Amazing Vehicles & Machines
Discover unconventional vehicles, imaginative transport designs and unusual machines that rethink how people get around.
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The DeLorean Hot Tub Time Machine Exists And It’s Epic
Super-Fan Builds (previously: a Game of Thrones toilet) put a hot tub in the back of a DeLorean to create the DeLorean Hot Tub…
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The Skeleton T-Rex Bike You’ve Always Dreamed Of Is Here Now
Check out this badass custom-built skeleton T-Rex bike! The rider can move the arms and jaws to make it look like a real dino. It measures 12 feet long and 8 1/2 feet tall, weighs in at 90 pounds, and was listed on Craigslist for just $2,000 back in 2015. That’s a small price to pay to be the only person scooting around town on a T-Rex bike! Totally worth it. The prehistoric ride even has a name: Sue. Built by bicycle fabricator Willie Hatfield, this three-wheeled beast features a nine-speed drivetrain, a movable head, and jaws that open and close using controls near the handlebars. So yeah, you can actually pedal around pretending to ride a dinosaur. How awesome is that? And Sue isn’t just some ordinary bicycle wearing a dinosaur costume. She’s a full-blown kinetic sculpture built from steel tubing, foam, and textured paint. The head moves from side to side like a marionette, while the tiny T-Rex arms are connected to the pedals. With a little coordination, the rider can make Sue wave, snap her jaws, and generally terrorize anyone unfortunate enough to be riding a regular, boring bicycle. Believe it or not, Sue was already attracting attention before that Craigslist listing appeared. Hatfield built the dinosaur for kinetic cycling events, and she appeared in Oregon’s da Vinci Days Graand Kinetic Challenge and the Eugene Celebration Parade. A 2013 feature from bicycle manufacturer Bike Friday reported that Hatfield had spent less than $200 on materials to build his enormous prehistoric creation. By the time Sue appeared for sale in July 2015, she had become a seriously elaborate piece of pedal-powered engineering. Her nine-speed drivetrain reportedly allowed a top speed of about 15 mph, although a more comfortable cruising speed was closer to 7 mph. The seat was approximately five feet off the ground, so climbing aboard wasn’t exactly as simple as hopping on your average Schwinn. Of course, Sue wasn’t exactly made for your everyday commute. Her creator described her as better suited for parades and special events. Which is fair. Imagine trying to squeeze an eight-foot-tall dinosaur skeleton into a regular bike parking spot. Good luck with that!
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The World Naked Bike Ride Has People Biking In The Buff
Here are some photos from this year’s World Naked Bike Ride. It’s basically exactly what it sounds like: people riding their bicycles in teh…
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Meet The Intersection With No Stop Lights
This is an intersection in Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It doesn’t have any stop lights to direct traffic so traffic just… well,…
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Motorcyclist Loses Girlfriend, Keeps Driving
Check out this short video of a motorcyclist who lost his lady, but keeps driving. She is holding on for dear life! He must…
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Pee-wee’s Stolen Bike For Sale IRL
eBay seller usmc_vet2008 is getting rid of one of the bikes used in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. It even comes with a BONUS autograph of…
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Little Tikes Car For Grown Ups
John Bitmead looked at one of those red and yellow (aka ketchup and mustard) Little Tikes cars and thought to himself “Not big enough.…
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Ride Side by Side: Bike For 2
Tandem bikes are cool and all, but one person has to stare at the other’s backside. And one person always ends up doing more…
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The Homer Car IRL
Remember on the Simpsons when Homer designed a car that should have never been built? Well, someone built it… like in real life. Just…
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Dad Builds Baby Carriage That Goes 50MPH
Colin Furze is a new dad. A new dad who lives life in the fast lane and he’s bringing the baby with him! He…
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Pedal-less Bike For Fred Flintstone & Friends
Pedals make bike riding–and transportation in general–quite easy. So really, who needs ’em? Quit being lazy. The Fliz Bike concept from Germany takes kicks…
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Do Parking Meters Take Hundreds?
If you’re going to charge me anything more than 75 cents for parking, it had better be a spot that overlooks Ryan Gosling sunning…
