How to carry your gym bag on your rear rack

Hello there! After 6 months since the last time I wrote a blog post, I felt it was time to sit and write a post about something. The mighty bike is still a very important aspect of my life (almost 12 years on the streets!) and I always have new ideas or bike trips or…

Furniture pads on the grips!

I usually leave my bike leaning against the wall in the hallway resulting some marks on the wall from the handlebar ends. Also, Sometimes, the hard metal ends of the grips being very slippery againsf a hard surface like the wall, make the bike unstable and very easy to fall off with the slightest push….

Can you patch your tire? Of course!

This hack only needs garbage material, it’s easy and it solves a very important problem that causes good tires to be thrown away. Sometimes due to impact with a sharp rock, most of the others due to aging, tires are destined to die young . But they don’t just die, the deteriorate like us, after…

DIY Bicycle Pegs or How you can carry your girlfriend on your bike

Update: After almost 2 years of continuous use, I can honestly say that I am thrilled with the pegs. I use my commuter to lift my girlfriend easily anywhere in the city – she no longer tries to make me buy a car 😀 ! You can see a recent photo  of me giving a…

Never throw away bicycle pumps with broken levers! Here is how you can easily repair them!

Few years ago, at the local Bike kitchen, a guy brought 2 bicycle pumps, both with broken levers. No one could fix them, so Filippos took them in his workshop to fix them using his CNC machine. Though this is a superb solution, hardly ever a cyclist has access to a CNC machine. So a…

How to make the best DIY trouser strap in the world (works as leather bracelet too!)

(This hack was featured in the front page of instructables.com) I love trouser straps, they are one of the most important accessories of my bicycle life. I’ve bought several types over the years but I’ve never really found one that is tough for everyday use and convenient enough at the same time. So, I ‘ve…