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There’s a great article in the current edition of Orion Magazine about bicycle nomads called Send In The Clowns.
The author hooks up with a ragtag band of [...]

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There are a TON of decent tutorials for building bike lights. But…how can I put this gently…they are not all equally attractive. If you showed me two lights side by side and they had equal performance, I’d choose the pretty one every time. That’s probably why I’m writing this on a Mac. Ahem.
Anyway, here’s a [...]

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LIVESTRONG bracelets have been around a while now, but I thought they were just for your wrist. JeffB502 over at Bike Forums got creative and used his bracelet to attach his Fenix P3D to his helmet.

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This is the kind of human powered innovation I love seeing. It’s essentially a pedal powered water filtration system for developing nations. Pedal from your home to the water supply. Fill the tank. Pedal home. As you pedal, the water is filtered. There’s also a clutch with which the rider can disengage the drive and [...]

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I tell you what, it’s great to be a cyclist in the Portland area. Jonathan Maus has been running BikePortland.org for several years, and during that time it has become the online hub of Portland area biking community. I had the opportunity to sit down with him in his Portland office and talk about the [...]

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As much fun as it can be to come up with your own hack solutions, every once in a while it is nice to have a company do the “heavy lifting” for you. Backpacks and panniers have positives and negatives. Panniers are great because you don’t carry the weight on your back and [...]

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Over at Bicycles and Icicles, Tim has an entertaining post about a frozen valve seal on his bike pump, and a handy solution as well.
If it’s really cold out, and your pump is exposed to the weather, avoid a valve seal blowout by sticking the business end of your pump in your mouth and [...]

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Here is a great bike hack to help fight ignorance, misinformation, and cultural misunderstanding. Yes, a bike can be a “weapon” for peace. An Iranian couple has a goal of cycling 13,000 miles to promote peace and understanding. It’s a great way to fight all of the green house gas produced by [...]

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If you commute a lot a good bike rack can be a huge bonus. A backpack or specially designed messenger bag can be great ways to haul stuff around, but it often turns into a sweaty and uncomfortable circumstance. A particularly heavy bag can also cut off circulation to your hands which can [...]

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Okay, I admit it, I can compete with any woman who carries a huge purse when it comes to carrying stuff around with me. Wallet, keys, ChapStick, gum, MP3 player, camera, phone, etc. When I first started bike commuting one of the most frustrating things for me was having to repack all of [...]

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