Quite Possibly the Coolest Thing Ever

Ever dreamed of being a bike designer? This site allows you to create your own bike from scratch. First, you choose a frame from nearly 50 styles, then go from there. Fork, handlebars, saddle, crank, wheels, tires, you get to pick them all and more. This is endless fun, and a great way to fritter away a couple of hours if you're not careful.

The site features road bikes only for now, and unfortunately there is no apparent way to transform your awesome design into a real bike. They could probably make a zillion bucks with an "order now" button.

• Design your own bike.
• See a sample design I whipped up while fooling with the application just now, a la Frankenstein's monster.
• Brag about your own awesome creation (or talk about anything bike related) in the forum.