Made a bamboo bicycle frame the other weekend.
http://punkrockbikeclub.com/2014/03/deepwood/
Does this count?
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Re: Does this count?
Cool. I wonder how variable the riding characteristics are from frame to frame due to the natural variations in the bamboo. Looks to be similar principles to a plastic (carbon) bike with the resin and then the bamboo as the tensile strength element rather than the carbon fibres.
How much does it weigh?
How much does it weigh?
Re: Does this count?
Easily qualifies, nice one .
Re: Does this count?
It weighs...erm, a fair bit.
Will weigh it at some point. I picked some quite big bits of bamboo which I hope mean it will be stronger.
Will weigh it at some point. I picked some quite big bits of bamboo which I hope mean it will be stronger.
Re: Does this count?
So I put the headset cups in and weighed it.
3.5kg!!
Hopefully as single speed the full bike won't be stupidly heavy.
3.5kg!!
Hopefully as single speed the full bike won't be stupidly heavy.
Re: Does this count?
I have a new found respect for these bamboo bike ridersctznsmith wrote:So I put the headset cups in and weighed it.
3.5kg!!
Hopefully as single speed the full bike won't be stupidly heavy.
Lettuce snow what the rides like, I'd be interested in how it performs.
EDIT: Cor, those calfeedesign bamboo frames look neat. Suspect it would take me more than 40 hours to design and build on of them...
Last edited by Zippy on Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:57 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Does this count?
Good smartphone autocorrect thereZippy wrote:I have a new found respect for these bamboo bike riders
Lettuce snow what the rides like, I'd be interested in how it performs.