Social Bicycles is a bike sharing system with a twist. Using an iPhone app, the system allows users to drop off, locate, and borrow a bike nearly anywhere. The bikes are equipped with a GPS device which is locked to one of the wheels, and when the bike is locked, it's locatable using the app, so that someone can borrow it; when it's in use and unlocked, it doesn't appear in the app. The real upside to Social Bicycles is that the regular infrastructure required for bike lending systems -- such as docking stations in a lot of convenient locations -- are unnecessary with this system, which can get by with regular old bike racks, making it a much cheaper, fly-by-night option. It's coming to New York City in very limited beta this fall more...

Bikes and beer – two things we love equally well at Metrofiets.

The Owner and Brewmaster of Hopworks, Christian Ettinger, loves bikes almost as much as he loves beer. We asked if he would like us to build him a bicycle that embodied the two passions. He said yes… and the rest is history. more...

written by a female cyclist from London....
A catalogue of the insults and comments I get shouted at me whilst riding my bike.Placed on a map to create a London Wankermap more...

[bikeiowa note: not really bicycle related, but what a wild concept!]

China is home to more people than any other country on Earth, and they're moving into megacities at a rate that's simply unprecedented. In fact, just about everything about today's China is unprecedented – this is a country facing some absolutely staggering challenges in the next 30 years. It's a peek into the future for Western nations – a glimpse at what is becoming the world's first megacolony. Managing a transport plan for such a colossal number of people – many of whom now own, or aspire to own, cars – presents a traffic congestion and pollution quandary the likes of which we've simply never seen before.

A new invention from Night Bright Tyre Ltd. adds LED lighting to an altogether new part of the bike – the tires themselves. The Cyglo bike tires feature tough and durable LED bulbs that are built into the tread or wall of the tire to form a perfect ring of light when the wheel turns.

Switched on using a motion sensor within the tire, the lights are powered by the spinning of the wheel and can be set to flash or be permanently on. Patented in the U.S. and U.K. by designer James Tristram, the tires are aimed at increasing safety for commuter cyclists, police officers, paramedics and postal delivery workers. more...

The Bamboo Bike Studio was founded to harness the possibility and promise of self-propulsion, reaching out from New York City to developing nations around the world, beginning with Ghana and Kenya in Africa. We add to these intrinsic benefits in two ways: first, by teaching our students to build their own bicycles, from scratch, establishing an active, self-invested relationship between person and product. Second, by employing bamboo, a renewable, fast-growing resource and a performance-positive alternative to steel, aluminum and carbon fiber, as our frame material. Eco-friendly and technically premium, bamboo enables our students to do the previously impossible: fabricate a bike frame in just one weekend. more...

A Cyclist Architect designs his own house, with bike storage workshop and bike shower bay! A href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/cyclist-and-architect-designs-own-house.php?campaign=weekly_nl" target="new" more...

Chad is back! Empire Market has been taken over by corporate chain Red Leader Foods. Chad and company get their first look at their new owner. watch video

A cool looking homemade bicycle sidecar that pivots. Lots of photos too. more...

yclists are already doing their bit to help the environment by eschewing a fossil-fuel guzzling transport option. Now they can do a little bit more using Nokia’s newly unveiled Bicycle Charger Kit which lets cyclists charge their mobile phone using pedal power. The kit employs a bottle dynamo that is driven when in contact with the front wheel like those found on ye olde time bicycle lights. more...

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