Traditional bike safety lights mount on the back and look more like brake lights on a car, with variations being those LED lights you can stick on the wheels for Tron-esque side visibility. The Revolights, however, give you back and side visibility while being able to illuminate the road in front of you for night riding.
We’ve featured a DIY IKEA bike rack, which was impressive but not super-cheap. If you want a real bargain basement option, you can rig up some bike storage using a pair of $5 Kvartal wall fittings.
There’s nothing worse than biking through a puddle of mud, only to find that you have a giant brown line down your back from the mud spraying up behind you. Here’s how to make a cheap mud guard for your bike.
If you’d like some extra room on your bike to carry things on the back, you can elongate your bike with an old bike’s frame and some electrical tubing.
Avid bicyclist Ethan wanted to mount his GPS-enabled phone to his handlebars, but found the retail solutions both unstable and far too accommodating to opportunistic thieves. His $US5 solution turns a flashlight mount into a sturdy and convenient smartphone dashboard.
If you checked out the bike repair stand we shared with you earlier this month and were disappointed because you don’t have a sturdy enough ceiling to attach it to, you’ll want to check out this free-standing design.
