Bamboo bikes.

robbarker
robbarker Posts: 1,367
edited June 2008 in The bottom bracket
You heard it here first!

http://www.bikebamboo.com/index.php

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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    haha yip ive seen them on t'interweb before! brilliant.

    have you seen the bamboo scaffolding they use over in the far east as well!

    it sways about like nobodies business, but apparently has a similar strength to steel!
    Whenever I see an adult on a bicycle, I believe in the future of the human race.

    H.G. Wells.
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Actually heard about it over a year ago. Supposedly extremely comfortable
    M.Rushton
  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    mrushton wrote:
    Supposedly extremely comfortable

    But what happens if you're happily cycling along and you come across a hungry Giant Panda :? :shock:
    www.justgiving.com/thetwodaves
  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    Harry B wrote:
    mrushton wrote:
    Supposedly extremely comfortable

    But what happens if you're happily cycling along and you come across a hungry Giant Panda :? :shock:

    just don't cycle in China altho' the hemp lugs may put them off.
    M.Rushton
  • woodford2barbican
    woodford2barbican Posts: 1,505
    Close to 3000 Euros for a frame built out of a raw material you can pick up from the forest floor!
  • mr_hippo
    mr_hippo Posts: 1,051
    We have had bamboo rims for the past 70+ years.

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