When you read about the huge cost (in money and lives) of building railroads through the roughest parts of America, you have to wonder what it would be like to travel those routes. The guys at For 91 Days found out when...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/22/Biking-the-Hiawatha-Trail/Instructables member Vitizop doesn't provide much explanation, but it looks like he welded a length of bicycle chain to knife blade to replace the original handle. He later wove paracord around the handle to make it easi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/20/Bicycle-Chain-Knife-Handle/Elizabeth Rosenthal writes in the New York Times t... ...to wear helmets, you discourage them from riding bicycles . That means more obesity, heart disease and diabe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/02/Want-to-Encourage-Cycling-Forget-about-Helmets/(Video Link) The Swiss-made RaXibo Hand-Tret-Velo comes with a pedaling system built into the handlebars so that you can use the strength in your arms as well as your legs. The only downside that I can see is that i...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/08/bicycle-that-you-can-pedal-with-both-your-hands-and-your-feet/Photo: Zhao Huasen For hi... ...over on the road while riding invisible bicycles . That, or it's photoshop, I can't tell! Li...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/24/invisible-bicycles/Pedalpalooza is a bicycle festival in Portland, Oregon. Last Saturday afternoon, it conducted a Star Trek vs. Star Wars-themed ride. This tandem bike, though too underpowered for a campaign on Hoth, navigated the cit...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/18/an-at-at-for-the-bike-lane/(Video Link) The Red Bull Downhill race is simple enough: get to the bottom of the steps on Monserrate in Bogotá, Colombia faster than anyone else. Also: not die. Here's a scary video of Marcelo Gutierrez's descent...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/05/15/terrifying-video-of-the-day-mountain-biking-down-1000-steps/Twenty minutes ago, I had never heard of rail bikes. Now I must have one. Maker of this rail bike and Velospace member Stinky Pete writes, "This is what happnes when a person works nights with too much time to think....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/30/rail-bike/Irene Posch's Early Winter Night Biking Gloves keep bicyclists warm and visible. They have conductive areas built into the fingertips. When the wearer forms a fist, they close a circuit and activate the turn signal....
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/07/nighttime-bicycling-gloves/Yes, you might be able to fight zombies with this weapon. But I think it's better suited for neighborhood jousting. Who can afford a horse and and armor? Those things are expensive. Just strap your chainsaw onto your...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/17/bicycle-mounted-chainsaw/

