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!Brendon wrote a few days ago about ways to “Ugly” your bike. Because I have to lock my commuter bike outside a great deal I have [...]

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Wooden fenders are so cool, but they can be kinda spendy. And it can be tough to find just the right size if you’ve got funky clearances or geometry.
This tutorial on making your own wooden bike fenders is awesome (thanks, Anthony!) The thing that’s always thrown me was the curve of the fender. His technique [...]

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It’s not always necessary to buy parts. Sometimes a little creativity can save you some bucks and give your ride a little style. Plastic water bottles are getting a lot of flack for taking up space in land fills, but they can also be used to keep road grime off. With a [...]

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You know all those election signs and real estate signs you see stuck all over the place? They’re all made of some stuff called coroplast, or corrugated plastic. Coroplast is to corrugated plastic as Kleenex is to tissue. That is, it’s trademarked, but because of its success it has become a genericized trademark. Ok, enough [...]

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One thing that makes bicycle commuting a lot better is a place to park your bike inside. Leaving your trusty steed to the elements and passers by outdoors is just no fun. When you bring your bike inside you also sometimes bring in some unwanted things as well; like leaves, dirt, and road grime.
I am [...]

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