Bamboo track frame from Wheel and Sprocket?
06-13-10, 09:16 PM
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Bamboo track frame from Wheel and Sprocket?
Has anyone seen one in person? Im considering getting one but I kinda wanna know what other people who own one have to say,as far as build quality and how it rides.
https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BAMBOO-FIXED...#ht_2903wt_804
https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-BAMBOO-FIXED...#ht_2903wt_804
06-13-10, 09:30 PM
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I wasnt considering it until I saw it. I guess just for the novelty.
06-13-10, 09:33 PM
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To me it's a pointless gimmick frame, which is a very heavy 2.2 kg (4.8 lbs) w/o fork. When you add the 1.18 kg (2.6 lbs) aluminum fork, you're already up to 7.4 lbs. The actual bamboo portions comprise a small percentage of the frame, and quite frankly, IMO it's ugly as heck.
06-13-10, 09:43 PM
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It doesn't even look like it uses bamboo in the frame.
It's annoying how they don't show a shot of the dropouts.
the chainstay wood part bulges as well. Again, it doesn't evenlook like bamboo, someone please correct me.
Could that explain the heaviness of the frame as bamboo is generally light.
It's annoying how they don't show a shot of the dropouts.
the chainstay wood part bulges as well. Again, it doesn't evenlook like bamboo, someone please correct me.
Could that explain the heaviness of the frame as bamboo is generally light.
06-13-10, 09:54 PM
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if you go bamboo, then this is the ****, but it aint no tark bike
or whatever other frame actually looks like bamboo
or whatever other frame actually looks like bamboo
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06-13-10, 10:14 PM
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Bamboo is green and hollow? Also its a fibrous plant not a solid wood. Those look like hardwood. Or some kind of refinished bamboo but either way its hollow and im not trusting a wooden hollow bike.
06-14-10, 12:35 AM
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The aluminum is recycled. It's not meant to be a weight conscious bike.
But I agree that the decals make it gimmicky and lame.
But I agree that the decals make it gimmicky and lame.
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06-14-10, 03:14 AM
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06-14-10, 11:01 AM
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bamboo is only cool when you build it yourself
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-...amboo-Bicycle/
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-...amboo-Bicycle/
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Thats one bull**** ass bike, looks nothing like Bamboo, looks like regular wood! and its built out of chopped up bike frames! LOL! Aluminum lugs?! I guess chopped up bike parts are now being considered lugs! LOL! What a fugly bike.
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I guess that could be bamboo, but it looks like they went to Home Depot and bought some wood dowels and jammed them into a cut up frame. I could probably build one for 20 bucks.
06-14-10, 04:17 PM
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I guess it"s not green enough that a person is riding a bike more, but you you gotta ride a bamboo one.
06-14-10, 05:00 PM
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The bikes not even named appropriately... Dylan WTF kind of name is that for a bike lol
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Bamboo can be pressed together in layers to form boards and any other shapes of lumber. This is how you get bamboo flooring that isnt just a bunch of half tubes of bamboo. The whole process probably makes it less green than a normal bike. Just go recycle an old bike and fix it up
06-14-10, 07:14 PM
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Your cog is slipping.
That frame sucks. Let's talk about something else.
06-15-10, 01:14 AM
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06-15-10, 07:07 AM
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i agree that this bike looks like a serious gimmick.
and p.s. Calfee does make a bamboo track bike.
06-15-10, 07:29 AM
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Your cog is slipping.
Those bars aren't ridiculous at all.