Originally Posted by
huerro
Chapaneco and Allen,
These bikes are looking great! Where are you getting the material/process information for these builds. Is there a site or publication or are you working it out as you go along?
I'm mostly curious how you are choosing your bamboo (species, diameter, etc) and epoxy.
Huerro,
I picked black bamboo because it has been used successfully by others, tonkin is another verity that is commonly used.
I ordered more wood than I needed at various sizes and just picked what I felt would work out of my selection. My main tubes are about 1 3/4 inches across.
For basic building techniques I read through a friend's copy of the
Paterek Manual.
I gleaned a lot of information off of
Frame Forum (search the archives for bamboo) and
Bamboo Crafts.
Brano Meres shows how he made a few of his bikes (the new ones are astounding).
Bamboo Bike Project was insightful, as was an episode of "Invention Nation", broadcast by Discovery Networks, when they did an interview with
Craig Calfee.
For epoxy I'm using 3M Scotch Weld. Amazing stuff.
I sourced my wood from
Bamboo Hardwoods.