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How Rivendell Lugs Are Made
Written by Boston Biker on Mar 29Crazy, and dangerous looking. Love these “how they are made” Videos. LUGS!
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Bike Light Shows Your Speed
Written by Boston Biker on Mar 20I think I would crash right into something because I would be fascinated with looking at my speed in the light, but pretty neat hack.
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Can Someone Build One Of These For The MBTA
Written by Boston Biker on Jan 25
The bicycle barometer takes data about the weather, the status of the tube lines I use to get to work, and whether my local station is open or shut.
It then reduces all that data down to a single value and displays it on a dial with a bike sign at one end and a tube sign at the other.
For example, if it is raining a bit the dial will move a bit towards the tube sign, but if the tube is suffering delays, it will move a bit back in the other direction.
Different data points get different weightings. E.g. snow is more important than a bit of drizzle; the tube station being shut trumps everything.
It is built using a Nanode and an old clock I found at a flea market. The data comes from the Met Office’s Datapoint API and Transport for London’s line status and station status API’s.
(I’ll make the code available once I’ve cleaned it up a bit, follow @richardjpope for updates.)
Via Thanks Oisin for the tip.
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Perfect Holiday Gifts For The Cyclist In Your Family
Written by Boston Biker on Dec 10Here are some of the latest pieces I have been working on, read on to find out how to get one of your very own.
If you want to buy anything from the store you need to do so before Dec 18th to insure it gets to you on time.
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Getting Organized
Written by Boston Biker on Nov 11
I saw this lovely set up on Reddit. Made from an old box spring frame.
It reminded me of my much less awesome helmet and lock organizer (its also where I keep head badges and metal working stuff I have just finished).
Simple copper wire, bent and placed through a black box (it was part of a fruit basket). It keeps me from throwing my helmet and lock on my bed every day when I get home, and I always know where they are when I need them.
Have you build anything to organize your bike stuff? Share pictures in the comments.
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Latest Work: Celeritas Badge
Written by Boston Biker on Jun 01
I am kind of proud of this guy, took a lot of work to cut out all those little letters (each one is about 4 mm tall), and really liked how it came out. Nickel is an annoying material to work with as its slightly toxic so you can’t breath it, or touch it too much. But other than that it takes a nice shine, I am going to probably clean up around the letters a bit more, other than that its done. If you want your own badge head over to my etsy store.
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How Bicycles Are Made (1945)
Written by Boston Biker on May 13There is so much awesomeness in this video I can hardly stand it. Be sure to watch to the end for some amazing footage of what once was, and what will be once again.
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When The Bike Bell Isn’t Enough
Written by Boston Biker on May 09Get yourself a train horn…this is awesome.
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The Word On The Street
Here is what people are saying
- National Bike Challenge May 23, 2013TweetMassbike is promoting the National Bike Challenge this year, a fun way to compete with other states to see what state is the most dedicated to cycling. See below for details, or read here. ———– MassBike is proud to … Continue reading → […]Boston Biker
- The More Innocent The Cyclist, The Greater The Number Of Deleted Comments May 23, 2013Tweet Does the woman in the photo above look like a scofflaw? A reckless cyclist? An irresponsible person? On the contrary, she looks like a sincere, intelligent, thoughtful person. A few days ago, she was struck and killed by a … Continue reading → […]IsolateCyclist
- The More Innocent The Cyclist, The Greater The Number Of Deleted Comments May 23, 2013Tweet Does the woman in the photo above look like a scofflaw? A reckless cyclist? An irresponsible person? On the contrary, she looks like a sincere, intelligent, thoughtful person. A few days ago, she was struck and killed by a … Continue reading → […]IsolateCyclist
- The More Innocent The Cyclist, The Greater The Number Of Deleted Comments May 23, 2013Tweet Does the woman in the photo above look like a scofflaw? A reckless cyclist? An irresponsible person? On the contrary, she looks like a sincere, intelligent, thoughtful person. A few days ago, she was struck and killed by a … Continue reading → […]IsolateCyclist
- 5th Annual Boston Bike Update 2013 Recap May 23, 2013TweetGreg Hum plays drums on his bike, organizes the annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, and rides bikes after eating too much. He shares stories and more on his personal blog, The Humble Cyclist. Tweet at him, bro: @thehum. ____________________________________________________________________ Last year, I live-blogged the … Continue reading → […]greg
- 5th Annual Boston Bike Update 2013 Recap May 23, 2013TweetGreg Hum plays drums on his bike, organizes the annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, and rides bikes after eating too much. He shares stories and more on his personal blog, The Humble Cyclist. Tweet at him, bro: @thehum. ____________________________________________________________________ Last year, I live-blogged the … Continue reading → […]greg
- 5th Annual Boston Bike Update 2013 Recap May 23, 2013TweetGreg Hum plays drums on his bike, organizes the annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, and rides bikes after eating too much. He shares stories and more on his personal blog, The Humble Cyclist. Tweet at him, bro: @thehum. ____________________________________________________________________ Last year, I live-blogged the … Continue reading → […]greg
- 5th Annual Boston Bike Update 2013 Recap May 23, 2013TweetGreg Hum plays drums on his bike, organizes the annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, and rides bikes after eating too much. He shares stories and more on his personal blog, The Humble Cyclist. Tweet at him, bro: @thehum. ____________________________________________________________________ Last year, I live-blogged the … Continue reading → […]greg
- 5th Annual Boston Bike Update 2013 Recap May 23, 2013TweetGreg Hum plays drums on his bike, organizes the annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, and rides bikes after eating too much. He shares stories and more on his personal blog, The Humble Cyclist. Tweet at him, bro: @thehum. ____________________________________________________________________ Last year, I live-blogged the … Continue reading → […]greg
- MBTA Offers Bicycle Amenities On Capeflyer Boston To Cape Cod Train May 23, 2013TweetGreg Hum plays drums on his bike, organizes the annual Midnight Marathon Bike Ride, and rides bikes after eating too much. He shares stories and more on his personal blog, The Humble Cyclist. Tweet at him, bro: @thehum. ____________________________________________________________________ The MBTA’s new CapeFlyer train … Continue reading → […]greg
