Posts Tagged ‘bicycle’

A Bicycle Mounted with Snowplow

Pedal power! Check out this sweet custom built bicycle snowplow. Technically a tricycle I suppose. Not wanting to break out the heavy duty snowblower for light dustings of snow (less than an inch), one intrepid garage engineer named Craig built his own leg powered snowplow. The plow itself can be lifted up or down via a rope and pulley system. Definitely more fun than shoveling! And easier on the arms and back.

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Bendable Bicycle Wraps Around Poles

Locking up bikes to poles in an urban environment is always a tricky proposition. Often you will see bikes with two locks, one for each wheel and of course the frame. But with this ingenious invention by 21 year old Kevin Scott, the bicycle will fold over itself around the pole:

A ratchet in the seatpost part of the frame is used to tighten or bend the bike’s frame. Once it’s in the curved position, you can use a single lock to secure both wheels and the frame. I’m not sure how rigid a cable pulled frame will be over the long haul (you definitely don’t want it going all limp while you’re riding! that’s what she said) but it’s an interesting idea that should be explored further.

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Aquabike

This is a homemade amphibious bike made from water bottles by Li Jin from China. He uses a total of 8 giant water bottles to act as pontoons to make the bicycle to be able to float on water. And the back of the wheel is fitted with paddles so as to propels the bicycle forward.

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Ville, the foldable shopping cart bicycle

Bicycle as a form of transport is getting more and more popular now. One minor problem is always hard to find a space to park your bicycle while you go and shop for your grocery.This is the transforming Ville, a bike that can fold in half in order to become a shopping cart. It may not be a cart that can hold a week’s worth of groceries, but if you just need to get enough to fill two baskets, this is probably your deal. Plus you will not need to search for parking space anymore.Yep, it really just makes sense to build a bicycle like this. Unfortunately, it is just a concept at this particular moment.

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