Well, that sounds pretty darn easy!

Those Japanese are at it again, one-upping the rest of the world in technology and convenience. Here is the automatic bicycle parking tower in Kasai Station in Tokyo (says Japan Probe). [via]
For about $1 USD, you can leave your bike at this parking facility and have it retrieved for you by machine in about 23 [...]

Dainese is one of the first major motorcycle makers to develop a wearable airbag system for motorcyclists. The airbag system is called the Dainese D-Air Racing and at its core, it serves the same purpose as a traditional airbag in a car does — it inflates in a fraction of a second when it senses [...]

If you ride a bike and you want to stick it to all the drivers around you, a subtle way in doing so would be to sew the Zero Per Gallon patch onto your messenger bag.

Zero Per Gallon patches cost $5 each (+ 41 cents for shipping). If patches aren’t your thing, there are also [...]

Robert Wechsler, a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, puts a new spin on the meaning of riding around in circles.
In this 2003 project, Wechsler constructs a carousel out of 9 salvaged bikes. The result is a somewhat portable carousel capable of fitting 9 people for a ride…to nowhere. This looks like fun!

Here’s [...]

PUMA Black is PUMA’s line of high-fashion, expensive, and unique apparel and accessories. In the New York and Tokyo PUMA Black stores, you can now check out and purchase these 4 limited edition PUMA Black folding/collapsible bikes. [via]
The PUMA Black bikes come in 4 colors — blue, black, pink, and green — each one only [...]

This is both very impressive and very cool.
Be sure to keep watching until the very end for a neat surprise!

It’s all about spheres, not gears.
Fallbrook Technologies brings us a new development in drivetrain research. It is called the NuVinci hub and it is basically everything in a mechanical gear box — without the gears!

It’s a revolution in drivetrain technology. A new way of transmitting mechanical power based on spheres instead of gears. The NuVinci [...]

As cool as the Leonardo storage hook was, it did present a problem I noticed almost immediately: it takes up too much space.
To solve this storage problem, Keith pointed me towards an alternative bike hook that looks just as great. It’s called the Cycloc. Instead of storing your bike perpendicular to the wall, the Cycloc [...]

The Leonardo Bike Hook is perfect for the apartment that’s neither big nor small. The intuitive bike hook literally transforms your bike into a piece of wall art, allowing your bicycle to hang freely off the walls of any room in your house. If you’re worried about tire tracks messing with your paint job, then [...]