Jun 8 2009Pimp Out Your Bike Wheels With Monkeylectric
Looking to add some flashy flair to your bicycle but already have a sweet horn? How about some LEDs for your wheels? Monkeylectric bike LEDs are capable of producing cool designs, including, and not just limited to: stars and shit.
It's essentially a AA battery-powered 256 RGB system that straps to a bike's spokes and has a sweet spot of between 8 and 20 mph: At 8, you'll just start to see the patterns in the center, and at 20 the light show will have taken over your entire wheel. It's customizable, but only to a point, as you have to use the on-board buttons to alter the patterns rather than loading images via USB or whatever.
A kit costs $60, which really isn't too bad considering all the seizures you'll cause. I just ordered two. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? If you answered, "a pot leaf on the front wheel and skull & crossbones on the back", you're not. I'm going dual mudflap chicks, baby!
Hit the jump for a picture of the device and a worthwhile video of them in action.
Product Site
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Monkeylectric Turns Your Bike Wheel Into a Display While You Ride [gizmodo]
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Reader Comments
1. Ignatius J. Reily - June 8, 2009 6:12 PM
I like!
2. Brett - June 8, 2009 6:13 PM
first...
3. your mother's lover - June 8, 2009 6:16 PM
I'd put gay porn on mine... but as far as flair goes, give me a few baseball cards and a handfull of clothes pins and I'm good to go!
4. Shang Tsung - June 8, 2009 6:20 PM
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!!!
5. Zack - June 8, 2009 6:25 PM
The seizure line made me laugh out loud, and I just got some bad news earlier today, so...thank you for that.
6. 1 - June 8, 2009 6:26 PM
first
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3CIabaoHf4
7. Spikey DaPikey - June 8, 2009 6:33 PM
WANT THEM !!!
8. Aids - June 8, 2009 6:35 PM
Perfect bike for people on E
http://std-aids.mybrute.com
9. naas - June 8, 2009 6:40 PM
@8 you mean psychedelics, not amphetamines
trippy wheelz
10. Melissa - June 8, 2009 6:51 PM
Someone spent years developing this. I am not going to say it was a waste of time. But he/she could have started a family/career during this time.
11. Birr Crinton - June 8, 2009 6:54 PM
SOUP!! fu¢kers!
12. fffp - June 8, 2009 7:20 PM
That's amazing,
http://efooo.mybrute.com ,ADDICTIVE GAME!!!
13. Aj - June 8, 2009 7:27 PM
LMAO at "...including, and not just limited to: stars and shit."
And that music was ridiculous
14. nadalo日本にいます。(also in Japan) - June 8, 2009 7:33 PM
When i first saw the photo with Rainbow colors i was going to scream GAYNESS!! but is actually pretty sweet////me want.
I just to buy a bike first....
15. Pat - June 8, 2009 8:12 PM
That's cool and all, but what's up with the company name MonkeyLectric?
16. john - June 8, 2009 8:26 PM
the actual video unit is 2000$ for 60$ you only gets the patterns and shit
17. Boost - June 8, 2009 8:30 PM
Wow, that's INCREDIBLE!!!!!
Nice find.
18. Tennist0 - June 8, 2009 8:40 PM
thats AMAZING! i love the 3-d! never even thought of that!
19. Daisy - June 8, 2009 9:21 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max and Baja rode an old timey bicycle around in a field during a rainstorm while gay Burt Bacharach music was playing.
20. John - June 8, 2009 9:54 PM
I think some one made a version of these wheels for cars.
It be cool if they can make a version that displayed 16bit or 32bit colour like an LCD or CRT monitor.
Cool!
21. mary-ann - June 8, 2009 10:17 PM
uhh i'd totally get one duhh. awsomeness!!
22. Kay - June 8, 2009 10:54 PM
It's not fake this stuff has been in novelty shops forever. Now it's just being applied to a bicycle wheel.
23. Mellie - June 9, 2009 12:21 AM
Burning Man 1998????????????
24. naas - June 9, 2009 12:22 AM
@22 yes and we like it. Since there are people checking this evening central standard time I can tell you I'm glad THE GREAT GW shared this with us
I drank this morning to tell you this & I check the comments in the evening because I CARE (except for the 1stards, they don't exist)
25. 24-bit whore - June 9, 2009 12:57 AM
^ smoking the yubba tonight ^
26. CHRIS SALVADOR - June 9, 2009 4:19 AM
Hello All, I'm a Monkeylectric Rider and if your interested in purchasing this item to add visibility and style on your bicycle please use my promo code: "TWIGGY"
for a 10% off discount. I currently have a 2 pairs on my bicycle and a pair on my unicycle and boy does it catch eyes and turn heads :) along with the safety and personalization of your color choice. That's all
Your Welcome :)
27. eatbean - June 9, 2009 6:26 AM
Two girls and a cup looping over and over
28. Captain - June 9, 2009 7:28 AM
Must See!!!
http://captain-hash.mybrute.com
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29. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 9, 2009 7:30 AM
@26
Here we go. The first burn of the day. It's "you're" as in "you are" not "your". "Your" is the possesive form of you. Please see --> http://www.wikihow.com/Use-You're-and-Your
Also, these stupid lights look gay as AIDS. I will not be using your (see what I did there) discount. Suck it.
