All terrain electric-bike

Dan Hanebrink (a NASA aerospace engineer) has designed an all-terrain pedal-assist vehicle that is one part bicycle, one part motorcycle and one part Mars rover. Check the full article here from the coolist.

Urban Downhill

Now this is a downhill course, check it out below.

VCA 2010 RACE RUN from changoman on Vimeo.

TRON Light Cycle

Want to own a movie replica vehicle? This one isn't too over-priced, relatively speaking. It's a working version of the Tron Legacy Light Cycles. Yours for only $55,000!

The Beast

It really is, check out this bad boy from some crazy Hungarians going by the name of M55. It's a hybrid electric bike with some serious components and proposed speeds of 77mph (123ish kmh). Crazy!

Flying Bike

Now this is pretty crazy, a maglev bicycle from a couple of dreamers going under the name of Yanko Design, check it out.

Singlespeed/Commuter Sale

Whilst this sounds too much like advertising even for me the Sale is pretty good. Goldcross Cycles are having a Back to Work/School sale with some pretty good deals on single speed bikes, check out this one from Mongoose, not bad at all.

Gellie custom bicycles

Have been reading a cycling book of late and it mentions the holy grail of bicycles, a personalised custom steel frame handmade. I decided to see if I could find any in Melbourne and came across Gellie Custom bicycles. Check out their gallery for some shots of the bikes they've made, I liked the one above.

Still helmets

Check this out, air helmets from Hövding, some very creative Swedish people looking at how to make helmets cool. Or rather how to incorporate airbag concepts into a garment, oh wait!

Speaking of helmets

These are pretty cool, Yakkay Helmets out of Denmark have something to cover up that ugly shell with. Check the link for other cool designs but this one below is on my wish list.

Helmet laws

There has been a change in the Australian standard for bicycle helmets and as a result now is a good time to be buying a reduced price helmet. BV had this to say about it.

Cafe Racer's

I love Bikeexif, and especially their custom jobs. Love what they've done with Kawasaki's Z1000.

Mojo Bikes

Came across this the other day and it's worth checking out if you're after a cheap single speed. Mojo Bikes are another Melbourne based online bicycle shop that are making some nice rides. More importantly you can custom build your colour combinations which is a great way to waste a couple of minutes. Also, they're running a competition so check out the details on their website.

They're all on drugs

News just in that Alberto Contador has tested positive to a "banned substance"! Sounds rather dramatic since he won this years Tour de France however, Contador denies he is on drugs and says it was contaminated food. Either way it should make an interesting investigation, I'll see what comes out of it in the end. I'll be I know what Andy Schleck is hoping for.

Two brakes for hipsters

In the news this week from BV. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission(ACCC) is cracking down on the fixie craze, warning of serious safety issues and threatening bike shops with fines of more than $1M.

The main point they raise is this one:
"At least two brakes are fitted, one on the front wheel and the other on the back."

You can read the rest of the article here and it's well worth the read if you're thinking of removing brakes.

My next helmet

Another cycle related blog to promote, this time with a pretty awesome custom helmet job. I want one, or at least to know how it was done. Check out The New Cafe Racer Society for more.

Convoy and Love Your Bike

A few links to post today, first of all Love Your Bike Portsmouth. Another bicycle inspired blog with a flickr well worth looking at.

The second is just a tumblr called Convoy and while not necessarily bicycle specific it has some great photos to trawl through and waste an afternoon on ;)

This is how we roll

I wish!

Ciocc Bicycles

Cromoly frames rock! There are a few decent single speed/fixed gear frames out there that are manufactured in Cromoly and these guys swear by it. Check out their vintage page as well and the sweet looking single I posted above. Nice ride!

Flatlands

Here's a pretty rad video of Danny Macaskill showing some sweet flatlands skills.

Jellybean Bikes

Desktop Magazine have a nice little wall of "cool" going these days and I get sent a few good links every now and then via their email newsletter. I remember seeing a few cool looking fixies from Jellybean Bikes and meant to track down the link so here it is.