September 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments
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!I was running an errand recently and ran across what I thought was a cruel joke. Take a look at this:
A bike rack shaped like a [...]
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Tags: · art, bicycle, new york city, rack, sidewalk
I posted some pictures of bicycles I saw in Rio De Janeiro last week and I stumbled upon some photos of graffiti I saw in Sao Paulo. These two tags are not super impressive, they just have to do with bikes so I took them, but I must say that I saw some of [...]
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Tags: · art, graffiti, paint
For me this goes into the category of The Bowling Ball Bike I wrote about a while back. Is there any real practical purpose of a device that leaves a trail of invisible ink as you ride your bike? I can’t think of one but it sure looks cool.
Here is the description from [...]
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Tags: · art, ink, project
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to outfit your entire house with furniture made of bicycle parts? Well, this is not a dream thanks to artist and bike mechanic Andy Gregg. Thanks to Andy, all that stands between you and your dream is the agreement of your significant other! Andy’s works can be found [...]
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Tags: · art, chair, furniture, inspiration, rims, stool, table, tires
Customizing your ride can be a cool way to express your personality, political views, or hair brained concept of what is cool. Many riders are a bit too anal to actually put a sticker on their frame, but spoke cards are an easy way to express yourself without the fear of commitment. If [...]
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Tags: · art, card, spoke
Cool article on a German dude who builds really crazy bikes. And lives on his wife’s salary. What a life!
His name is Didi, though he goes by El Diablo (who wouldn’t), and he’s a bike freak who holds a bunch of Guinness World Records. This, boys and girls, is a standard to which we should [...]
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Tags: · art, bike, crazy, world
March 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
If you live in New York City you can take advantage of a photography exhibit that started yesterday. If you don’t live in the Big Apple, well, sucks for you. The show is called New York Bike Dreams. A brief description of the show comes from hypebeast:
In the upcoming exhibition, New York [...]
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Tags: · art, bike, messenger, show
February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I was recently stumbling around the Net and was stoked to find Mitchell Metalworx. Steve Mitchell takes hacking to a new level by taking discarded bicycle parts and welding them into art. There is some dope stuff on his web site and you should totally take the time to check it out. [...]
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Tags: · art, bike, mountain, pedals, trailer, vancouver, welding