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!It takes all kinds of cyclists to make the world go around, and all kinds of cyclists eat it from time to time. I’m generally not a [...]

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I have seen tall bikes, but this one takes the cake for sure. It seems to have a built in “ladder frame” for climbing up. Dude is sure brave, I’d hate to see what would happen if a car cut him off. That would be a wicked dismount for sure. Having [...]

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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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I love the internet. There is really no end to what you can find. Don’t ask me how I got there because I could not tell you, but after a fruitless search for China bicycle blogs in English a few weeks ago I finally ran into one. Chinamtb 08 seems to be [...]

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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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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 been practicing the art of deceit for some time. It’s not that my commuter bike is all that wonderful anyway, I only paid $100 for it. [...]

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CETMA racks are the coolest. They’re front mounted racks of varying sizes that are pretty much bombproof. And they’re made in Eugene, Oregon…just a couple hours south of me. One day I will acquire one (maybe this year!)–probably a five rail rack with the fence, powdercoated.
I’ve also lusted after Ahearne racks, here in Portland. But [...]

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If you’ve ever had to lock your bike up out of your sight in a publicly accessible place, you are probably familiar with the gnawing feeling in your gut that makes you wonder if your ride will still be there when you return. There are ways to help alleviate the gnawing, not the least of [...]

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If you are not satisfied with the paint job on your steed or want to take it to the next level, there is a tutorial on bike painting posted on Instructables.com that provides step-by-step instructions. With the aid of some tape and stickers you can let out the artist buried deep inside you.

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When you commute or run around town you often lock up and run in and out of places. You still face the threat of that minor mechanical problem or flat tire so tools are a necessity. A variety of small bags for tools are designed to fit under your seat or possibly connect [...]

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