1883 (3) 2 weeks, 5 days ago permalink
This is pure awesome – and we need a lot more of this in the U.S. It’s a bicycle parking lot outside a train station in Japan, a country where this is quite a common sight. Imagine if Americans were as gung-ho about riding bikes everywhere as the Japanese, the Chinese or the Dutch – we’d all be so much healthier and happier, and our country would be a hell of a lot cleaner. It ...

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Yellow Bike Project's Bike-Powered Move (2) share digg
by Luke Iseman (1) on MAKE Magazine (428) 2 weeks, 5 days ago permalink
If you need an excuse to switch to biking as your primary means of transportation, check out this video from Austin's Yellow Bike Project, as they move 4500 square feet of bike parts from one shop to another. Particularly amazing starting at 3:30: Doesn't your commute seem a bit mild in comparison? Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Bicycles | Digg this!

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- Art said: This is a great idea -- for an effort, and for a way to move so much stuff. great community effort with great benefits for the community.
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How To: Build a motorized bicycle (3) share digg
by Marc de Vinck (38) on MAKE Magazine (428) 2 weeks, 6 days ago permalink
Dave made this informative video on how to attach a "Weed Eater" [string trimmer] motor to a bicycle. Used bicycles and string trimmers are easy to find and very cheap to buy. You could make this project for less than $100, maybe even less than $50. The information on modifying the clutch could be very useful in making robots too! How To: Build a Weed Eater motorized bicycle Read more | Permalink | Comments | ...

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DIY: Bicycle "Porteur" Rack (2) share digg
by Marc de Vinck (38) on MAKE Magazine (428) 3 weeks ago permalink
What a great use for those metal shelf support rods! The web site has a lot of tips and tricks that can be applied to any project. It's a simple build that is very functional. Learn how to make you own Bicycle "Porteur" Rack Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Bicycles | Digg this!

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Junkie Bike Thief Update: Busted (1) share digg
by Charlie Sorrel (13) on Wired: Gadget Lab (36) 3 weeks ago permalink
You may remember that my bicycle was stolen by a tattooed, be-sutured junkie, its small parking lock apparently swiftly cracked and the whole thing wheeled away. Yesterday, almost three weeks later, I got it back, in almost tip-top condition. A tribute to the benefits of alcohol and perseverance, the 18 day saga came to end when I spotted the jerk wheeling the bike past my local bar, where I was drinking a beer. He was ...

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Washington D.C. gets SmartBike bike-sharing program (7) share digg
by John Brownlee (54) on Boing Boing Gadgets (114) 3 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
Washington D.C. is set to become the first American city with a high-tech bike-sharing program. According to the Washington Post, for a $40 annual fee, you'll be able to pluck a cherry red three-speed from any of 10 (downtown only) bike stations. You can then ride the bike for three hours. Want to ride it for longer? You'll need to drag it back to an access point and top it up. It's a step in ...

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- dasmart said: This is absolutely awesome, and $40 a year is a great price.
- aak said: Those darned Germans. Ahead of us in biking in every way.
- Vinay said: From the article: "What makes the Berlin city bikes so fantastic is that you can leave them anywhere. They have built-in GPS units: once a week or so, fleets of vans swoop over the city, pick up discarded bikes, and redistribute them optimally. I once had about twenty city bikes I had discarded in front of my apartment building: one day, I came home, and they'd all been picked up."
- Sean said: what the hell philly?
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Dude, Pimp My Bike Sound System! (1) share digg
on TreeHugger (277) 3 weeks, 1 day ago permalink
Now that fuel is so expensive, a kid can't cruise the streets in his car with the sound system turned up so high that the road vibrates. Instead, a group of Trinidadian teenagers in Queens are customizing their BMX bikes. Nicholas Randall and Joe Stevens made a movie about it it called Made In Queens. via PSFK...

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Big Ticket Tuesday: Puma Glow Rider (2) share digg
by Jonathan Stern (0) on JoshSpear.com (22) 3 weeks, 3 days ago permalink
You’re watching the Olympics in China. The Chinese ride a lot of bicycles. You think to yourself, “I need a new bike.” Then some other things happen and you find yourself on this website, just in time for a stupendous Big Ticket Tuesday prize. You may have read our previous post about the Puma-branded Biomega bicycle — well, it can now be yours for the low, low price of free. THE PRIZE: The Puma Glow ...

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The Folding Bicycle That Fits In A Backpack (7) share digg
on EcoTech Daily (0) 3 weeks, 3 days ago permalink
Sure, it looks a bit like you’re carrying a toilet seat around. But this new folding backpack bicycle makes personal transport more personal than ever before. Chang, an entrant in the International Bicycle Competition, has revealed to the world a 12 pound, 2 foot long pedal powered people mover. On top of that tiny size–at which point you can carry your bike almost anywhere–he’s designed it to be folded up into a backpack-sized container. There’s ...

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Bikes Deemed Too Dangerous for Democratic Convention (1) share digg
by Nate Berg (0) on Planetizen - Urban Planning, Design and Development Network (5) 3 weeks, 3 days ago permalink
If you were planning the Greenest National Political Convention Ever, what would you do about transportation? Apparently, if you're the Democratic National Committee, you don't allow for bike parking at the convention grounds. read more

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