30. Jaded Icon - June 9, 2009 7:40 AM
I want lights that resemble Gordon "Fücking" Shumway's love child. Which would be me.............If by love you mean extreme hatred and by child you mean the mental capacity of one.
31. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 9, 2009 7:47 AM
Glad to see you still care.
32. Jaded Icon - June 9, 2009 8:26 AM
@ 31
Daddy! You came!!
33. Lyanna - June 9, 2009 8:59 AM
O.O wanna have this ...... for sure... wanna have..... O.O
34. STOMPY - June 9, 2009 9:25 AM
@GFS
What're your talking about bad gramer?
35. Quik - June 9, 2009 9:34 AM
@32 Ummm... Is that like "to my baseball game" or like "in my eye"?
36. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - June 9, 2009 10:26 AM
@35
effed in the aye
@STOMPY
Have you been hiding? Where've you been?
37. naas - June 9, 2009 10:47 AM
'effed in the aye' hahaha
38. Jalom - June 9, 2009 12:38 PM
Would fit my e-bike just right !
39. nojaz - June 9, 2009 12:53 PM
bought one :D
40. Watch-303 - June 9, 2009 1:17 PM
I want this!
41. Galtacticus - June 9, 2009 1:30 PM
This looks awesome! Well done!
42. Darth - June 9, 2009 1:31 PM
Good for commercial use as well.Great promotion for the bicycle.
43. Gando - June 9, 2009 1:33 PM
If others don't see you at night time,than they must be blind.
44. Jaded Icon - June 9, 2009 4:46 PM
Well, apparently being GFS abandoned love child isn't as unique as I thought. There is a whole bunch of us! There is like one of us in every major city (and a few suburbs). *Sigh* I guess I just get used to being call "Bastard".
45. Gordon is a "Fücking" Chum Huey! - June 9, 2009 5:21 PM
@ 29,
Actually you waking up in the morning is the first burn of the day. (hah) I'm surprised your mother didn't swallow you. You internet post nerd and your statement about being gay as AIDS (hah) you must still be a virgin, AIDS doesn't just come from gays (although your uncles prove otherwise) they come from sexual intercourse and no buddy, your hand doesn't count. Your (see what I did there) an idiot.
46. Douche McAllister aka GFS - June 9, 2009 9:26 PM
@45
I must have really hurt your feelings, CHRIS SALVADOR. Sorry for throwing sand in your (again with the proper usage) all to sensitive vagina. I didn't know that insulting your incorrect use of my language would cause you to go into quite the tizzy. Your (did it again) post just proves that nonsensical insults are par for course for grown men who like putting children's toys on their bicycles. Do you also have playing cards taped to the frame so that they flap when the spokes hit them? I'll bet you do, you rascal. This innovation doesn't exactly seem new to me either. I remember my kid sister have similar devices on her bike, twenty years ago. Enjoy the lights, CHRIS SALVADOR. And by lights, I mean my headlights as I mow you down with my car.
47. Angel Fire - June 10, 2009 1:18 AM
Looks good so I ordered one, can't wait!
48. DooDoo - June 10, 2009 1:27 AM
It's like a rave on wheels IMAO pretty neat though.
49. breaking news! - June 10, 2009 6:30 AM
hey the never ending story just ended.. farcity
50. Budda Oliver - June 23, 2010 12:32 PM
Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this topic so thoroughly.
Tires are among the most important components of your car. They are the only components of your car to make contact with the surface of the road, so they alone transmit the energy produced by your car's engine to the ground. They determine in large part the overall handling and performance of any motor vehicle. For all of these reasons, it is important that you are careful when shopping for a new set of tires. There are many tire options covering wide ranges of price, performance, and appearance.
51. Budda Oliver - June 23, 2010 12:34 PM
Thanks for the effort you took to expand upon this topic so thoroughly.
Tires are among the most important components of your car. They are the only components of your car to make contact with the surface of the road, so they alone transmit the energy produced by your car's engine to the ground. They determine in large part the overall handling and performance of any motor vehicle. For all of these reasons, it is important that you are careful when shopping for a new set of tires. There are many tire options covering wide ranges of price, performance, and appearance.