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http://www.instructables.com/id/Bar-End-Brake-Light-BEBL/
OverviewGroup riding would be much safer if bikes had brake lights. The lack of brake lighting on bicycles has lead to the audio cues of "SLOWING" or "STOPPING" being shouted at every turn. While this may enhance safety, it certainly cuts into the serenity of a ride.This project offers a viable so...October 31 2009, 6:57am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-tie-various-knots/
Knots, as a way of joining rope without special equipment, are useful in many situations. On a sailboat, knots are essential both for daily use and for emergency repairs. This instructable describes several different common knots:, e.g.September 8 2009, 5:17am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Truck-Bed-Bike-Rack/
This bike rack is made from steel fence posts, plumbing fittings, various threaded hardware, and two hockey pucks for good measure. As always, everything is right off the shelves of the local big box hardware store. No special order parts here. Also no truck beds were harmed (drilled / cut or w...September 5 2009, 6:15pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Air-Hockey-Table-1/
Inspired by a do-it-yourself miniature table spotted on youtube we decided to built a full-size (122cm x 244cm) air hockey table. This instructable will guide you through all the steps in making this large air hockey table (without table legs). August 13 2009, 4:30pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Gymnastics-Pommel-Horse-quotMushroomquot/
I'm getting back into more gymnastics-styled fitness and decided to fabricate some training equipment. Practicing circles on a pommel horse is a great way to workout groups of muscles dynamically. Since I cannot afford an actual pommel, or even the practice "mushrooms" I figured I'd try an...July 19 2009, 11:53pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Rigging-a-SINK-sit-in-kayak-for-fishing/
alright, to start with, we are new to kayaks in general, although we have had a couple boats before. i don't know how we got interested in kayaks, maybe it was how i was telling my family about my canoe trips at summer gym. anyway, what's appealing about a kayak is that you need no trailer, and they...July 9 2009, 10:15pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Nerf-Mods-A-Beginners-Guide/
This Instructable will introduce you to the vast world of Nerf gun Modifications. It covers basic ideas and aspects of Nerf gun modifications. Beginners can be easily repelled from Nerf gun modifications by seeing a modification "write-up" that seems complex. Many modification writ...July 2 2009, 12:25pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-recover-an-old-bicycle-seat/
After being asked by many a friend, I figured it was time to lay out the relatively simple steps I use to breathe new life into a tired and ragged bicycle seat by a simple recovering... not to mention a cheap and simple way to change the look of your bike, if aesthetics are your thing. June 27 2009, 6:24pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Foam-Core-Kiteboard/
Learn to make your own foam core fiberglass kiteboard! This will provide you with a stylish lightweight ride at a fraction of the cost of commercial boards. June 11 2009, 9:35pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Archery-Target-used-A4-sized-papers/
The office had lots of scrap/used A4-sized papers lying around. I decided to save them from the shredder and make a cheap and easy archery target out of these. The idea is to stack them up and compress them, enough to stop your arrows. June 8 2009, 8:12pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/homemade-ripstik-waveboard/
This is step by step instructable how to make a cheap ripstik-waveboard. The orginal one is more stiff but mine works well.May 18 2009, 7:06am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Litter-Kit/
This is an instructable detailing how to put together a small kit, easily carried, for picking up litter.May 8 2009, 9:46pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Power-Generating-Shoe/
This Instructable will show you how to create a shoe that generates electricity. It does this by using your energy when you walk and converts it into electricity. If you've ever lost power to your cell phone in the middle of nowhere, then you know how frustrating it can be. But with this ...April 19 2009, 7:25pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Aluminum-Cracker-Chucker/
This is an Instructable detailing how to make an Aluminum (Aluminium) Cracker Chucker.April 14 2009, 8:20pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Red-Egg-sucking-Electric-Leech/
The Red Egg-sucking Electric Leech is an ideal meal for rainbow trout because it contains many elements which attract rainbows such as: the great action of rabbit fur, the color red dressed with crystal flash and tinsel, and the ever tantalizing egg at the head of the fly. This fly works year roun...April 5 2009, 7:04pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Weather-proof-Bluetooth-capable-RFID-reader/
This instructable connects the popular BlueSmirf Bluetooth module to the ID12 RFID reader and shows how to make a dust and water resistant (IP55) RFID reader that sends IDs to your PC or mobile phone over Bluetooth radio without an additional micro controller and without an external power source. Cr...April 5 2009, 12:19pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-and-Milk-Basket-Bike-Basket/
I needed a simple and cheap way to carry vegetables from our crop share this Summer. I really like my cruiser bike, but did not want to buy a basket. I made the following with some left over PVC and a milk basket I am borrowing.April 2 2009, 8:06pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Building_a_quotUniverse_Cyclequot/
