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The DIY Floating Water Bike
inhabitat.com - 6/12/2009
The DIY Floating Water Bike
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Have you ever thought to yourself while riding a bike “Gee, I sure wish that I could cross that river.” Well now here’s your chance! Li Wieguo has come up with a relatively cheap and practical DIY project that lets you modify your bike to make it float and work on water. Sure ...

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Wired: Gadget Lab:  Chinese Bike Mod Floats on Water

Gizmodo:  Remainders - Things We Didn't Post [Remainders]

MAKE Magazine:  Amphibious bike

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Chinese Bike Mod Floats on Water
Wired: Gadget Lab — ... The bike made by Li Weiguo was shown in the Hubei province in China. It cost around 20,000 yuan or $300o to develop, says Inhabitat. ...

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post [Remainders]
Gizmodo — ... The floating bike concept is as old as, well, at least as old as bikes. And the idea of building a boat out of (empty) water jugs is pretty old too. That said, we applaud Li Wieguo for this masterful DIY plan for retrofitting said bike with said waterjugs. And I just love this picture, taken in Naishahu Park in the Chinese province of Hubei, for some reason. [Inhabitat] ...

Amphibious bike
MAKE Magazine — ... Not sure how well it works, but from the pictures on Inhabitat, it does appear to at least... float. It's made from eight plastic water jugs. Wanes attached to the rear spokes provide power. The DIY Floating Water Bike Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Bicycles | Digg this!

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