New lightweight bike for Njee

Pudseyp
Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
edited June 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Forget titanium and carbon....bamboo is the way to go...just don't go racing near any panda's

BambooBicycle.jpg
Tomac Synper 140 Giant XTC Alliance 1
If the world was flat, I wouldn't be riding !

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  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    :shock:

    Scary! No brakes either.

    Doesn't someone do a more conventional looking bamboo frame? Sure I've seen one!

    Happy with the Fuel for now, particularly as it's under 20lbs, been trying that for years :-)
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    under 20? on whos scales?

    also, im suprised to see that bike has a drivetrain, i thought they were powerred by smug
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    On mine. here

    I'm confident in them, sure others will question it though. Still, I'm happy with it! Makes it 3lbs lighter than the XTR/X.0 S-Works Carbon hardtail I had 5 years ago, shows how things have come on!

    Surprised the bamboo bike isn't belt drive to make it uber uber niche!
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Those scales are wrong. It's probably closer to 26lbs in reality.
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    xcalfee-bamboo-mtb-240x211.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vJ5QBXkO8Y.jpg

    A real bamboo MTB!

    Nothing new, more info here......
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Bamboo is actually a fantastic building material, provided you can join it effectively. It's basically nature's version of carbon fibre tubing, except stronger!
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    Bamboo is actually a fantastic building material, provided you can join it effectively. It's basically nature's version of carbon fibre tubing, except stronger!

    That's like my knob that is.



    C'mon Big D you're slipping.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Big
    That's like my knob.
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Haha!

    I wonder what the Calfee frames weigh, doesn't actually say, so probably a lot!
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    Just hope all the bamboo used in your bike has been toroughly checked for slipts of any kind :)

    Still love the idea of having one of these on my wall the idea of riding it still freaks me a little lol
  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    If I had one, I'd paint it, as great as the concept of a bamboo frame is, the natural colour of bamboo puts me off a little, especially the bonding on the joins.
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    I imagine they're actually really tough, they do seem to say that if you want a stiffer back end (matron) you can have carbon stays, so I guess it's pretty flexy.
  • Tartanyak
    Tartanyak Posts: 1,538
    under 20? on whos scales?

    also, im suprised to see that bike has a drivetrain, i thought they were powerred by smug

    Fixie smug.
  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    Just hope all the bamboo used in your bike has been toroughly checked for slipts of any kind :)

    Still love the idea of having one of these on my wall the idea of riding it still freaks me a little lol

    Would have to laquer it as well to stop splinters... :shock:
    Tomac Synper 140 Giant XTC Alliance 1
    If the world was flat, I wouldn't be riding !
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    There immensly strong,

    But as above the only down side is splinters, and it can split in fabrications. but otherwise yes well strong, my mate pointed them out to me last year and read as much asi could find as i thought thats cool lol
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    So like carbon then really I guess!
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    yeh not totally unlike it lol, i never found out about lifespan though, rot and decay kinda stuff.
  • njee20
    njee20 Posts: 9,613
    Doesn't it exist naturally for very long periods of time? Wouldn't have thought it'd be a huge issue, assume it's treated somehow. The lifespan of a bike is pretty tiny compared to most natural things after all!
  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    i think my main concern on this would be the joints, and something like this happening

    sept08016.jpg
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,084
    Tartanyak wrote:
    under 20? on whos scales?

    also, im suprised to see that bike has a drivetrain, i thought they were powerred by smug

    Fixie smug.

    No good for commuting though, especially if it comes up against one of these, its natural predator

    fiat_panda_1980_0111.jpg

    And see the ease that tackles a mountain with, there would be no place to hide!
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    kaiser83 wrote:
    i think my main concern on this would be the joints, and something like this happening
    What exactly HAS happened there?
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    The head tube has come away from the main traingle at the joins Yee, If you look at the bottom you can see some white foxe's turned :) allows you to make sense of hte pic mate.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Ah, I get it now. I thoguht he was just holding two bits of spaceframe tubing nexto to a bike! :lol:
  • Kaise
    Kaise Posts: 2,498
    sorry thought it seemed obviuos from the photo, should have explained it a bit.

    it happened when Dirt test rode some new space frame last year!
  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    There immensly strong,

    thats like my pelvic muscles that.