Well, gee, I know this has nothing to do with wine or wheels, but now that I think about it, this belt is still damn cool. Forget the old bike tube belt, this one is sure to please people of both sexes at the next get together.
Neal Fegan makes some killer looking bicycles, or more properly, velocipedes. Unfortunately, his site is a blob of flash un-link-able-ness, so you’ll have to sit through the time-wasting and pointless introduction. And there aren’t too many examples posted yet. But if the few creations he has are any indication of what is to come, this is a bicycle artist worth keeping your eye on.
And, my Mom cleans his Mom’s teeth, ha ha!
While this splendidly envisioned heated bike seat looks about as comfortable as the saddles for real men, I think the battery-powered upside-down iron wins. From Momentum via Make:
Iron Saddle
Who hasn’t suffered from ‘cold butt’ while riding in winter, at least in the northern parts of the continent?… A battery, a 12 volt iron (without steam option) and voila! Toasty Buns! And of course if you are truly nimble you can iron your clothes while you ride.
File under devicycles
I’m not quite sure that my wife would approve of this bike hack, but I really like the looks of it. The tubes seem to be aluminum and are perhaps the stock this banana seat came with (see this photo for comparison). A set of old-school rear pegs completes this passenger seating area. All in all, I don’t think this additional bike seat would be too uncomfortable. Found in NYC’s meat-packing district.
The Rudge “Coventry” Rotary Tandem Tricycle: 1884.
Seating for two. This famous machine demonstrates that the designers of the day were not afraid of asymmetry. It is propelled by the big wheel, driven by both riders, and steered by the two small wheels, which are interlinked by rods.
This tandem bicycle
can be ridden face-to-face, conventionally or even back-to-back as the seats rotate and the gears can be set to move the bike in either direction. ‘The bicycle is very easy to change. Any person can change the riding mode in around 10 seconds without the help of tools,’ says Chen. ‘Face-to-face is suitable for a parent and child, or dating couples, while the back-to-back mode gives both riders a good view, and the one at the back can have both hands free to shoot pictures or eat snacks.[Link]
Reminiscent of the quadcycle and even the buscycle, this creation seems like a great way to end those boring meetings on Monday morning. Instead of everyone stumbling in with their white paper cups of coffee, let’s have everyone walk in with their bike helmets! They say it’s transport at theme parks, a way for clients to meet in London, and a way for blind people to bike in Dublin. I don’t see why it can’t be a weekly meeting for the cubicle folk here in the states. And, for the telecommuters? Well, we all might just have to show up at the office for this one, that is, when they install wine holders and a cheese plate.
Mark Growden plays the handlebars from Doctor Popular on Vimeo.
Man oh man I thought Jon Fishman was cool when he would emerge from behind the drums for his Electrolux vacuum cleaner solos. I stand corrected:
Musician Mark Growden plays many instruments, but here he demonstrates a particularly unusual one – bicycle handlebars. Note there are no holes or other modification added to the tube – the voice is controlled simply by hand and mouth. With some dedication to practice, the handlebars could be a choice instrument for the bicycling busker – convenient!
Always on the lookout for wacky bicycles, and occasionally shopping carts, here is a great way to get your groceries home.
You may have a few wine corks leftover from this weekend’s festivities. If you’re in need of a project (aren’t we all?), you might want to consider a “corkxedo.”
These wine corks are drilled, reinforced, and strung together: The Corkxedo was created by Los Angeles wine lover Dave Hamilton who spent around ten months putting together a top hat, cane and jacket with tails that are all made of whole corks drilled, reinforced and woven and knotted with nylon twine. The set contains the corks of more than 240 wineries and the oldest cork is a 1935 Chateau Lynch-Bages.
Anyone want to make a corkcycle? I’ll wear the ritz underneath a corkxedo and pick up my date on a bicycle built for two. I’m up for it.
Kid with really large head rides horse that actually gets somewhere. Ah the “good ole days” of mechanical steeds.
Not only a spiffy looking bicycle can be found over at a-bike.co.uk, but a spiffy web site as well. I would love to review this wonderful looking piece of machinery, so if anyone from A-bike sees this post, please check our contact page for how to partner your products with our friendly review staff.
A blurb from their site:
Invented by Sir Clive Sinclair “..the idea is that if you have a bicycle which is seriously lighter and more compact than anything existing at the moment, it will change the way in which people see bikes.” “…it’s so well built it could have been machined in a Formula One factory .. this is the ipod of bicycles, a fantastic feat of engineering..” Time Out Magazine November 2006
