The Sandwichbike has a rather silly name, but it makes up for it with it sheer awesomeness. The bike consists mainly of two thin wooden panels, with the custom-made parts “sandwiched” between the panels. The whole thing is assembled by the user, and once it’s put together it rides just like a traditional welded-frame bike.

Building a bike yourself might conjure horrible memories of Christmas mornings spent cursing at impossible-to-read instruction manuals, but the Sandwichbike contains less than 50 parts. When you get it, it is entirely contained in a small, flat box – and as the creators say, “if you can make a sandwich, you can surely build a Sandwichbike.”

Amsterdam-based studio Bleijh is planning to sell the fixed-gear bike for the equivalent of just over $1000 US. The above video of a Sandwichbike being assembled shows just how simple it is to put the handful of parts together. And when you do, you’ve got one of the coolest bikes to ever hit the streets. Just don’t try off-roading with it.

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Riding off into the sunset just doesn’t have the same impact when you do it on a bicycle. That’s why the good folks at Original Content London have invented Trotify, a simple – and completely silly – way to make your bike sound just like a galloping horse. Monty Python fans will recognize the premise, but even if you’ve never seen a Monty Python movie it’s hard not to smile when you think about a bike barreling down the street sounding like a horse.

Trotify comes flat-packed for assembly at home. The coconut shells are not included, so you’ll have to find a coconut and cut it open yourself. After it’s assembled, Trotify simply connects to your front brake mount. Then as you ride, the two halves of the coconut shell clap together and make a sound like a horse’s hooves hitting the road. The collective behind the funny idea will be selling the kits for £25, but they need to get at least 1000 orders before they can begin production.

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