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 admit that I’m not the most law abiding cyclist. I honestly cannot remember the last time I used an arm signal. I use finger [...]

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A story from CNN today follows the China theme for this week. The article is about a couple who have spent the last four years cycling around the world. The inspiration for the trip came from a trip to China. Here is a quote from the CNN article:
In 1985, Pat Patterson got [...]

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There are a gazillion ways to mount your camera on your bike. Most of them require more than a few “spare parts” laying around your genius workshop. If you don’t have the spare parts, you’ll be hitting up the hardware store.
Forget the hardware store and just go to your local megamart’s electronics section and pick [...]

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Here’s another hack via a flickr picture. It seems Pawls wanted to try out some new handle bars without having to take off the brakes and grips and some Velcro straps helped achieve the objective. Obviously this should be done in a place voice of major traffic hazards. To see more of [...]

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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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Over at Instructables, contributor Handsome Ryan has an excellent guide to mounting LED lights in your bar ends. The lights are switched on via magnet attached to your bike glove. This is a great bike hack for commuters. We commuters have already got enough lights to think about turning on and off every time we [...]

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I don’t rock drop bars personally, but I understand they can be tough to wrap. All those curves, you know.
Over at Stupid Hurts, Court has a nice illustrated tutorial to wrapping bar tape on your bars.
Doesn’t look fun to me. I think I’ll stick with my flat bars. I just push new grips on [...]

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