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Bike riding
DIY

7 mistakes beginner cyclists make, and how to avoid them

By Candice Wang

a person riding a bicycle on a street along a sidewalk
DIY

Essential bike maintenance tips everyone should know

By John Kennedy

Old bike
DIY

Bring your old bike back to life with these pro restoration tips

By Stan Horaczek

Cycling cities
Technology

Cities are failing cyclists. Here’s what needs to change.

By Corinne Iozzio

Stephen Krcmar
Technology

Ebikes freed my commute from the tyranny of traffic

By Stephen Krcmar

SF ebike Jordan Rosen
Environment

Ebikes might soon speed past electric cars in sales

By Cycle Volta Staff

I went from barely biking to doing a 545-mile ride in less than a year. Here’s the gear that helped.
Gear

I went from barely biking to doing a 545-mile ride in less than a year. Here’s the gear that helped.

By Rachel Feltman

Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles
Science

Bill Nye talks killer clowns, mermaids, pigeon poo, and deadly bicycles

By Bill Nye

Gear for new cyclists
Gear

Bike gear to get a beginner ready for multi-day trips

By Rachel Feltman

Red Bull Rampage Bike
Technology

Meet the mountain bikes built to survive a backflip off a cliff

By Stan Horaczek

Airbag For Your Head May Work Better Than A Bike Helmet
Health

Airbag For Your Head May Work Better Than A Bike Helmet

By Mary Beth Griggs

This Bike Is The World’s Fastest Human-Powered Vehicle
Technology

This Bike Is The World’s Fastest Human-Powered Vehicle

By Kate Baggaley

Prototype Google Self-Driving Car
Technology

Google Self-Driving Cars Can Now Understand Cyclists’ Hand Signals

By G. Clay Whittaker

CES 2015: This Bike Wheel Can Push You For 60 Miles [Video]
Gear

CES 2015: This Bike Wheel Can Push You For 60 Miles [Video]

By Dave Mosher

DIY: How To Light Up Your Bike Wheels [Video]
DIY

DIY: How To Light Up Your Bike Wheels [Video]

By Sophie Bushwick

Invention Awards 2014: Stash Your Bike Helmet In A Briefcase
Technology

Invention Awards 2014: Stash Your Bike Helmet In A Briefcase

By Sarah Jacoby

When Disaster Strikes, This Bike Generator Will Give Me Power [Video]
DIY

When Disaster Strikes, This Bike Generator Will Give Me Power [Video]

By Chris Hackett

Electrify Any Bike For Extra Pedal Power
Technology

Electrify Any Bike For Extra Pedal Power

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Video: Popular Science Rides The Ryno
Technology

Video: Popular Science Rides The Ryno

By Gabe Bergado

The Fastest Face-Down, Head-First, Human-Powered Vehicle
DIY

The Fastest Face-Down, Head-First, Human-Powered Vehicle

By Rose Conry

How Biking In Traffic Affects Your Body
Environment

How Biking In Traffic Affects Your Body

By Francie Diep

Hackett's Bike Generator
DIY

How To Generate Electricity With A Bicycle [Video]

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH
DIY

Watch This Bicycle Go 80 MPH

By Joey Carmichael

Technology

Watch This Insane Helicopter-Bike Fly Around

By Colin Lecher

Amp Your Ride
DIY

Amp Your Ride

By as told to Colleen Park, Doug Costlow

2013 Invention Awards: Cardboard Bike
Technology

2013 Invention Awards: Cardboard Bike

By Charles Q. Choi

Clever Measures: Three Projects That Reimagine Conventional Calculating
DIY

Clever Measures: Three Projects That Reimagine Conventional Calculating

By Miriam Kramer

Science Of Theft: Freeze A Bike Lock With Canned Air, Then Smash It With A Hammer
DIY

Science Of Theft: Freeze A Bike Lock With Canned Air, Then Smash It With A Hammer

By Theodore Gray

You Built What?!: An Electric-Assist Chopper-Style Bicycle
DIY

You Built What?!: An Electric-Assist Chopper-Style Bicycle

By Gregory Mone

How to Thwart Bicycle Thieves
Gear

How to Thwart Bicycle Thieves

By Brooke Borel

Testing the Novara Gotham: A Bike With Infinite Gears
Technology

Testing the Novara Gotham: A Bike With Infinite Gears

By Michael Berk

You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries
Technology

You Built What?!: A Street-Legal Three-Wheeler That Runs on Nearly 2,000 Batteries

