Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!My wife is a fashion designer and I always used to look at fashion shows with a wrinkled brow. I thought, “Who the heck would [...]

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We won’t be advertising group rides all the time, but since this one’s in my hometown and sponsored by a fellow bicycle blogger, why not!
BikeHugger is sponsoring a group ride the day before WebVisions (in Portland, OR). The ride starts at the Convention Center and ends at the Lucky Lab pub on Hawthorne (right across [...]

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I don’t live in Portland, Oregon now, but I spent over 30 years of my life in and around Portland. I visit a few times a year and am constantly impressed by the commitment the city has to cycling. You really can’t take more than a few steps and not notice some cool [...]

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Here in Portland we’ve got a local bike shop, Clever Cycles, that sells Dutch bikes, including bakfiets (and a bunch of other cool stuff, including a Wall Of Brooks saddles). Here’s a nice little video of one of the guys hopping a big ‘ol bakfiet:
 

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While you can buy a Kickbike, you can also make you own hacked scooter. This comment was posted to the Kickbike post:
Weekend warrior in Manhattan on a scooter; I sold the kickbike and now I ride a 16″ wheeled scooter; just about as fast and nimble ; a bit smaller for getting on [...]

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The post last week on the Kickbike garnered quite a bit of attention. Many people left comments and I exchanged emails with a few of them, resulting in a news scoop. From the smoky back room of FBUSA I was told that the following information (and pictures) is yet to go public, but [...]

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Via Great Green Goods comes a great use for bike tires . . . jewelry. The jewelry is made by Christiane Diehl and you can view more pictures on her site.

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Some NYC denizen obviously had a little free time on their hands.

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One of Bikehacks favorite sites is bicycletutor.com. It is run by Alex Ramon and we recently interviewed him. Enjoy!
Q: Tell us a bit about yourself. Where do you live? How’d you get interested in biking? Etc.
A: I was raised in Kitimat, BC. My Mother taught me to ride [...]

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I’d give this an “A” for creativity, but I can’t imagine it’s a very smooth ride.

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