bicycles
The Horizontal Floaterhoist Lets You Hang Your Bike from the Ceiling!
Bicycle storage can be a hassle, especially for city dwellers living in tight quarters. But tech guy Andrew Mountain has come up with an awesome storage unit that will take your bike up and out of your
(R)Evolutions Per Minute: Crowd-Sourced Cargo Biking Documentary Wants Your Footage!
Filmmaker Liz Canning is creating a crowd-sourced documentary on how cargo bikes are changing the way we live, and she wants your footage for her film! Canning always loved to bike, but when she had twins
Zambikes: Bamboo Bikes That Help Fight Poverty & Save Lives in Africa
Customized fixies may be all the rage in urban America nowadays, but even the simplest, cheapest bike is a rare sight in rural Africa. Fortunately, the bamboo from which to craft bikes grows on trees –
Juri Zaech’s Typography Bike Frames Are Bent to Actually Spell Out Your Name
Juri Zaech’s typographic bikes personalize your ride like no other. The frame of each bike is bent and painted to spell out your name, resulting in what appears to be a floating cursive type set
Washington DC’s Bikeshare is So Successful That Bikes are in Short Supply
Launched as a pilot program in August 2008, Washington DC’s Capital Bikeshare has been so successful that riders are often left wondering where the bikes are. The program currently has 1,100 bikes
The Sofa-Bike: The Perfect Green Transport For Couch Potatoes
There’s nothing harder than getting off the sofa to go do exercise, but designer Jacek Holubowicz has solved that problem with the sofa-bike. By combining a two person sofa with a tandem bicycle,
Rebel Designers Ride Cross-Country on Hand-Made Bamboo Bikes
Just last week a team of inspiring designers began to ride their hand-built bamboo bikes across America to share the story of the Alabamboo initiative. Alabamboo is a collaborative effort by non-profits
Bike Roundup: The Ultimate Guide For the Bicycle Enthusiast
We love bikes here at Inhabitat, and we’re always seated on the edge of our saddles for the next cool new product to trick out our green rides. So you can imagine our delight when our friends over
Full Circle is a Cute Big-Wheeled Folding Bike Sans Chain
For all you folding bike enthusiasts out there – the Full Circle, an entry in Seoul Cycle Design Competition, may make your city commute easier and more stylish. Unlike most folding bikes, this one
Derringer Cycles: Hybrid Bikes Modeled After 1920′s Racers
On the hunt for a bicycle that doesn’t have a drab, traditional hybrid frame? Then check out Derringer Cycles, a line of hybrid bikes modeled after 1920′s racing motorcycles. These stunning
Artists Build Incredible Obelisk Out of Hundreds of Bicycles
California artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector recently constructed this incredible towering obelisk made entirely out of bikes on a street corner in Santa Rosa. Dubbed Cyclisk, the monument is an ode
“Living” Dress Made of Recycled Tubes Changes With the Season
What do landscape architects and fashion designers have in common? Apparently, not that much. But leave it to a couple of creative minds to figure out how to combine their talents to produce some
Get a “Bike-Safe” Sticker for Your Vehicle
Show your solidarity for your brothers and sisters on two wheels with a sticker that encourages safe driving and safe cycling. More than 44,000 cyclists are injured in traffic accidents every year, with
LED Tire Lights Turn any Bike Into a Lightcycle
If you’re dying to rep TRON before its upcoming release but don’t have $35,000 to spend one of those stunning lightcycles, how about achieving a similar effect by getting these awesome
Recycled Bike Tubes Transformed Into Handy Shelving System
Bike tire tubes stretched between a couple of used furniture legs create this functional and handy shelving system, which also happens to look pretty sweet. For the lover of all things cycling, the
Flying Bicycle Lane Lets You Soar Above Traffic
Bike commuting is a beautiful thing – it’s an efficient, quick way to get around an urban area and it’s great for your heart. Only problem is those pesky cars that are continually
Inhabitat Blog Picks of the Week
The new year is the perfect time to reflect on some of the crazy and exciting accomplishments of the past year– and to think about the future. As you might have noticed this past week, we’ve
TOP TEN GREEN TRANSPORTATION TRENDS OF 2008
2008 has been an incredible year for green transportation as the world’s automakers made strident efforts to green their production lines, cities decided that it’s time to give our car-centric
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