By Gregory Mone

how-it-works illustration of Powered Gear Shifters
Technology

How It Works: Powered Gear Shifters

By Berne Broudy

A Recumbent Tricycle Allows Those Who Have Trouble Balancing to Cycle
Gear

A Recumbent Tricycle Allows Those Who Have Trouble Balancing to Cycle

By Jordan Kooi of Lynden High School, Lynden, Washington, as told to Flora Lichtman

Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades
Technology

Archive Gallery: Single-Wheeled Vehicles Trundle Through The Decades

By Julie Beck

Video: Adorable Robot Rides Fixed-Gear Bicycle
Technology

Video: Adorable Robot Rides Fixed-Gear Bicycle

By Dan Nosowitz

The World’s Most Failsafe Wireless Bicycle Brake Could Seed a Variety of Super-Safe Technologies
Technology

The World’s Most Failsafe Wireless Bicycle Brake Could Seed a Variety of Super-Safe Technologies

By Clay Dillow

Microwave Sensors Auto-Detect Bikes At Intersections, To Trigger Traffic Signals and Protect Cyclists
Technology

Microwave Sensors Auto-Detect Bikes At Intersections, To Trigger Traffic Signals and Protect Cyclists

By Rebecca Boyle

The Goods: June 2011’s Hottest Gadgets
Gear

The Goods: June 2011’s Hottest Gadgets

By Corinne Iozzio, Susannah F. Locke and Lizzie Schiffman

Dr. Calvin B. Bridges with his streamlined car, in the October 1934 issue of Popular Science magazine.
DIY

Archive gallery: a century of vehicular DIY

By Denise Ngo

Pedal-Powered Shweeb Monorail System Wins $1.05 Million in Google Innovation Contest
Technology

Pedal-Powered Shweeb Monorail System Wins $1.05 Million in Google Innovation Contest

By Dan Nosowitz

Chainless Bicycle Uses Wire and Pulley System, Eliminating Grease and Increasing Cool Factor
Technology

Chainless Bicycle Uses Wire and Pulley System, Eliminating Grease and Increasing Cool Factor

By Rebecca Boyle

Fraunhofer Lab Engineers a Cycling Helmet That Raises a Stink When it Needs Replacing
Technology

Fraunhofer Lab Engineers a Cycling Helmet That Raises a Stink When it Needs Replacing

By Clay Dillow

Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes
Environment

Danish Hotel Pays Its Guests to Generate Electricity on Exercise Bikes

By Jeremy Hsu

A Bicycle Suspension with Sensors Built In Automatically Adapts to Changing Terrain
Gear

A Bicycle Suspension with Sensors Built In Automatically Adapts to Changing Terrain

By Mark Anders

Test Drive: Ducati’s 2010 Multistrada is Four Superbikes in One
Technology

Test Drive: Ducati’s 2010 Multistrada is Four Superbikes in One

By Matthew Cokeley

Honda’s Concept Trike for the Urban Commuter
Technology

Honda’s Concept Trike for the Urban Commuter

By Jeremy Hsu

A Robot Buddy for Your Bicycle-Built-For-Two
Technology

A Robot Buddy for Your Bicycle-Built-For-Two

By Gregory Mone

Teague Unveils a Glowy New Bike Concept: The Pulse
Gear

Teague Unveils a Glowy New Bike Concept: The Pulse

By Molika Ashford

Biking Downtown Could Help Power The Bus That Gives You A Ride Home
Technology

Biking Downtown Could Help Power The Bus That Gives You A Ride Home

By Dan Smith

Power From The People
Technology

Power From The People

By Bruce Grierson

A pink camouflage patterned replica tank sitting in a yard.
DIY

Pedal-powered Panzer

By Rena Marie Pacella

Cycling Linked to Numbness, Irritation and More
Health

Cycling Linked to Numbness, Irritation and More

By Molika Ashford

Your Very Own Personal Tank
Technology

Your Very Own Personal Tank

By Dawn Stover

American Honda competition racer and street bike
Technology

The Fastest R&D Lab On the Planet

By Robert Earle Howells

A man in a green suit riding a rocket bike.
Technology

A real rocket bike

By Michael Belfiore