Category: Design

source – engadget.com/

Parking your two-wheeler in a shady neighborhood, but left your secondary lock at home? No problem — to protect your wheels, just bend your bike around a nearby post and thread your U-lock through the whole kit at once. That’s the idea behind UK designer Kevin Scott’s folding bicycle, which is rigid enough to freely ride, but releases its flexible ratcheting mechanism when you push a lever on the side. The design won the 21-year-old student £500 at the New Designers exhibition in London this week. He’s presently looking for partners to help commercialize the concept, which looks more practical than some, so we expect it’ll be only a few years before you’ll see his creation zipping down the street. One question, though — why not go the whole nine yards and give it a built-in lock, too?

source – zeutch.com/

Taking advantage of the motorists stopping at traffic lights, a group of cyclists has spilled a few gallons of paint right in the middle of Rosenthaler Platz in Berlin, . The origins of action are still unknown, but the patterns are awesome here are some pictures …