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Old 10-09-12, 08:56 AM
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A $70,000 Wooden Bike, Crafted Like A Century-Old Chair

Wow! Now that's an expensive ride for commuting around town!




https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_1948425.html

https://www.fastcodesign.com/1670944/...ry-old-chair#1
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Wow, $70k and it's already pre-Drewed? Sweet.
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I'm a humble man of simple taste - I'd rather have a Spectrum sports tourer with Rohloff.
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This bike is sculpture presenting itself as industrial design.
It is neither.
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Two words - future kindling.
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Meh...might be OK without those ridiculous wheels. It's got nothing on Sanomagic: https://sanomagic.world.coocan.jp/Lin...bikelineup.htm
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What's this de ja vu post. Didn't we kill this bike already yesterday??
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Would like to see Sir Hoy break this with a single pedalstroke...
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Didn't we kill this bike already yesterday??
Yurp, we sure did.

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Steam Bent. The next iteration of Steam Punk.
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Outlandish asking price=15 minutes
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