While searching on-line for a unicycle, I saw something similar to this. It looked like a fun project and a good addition to our collection of dangerous toys. The kid next store came up with the name. Others called it a unicycle with training wheels.March 28 2009, 2:17pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Paper_Airplane_Walkalong_Glider/
What's a walkalong glider? Here's a video of a completed paper airplane walkalong glider on a 42 second "cross country" soaring flight:March 9 2009, 5:22pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Build_a_Stand_Up_Paddeboard_Paddle/
This epoxy/wood paddle features a 10 degree bent shaft, just like the spiffy store-bought ones. Because of the setting times of the epoxy coating, it will probably take a week of evenings plus a Saturday afternoon or so to complete. If you're unfamiliar with fiberglassing, this is a great project to...March 8 2009, 11:49am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Steerable_Plumbing_Tube_Sledge/
This is a steerable sledge for hard-packed snow made out of plumbing parts. We recently had several inches of snow in Southern England, and as usual, everything ground to a halt. I know some of you are used to a regular several FEET of snow and everything goes on as normal, but we do things differ...February 23 2009, 5:55pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Wizards_Sleeve_Ski_Poagies/
Some people do very well with their hands at cold temperatures when skiing and other people do poorly--buying a variety of heavy mittens and gloves but never finding anything that keeps their hands truly warm. Mountain bikers who use their bikes on snow have made "poagies" which go ont...February 15 2009, 8:46pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_make_GymnasticsFitness_Rings_from_PVC_Cond/
Here is how I made a set of fitness rings using grey Sch 40 PVC conduit. I was inspired by this Instructable and various comments posted on it: February 13 2009, 8:29pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/BUOY/
My parent's cabin does not have drinkable tap water, so we use a lot of water bottles, juice bottles and all kind of bottles (my father prefers beer bottles). There is also no recycling system in this area, so we have to bring all these containers back home. I found a way to reuse them (using only m...January 22 2009, 11:34pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/All_Weather_Bike_Helmet/
I ride my bike all year round, and since I live in Canada that means I have to bundle up quite a bit in the winter! When temperatures dip below 5 Celsius or so, I put my "summer" helmet back on the shelf and reach for my custom modified all-weather helmet. It's so effective that despite ...January 17 2009, 7:53am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Sleep_Warm_Anywhere/
Let me emphasize something: The picture of me sleeping outside in the snow is not a good idea. I did not sleep well. But I did survive, and since then I've learned some tricks that would've kept me plenty toasty. Many of these seem like common sense when you read them, but you'd be surprised how few...January 16 2009, 7:27am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Add_side_ball_returns_your_cheap_HalexFranklin_fo/
I bought this inexpensive Halex foosball table for my family at Toys R Us. It's great, but it annoyed us that we had to reach over to the end of the table to retrieve the ball after each goal. So I decided to add some ball-return lanes to roll the ball back to us.January 11 2009, 3:53am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Custom_star_bikewheel/
As a bicycle mechanic I like to experiment with different designs for bicycleJanuary 1 2009, 7:24pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Bike_Flasher_Made_from_NES_Controller/
I saw the "Light Up Your Ride" contest, and I pondered about what could be re-purposed to pimp out the visibility of my bike, all while hopefully blinding a motorist or two into a fit of retro rage. I happened upon an old broken Nintendo controller, which made me think of all the superflu...November 26 2008, 9:24pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Dumbbells_box/
A box to keep your dumbbells, with casters to tidy your room without lifting the dumbbells.November 15 2008, 7:22pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Bright_Luxeon_LED_Bike_Light/
This instructable describes the construction of a bike light comprising three 3W Luxeon LEDs. This project had three main goals. 1.) Make a light suitable for use in 24-hour mountain bike racing. 2.) Use readily available material as much as possible. 3.) Offer the details to the community and invit...November 7 2008, 5:23am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Single_Wheeled_Bike_Trailer/
Tired of bumbling along single track trails with two tires on your trailer fighting for the track? Too full of pride to plunk down the dough for a store-bought one? Never again. With this instructable, you'll be the envy of the trail.October 31 2008, 7:22pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_Stretch_1/
I am not a professional, however, I am an athlete. I have been running Cross Country and Track for over five years and have picked up many stretching techniques doing so. In this Instructable I will cover a good bit of the traditional stretches, and some the not so traditional stretches, here it goe...October 26 2008, 4:53am | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/how_to_make_a_awesome_safe_zipline/
this is my first Instructable so be nice also I do not own all but 3 images and those three are bitmap images the rest I grabbed from google. that being said have a great time building and riding thisAugust 6 2008, 2:05pm | More »
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Unicycle-rack-for-a-motorcycle-the-UniRack/
How to build a unicycle rack for a Harley Davidson motorcycle. Don't let riding your motorcycle stop you from riding your unicycle! Supports both a 20" trials unicycle, and also a standard 24" mountain unicycle.April 27 2008, 6:30pm | More »
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