Because bad ideas come in all danger levels, this is a video of professional freeride mountain biker Sam Pilgrim replacing his bike’s traditional wheels with giant circular saw blades to see how the bike rides. SPOILER: Surprisingly well. Granted, Sam is a professional cyclist and can probably handle a bike
This is a video of super sassy Grandma Smith riding her giant motorized bed around town. The bed was actually built on top of a specially modified go-kart (the second half of the video details its construction), and is driven from below by her grandson, Ross Smith. In the video,
This is an Instagram video of dad Mason Smith (aka thedadsocial) constructing a Power Wheels sized tow-behind camper for his two daughters. Man, that thing looks SWEET. Just needs a mini barbecue for cooking sliders and cocktail weenies. 2 hours, a couple sheets of plywood, a second hand $25 powerwheel
Built by Dutch artists Aat Dirks and Ad Lakerveld, the Pedaalbeest is a pedal-powered walking machine inspired by the kinetic wind-powered Strandbeests created by Theo Jansen. To move forward, you pedal backwards. Is it practical? Absolutely not. It’s still cool though. The way it moves — it reminds me of
Proving that nails are much less dangerous to your tires when they’re made of them, this is a video of the automotive maniacs of Garage 54 driving a Mercedes G Wagon on custom tires made of incredibly long nails. They perform reasonably well in the snow, but quickly get bent
This is some recent footage of a recycling truck attempting to do battle with the 11’8″+8″ (technically the 12’4″) ‘Can Opener’ bridge in Durham, North Carolina. I like how the driver thought that there was no question his truck would easily pass under. Like, didn’t even bother slowing down. That’s
This is a video from train conductor Eric Carlisle in Waverly, Nebraska of an EF-3 tornado (3-second gust speeds of 135-165MPH) passing directly over the locomotive and breaking the windows. The tornado managed to derail 31 cars, but, thankfully, nobody aboard was injured. Per the other person with Eric (possibly
Modded by the folks at The Shop in Tampa, Florida over the course of 6 months, the TMC-12X is a Tesla Model X Plaid that’s been outfitted to look like the time-traveling DeLorean DMC-12 from Back To The Future. The car does 0-62MPH in about 2.4 seconds, and even makes