Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Not a fixie...but only you guys can appreciate this...

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karmaboy
06-29-05, 07:50 AM
Came across this on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship last week...as you can see, someone was trying to jack the front wheel.

http://www.openfrontier.com/prospero/woodbike.jpg

Kogswell
06-29-05, 08:27 AM
Another 'carbon fiber' bike.

I've seen wooden frames. Laminated wood is a superb frame material.

But those are the first wooden wheels I've seen.

Thanks!
Shiznaz
06-29-05, 10:36 AM
Is that a Phil Wood?

ryan_c
06-29-05, 11:14 AM
Not carbon, just fiber.
bostontrevor
06-29-05, 11:41 AM
Carbon fiber as in the building block of all life.. duh!
chzman
06-29-05, 02:30 PM
it looks so fast
zelah
06-29-05, 02:36 PM
i'd hit it...
Mr. Shadow
06-29-05, 04:08 PM
Another 'carbon fiber' bike.

I've seen wooden frames. Laminated wood is a superb frame material.

But those are the first wooden wheels I've seen.

Thanks!


http://www.bikeit.eclipse.co.uk/cyclingprelycra/racing/woodrims.htm
sohi
06-29-05, 04:36 PM
looks like the mold for those corima monstrosities
HereNT
06-29-05, 05:04 PM
Carbon fiber as in the building block of all life.. duh!

Not me. I'm sylicone based.
dolface
06-29-05, 05:24 PM
Not me. I'm sylicone based.

you sure you don't mean sillycone? ;)