Bamboo How-To
04-28-05, 09:48 PM
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That is sweet! Those lugsets for carbon frames seem to offer a lot of possibility... Just plug and play whatever material you feel like using. 
peace,
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beat me to it!
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That bike is absolutely beautiful. If those were mass produced I believe I'd have to have one.
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Super cool. I love the look of that finished bike. How does the strength of bamboo compare to conventional metal frame materials?
Now how about a bamboo fork?
Now how about a bamboo fork?
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I'm sure the way most people ride their bikes, the bamboo would be plenty strong. That stuff is tremendously strong. Also notice that he filled the tubes up with expanding polyurethane foam, also light and very strong (it can even be used as a structural element in buildings). If you protect the ends of the bamboo, preventing it from splintering, then it is a great material. If it splinters, its all over.
I'm envisioning a bamboo chopper with big wooden handlebars..
peace,
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I'm envisioning a bamboo chopper with big wooden handlebars..
peace,
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04-30-05, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by phidauex
I'm sure the way most people ride their bikes, the bamboo would be plenty strong. That stuff is tremendously strong. Also notice that he filled the tubes up with expanding polyurethane foam, also light and very strong (it can even be used as a structural element in buildings). If you protect the ends of the bamboo, preventing it from splintering, then it is a great material. If it splinters, its all over.
I'm envisioning a bamboo chopper with big wooden handlebars..
peace,
sam
I'm envisioning a bamboo chopper with big wooden handlebars..
peace,
sam
And bamboo forks too? Certianly would qualify as a gummikuh!
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Originally Posted by phidauex
I'm sure the way most people ride their bikes, the bamboo would be plenty strong. That stuff is tremendously strong. Also notice that he filled the tubes up with expanding polyurethane foam, also light and very strong (it can even be used as a structural element in buildings). If you protect the ends of the bamboo, preventing it from splintering, then it is a great material. If it splinters, its all over.
I'm envisioning a bamboo chopper with big wooden handlebars..
peace,
sam
I'm envisioning a bamboo chopper with big wooden handlebars..
peace,
sam
05-04-05, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by spang621
Found it to be quite interesting.
05-04-05, 05:18 PM
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Are those lugs commercially available or were those fabricated for this project only?
03-09-08, 06:29 PM
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I'm interested in the lugs too anyone know about them?
I have seen a few around using steel lugs and composite wrap to hold it in but this looks stronger.
I have seen a few around using steel lugs and composite wrap to hold it in but this looks stronger.
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I ran into one of these guys on the bike path last year and got to try his bamboo single speed. It was quite a nice ride. Lugs are carbon fiber.
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https://www.bikeforums.net/framebuilders/376129-bambooo.html
Two of us have just recently put bamboo frames together.
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Two of us have just recently put bamboo frames together.
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Just realized the age of this thread
Last edited by Allen; 03-10-08 at 10:56 PM.
