Originally Posted by
stronglight
Looks like your Bamboo bike is coming along nicely. I suppose the seatpost would be held from slipping down or splitting the top of the bamboo seat tube by using a simple bolt-on clamp ... just as is already the norm on modern CF, Aluminum, TI and even lugless steel framesets.
I need to trim the seat tube to length, just haven't decided how long I'll let it be.
The seat tube is large enough in diameter that I can just slide a short section of steel tube down it. I'll epoxy it in place and have it sit just proud and mount the seat clamp to it.
http://www.bikeit.eclipse.co.uk/cycl...g/woodrims.htm
^^^
Neat little piece on making wooden rims.
Originally Posted by
CouchingTiger
OK, quick question. Where did you get the raw bamboo from? I'm located in the US NorthEast and am not sure where one would locate the stuff.
Thanks,
-Couch
I sourced my wood from
Bamboo Hardwoods out of Washington state.
The hemp fiber I'll use comes from
Aurora Silk.
Dropouts, headtubes and such, came from either
Nova or
Henry James.
Epoxies other supplies I went to
Aircraft Spruce.
--Allen