Po’ Boy Fenders From Bandit Signs
August 5th, 2008 by miked

I saw a tall bike in my area on Sunday. It got my son and nephews asking a ton of questions so I thought this might be a good idea for post. It was, about 6 months ago when they were all over the blogosphere.
I did find what I thought was an interesting reuse of something that usually gets tossed. Bandit signs are all over the place during elections. What happens to them afterwards? They get thrown out! When Jack “Ghost Rider” Sweeney needed to make custom fenders for his bike, he took advantage of this natural resource and made a clean, sturdy fender.
While this is not a hi-tech hack, it does give a look into re-using things in ways they were never envisioned. This is something I find exciting. <via bikehacks>
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August 5th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Great idea for a material source, too bad there aren’t many of those signs around where I live. I wonder if there are any cheap commercial sources for sturdy corrugated plastic…