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!Here are some instructions for building yourself a pretty simple bike computer using readily available materials (provided you’re an electronics guru) and free tools.
The thing is, the [...]

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Via CoolTools comes this pointer for blinky lights activated by magnetic induction. Similar to how your odometer works, Reelights work by a magnet attached to your spokes, which provides power to the light as the magnet turns.
Read the full post for a nice performance overview.

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Astoria Bike recently posted an entry about the purchase of a kick back hub. The hub provides coaster brake functionality, but with two speeds. The genius? You shift gears by braking, or by slightly back pedaling. Apparently this kind of hub was invented in the early 60s.
hubstripping also posted [...]

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In a post a while back I wrote about how I love the concept of bike knickers, but I do not love the thought of departing with massive amounts of money to acquire them. I did not go into great detail about how I made my knickers and have been meaning to return to [...]

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Cyclicio.us points to this fantastic tutorial on making your own rack-mounted hydration system.
The strength of this system is that it keeps the water off your back, the bladder is easily replaced and it’s easy to clean. The tutorial shows the system mounted to a rear rack, but a front mounted rack would probably work [...]

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In case (like me) you’ve missed it, there’s a nice little resource site out there on teh Intarwebs called Free Bike Tools. The tools are the online kind, not so much the kind you can hold in your hand. But still, a great resource. (via Cranked)

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The other day one of the plates on my 50/50 pedals fell off somewhere. Never did find it. So I ordered up a new set of plates from CrankBrothers. The plates arrived quickly, but without the promised retainer bolts, which was a total bummer. When the old plate fell off, it took the old bolts [...]

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Over on Instructables someone started a post on uses for old bicycle inner tubes. He made it up to twenty, but we just know there have to be more.
The hacked inner tube made its debut on Bikehacks with windproof shoe covers. A follow up was using inner tubes to wrap your [...]

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Local cyclist and friend, Matt Haughey, will be riding in Cycle Oregon this summer and wondered whether upgrading his roadbike would make much of a difference in his performance.
Matt rented a high-end road bike just to see if the marketing hype surrounding such bikes had any grounding in reality. He was hoping for some performance [...]

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Reader Mike sends in this perfectly sensible tip: instead of buying a helmet cover, just pick up shower caps from hotels. They give ‘em away!
photo credit cecilianne

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