New choice of frame material
rjsterry
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Steel, aluminium, carbon fibre, titanium and now...
Wood!
And not just the frame: there are in fact no metal or plastic components in the bike at all, just wood (of various types) and glue.
Wood!
And not just the frame: there are in fact no metal or plastic components in the bike at all, just wood (of various types) and glue.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I've wanted a bamboo frame from Zambike for a while now.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
Race - Fuji Norcom Straight
Sun - Cervelo R3
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The cardboard bike shares some similarities, but the decision to have no metal components at all meant that the Splinterbike has a huge cog between chain ring and sprocket instead of a chain, which is quite an interesting idea. Obviously FG only and difficult to fit under the saddle, but I wonder how this compares in terms of efficiency to a traditional chain.
It doesn't look good for cross winds either.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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So what would the best gears for the wooden bike be? Shimanoak XTree or Campagnolog perhaps?Nobody told me we had a communication problem0
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walkingbootweather wrote:So what would the best gears for the wooden bike be? Shimanoak XTree or Campagnolog perhaps?
Nah, Treeagra, innit?0 -
rjsterry wrote:It doesn't look good for cross winds either.
Oh I don't know, I bet with some Contree tyres it would feel really well planted.... :roll:Nobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
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walkingbootweather wrote:rjsterry wrote:It doesn't look good for cross winds either.
Oh I don't know, I bet with some Contree tyres it would feel really well planted.... :roll:
You standing in for K_B, then?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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rjsterry wrote:You standing in for K_B, then?
Yep, Kieran Burns wood have made a similar joke, but he's probably gone out.
Gone out - gedditNobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
And if you were a bit slow on your new wooden bike, you could always shave a few seconds off...."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0
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Wallace1492 wrote:And if you were a bit slow on your new wooden bike, you could always shave a few seconds off....
Yes I always find using a plane makes me faster (if the air traffic controllers aren't on strike again)Nobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
Guess you would need a good pair of Oakleys to keep any splinters out your eye's."Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0
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Wallace1492 wrote:Guess you would need a good pair of Oakleys to keep any splinters out your eye's.
Nah, I've got a small head so I'll have to stick with my Raybonsai shades.Nobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
Tempted to continue, but think we went through all the "wood" puns a while ago....
http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12657459&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=7914cb2c9381eeb2892e28214b612ccc"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
Quite right. I wood chip in more but I'm running a bit late so will leaf now to ride down the trunk road.
Think I'll sleep like a log tonight.Nobody told me we had a communication problem0 -
walkingbootweather wrote:Wallace1492 wrote:Guess you would need a good pair of Oakleys to keep any splinters out your eye's.
Nah, I've got a small head so I'll have to stick with my Raybonsai shades.
That, sir, is a poor effort.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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I may see if there is a way of compressing and glueing my old cigar stubs into some kinda super material...kinda like the burnt string we call carbon fibre.....0
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And the award for the thread-designed-to-show-that-cyclists-are-nerds-after-all goes too...0
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A wooden frame would be fine in drier climates but rubbish in the rainy UK0
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A wooden frame would be fine in drier climates but rubbish in the rainy UK0
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phillipjohnson wrote:A wooden frame would be fine in drier climates but rubbish in the rainy UK
Somebody better tell people that sail yachts that wood can't be waterproof. They'll go to their deaths, I tells you.0 -
It's the changing moisture content of the wood that would be a problem. It would expand and contract, which would throw all the joints and moving parts out of alignment.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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