People will get out of your way when you run through the airport with the Samsonite OBAG Suitcase. When feet are run over they’ll be mending with trips to the hospital—not mumbled apologies. You could actually probably skip doing any laundry while you’re on vacation, and then just fill the bag with warm water, detergent, and your filthy clothes. I’m going to get one of the OBAGs and use it to carry around spare car tires. Â

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via Oh Gizmo

The bamboo bike magician Craig Calfee is experimenting with a new design idea that would improve the strength of his bikes and make them even better suited to crunchy white people. He’s growing bamboo through forms that bend it into shapes he can use for couplings and joints.

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Calfee said he’s experimenting with a limited number of plants, but can envision fields full of bamboo. “It’s like mass production,” he said. “A factory in a field. You can have row after row of bamboo growing into the right structures for bike frames.”

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I like Calfee’s vision, but I don’t like that someone could saw through my bike to unlock it and steal my wheels.

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via Wired

Stick these metal plates in your carry-on and wait for hilarity to ensue while your bag’s running through the x-ray machine at the airport. Artist Evan Roth came up with this ingenious way to get a free plane ticket to Cuba and the sunny beaches of Guantanamo Bay. Those guys working for the TSA really have an appreciation for physical comedy.

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via Gizmodo

I’ll finally be able to stop spraying my friends’ disc brakes with motor oil if this stuff works. The brake manufacturers at Swiss Stop have rolled out a Disc Brake Silencer that you spray on annoying brakes and then hope it does like it says. I’m not sure what this miracle juice in a spray can is made from, but if it works I’ll use it for everything from fixing brakes to marinating steaks.

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via Bike Magic

Modular outsoles are popular on highend bowling shoes, and now Patagonia’s taking the concept to eco levels. On bowling shoes you’d swap out the type of leather sole depending on what kind of slide you want or how many bowling alley martinis (beer with olives) you knock back per game. Patagonia uses these strap-on rubber outsoles for a couple reasons: First, so you can get muddy at the campsite and then leave the outsole in your vestibule, and second, so they won’t need to use toxic glue to put your shoes together. These Patagonia Salt & Pepper Shoes are just the beginning; Patagonia has a full line of these slip-on slip-on shoes.

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via Treehugger