Bamboo bike
07-26-03 | 06:47 PM
#1
Bamboo bike
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07-26-03 | 07:14 PM
#2
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From: by a big river
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour………
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.
So this is the tale of our castaways,
they're here for a long, long time.
They'll have to make the best of things,
it's an uphill climb.
The first mate and his skipper too,
will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable,
in the tropic island nest.
No phones, no lights, no motor cars,
not a single luxury.
Like Robinson Crusoe,
it's primitive as can be.
So join us here each week my friend,
you're sure to get a smile.
From seven stranded Castaways,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.
a tale of a fateful trip.
That started from this tropic port,
aboard this tiny ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
the skipper brave and sure.
Five passengers set sail that day,
for a three hour tour, a three hour tour………
The weather started getting rough,
the tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
the Minnow would be lost; the Minnow would be lost.
The ship took ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle,
with Gilligan, the Skipper too,
the Millionaire, and his Wife,
the Movie Star, the Professor and Mary Ann,
here on Gilligan's Isle.
So this is the tale of our castaways,
they're here for a long, long time.
They'll have to make the best of things,
it's an uphill climb.
The first mate and his skipper too,
will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable,
in the tropic island nest.
No phones, no lights, no motor cars,
not a single luxury.
Like Robinson Crusoe,
it's primitive as can be.
So join us here each week my friend,
you're sure to get a smile.
From seven stranded Castaways,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.
07-28-03 | 08:02 AM
#9
Licensed Bike Geek
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,367
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From: Los Barriles, Baja Sur, Mexico
Bikes: Look 585, Kirk Terraplane, Serotta Ottrott, Spectrum Super Custom, Hampsten Carbon Leger Tournesol
Yes, Calfee built it a couple of years ago and it was raced in the Ironman Hawaii. Calfee is now doing market research to see if their would be any real interest in it. The frame would cost $2400. It is beautiful, no?
07-28-03 | 09:34 AM
#12
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I'm sure that first bike was made by the Professor so that the girls had some way of transporting the coconuts around the island when they made coconut cream pie.... 
That professor! He was always so resourceful. How did they manage to stay on the island for that long when they had such a brain available who could help make everything from transister radios to huts, but couldn't fix the boat? :confused:
Koffee
That professor! He was always so resourceful. How did they manage to stay on the island for that long when they had such a brain available who could help make everything from transister radios to huts, but couldn't fix the boat? :confused:
Koffee
07-28-03 | 10:46 AM
#13
eert a ekil yzarc
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 2,560
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From: Pasadena TX
Bikes: many bikes
I know they are selling. Just don't know how well they perform. The reason....they are being used for display at surf shops and island clothing stores down in Galveston.
07-28-03 | 02:24 PM
#14
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Joined: Apr 2003
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Here's one made in India, every part of it (even the chain!) is made from bamboo and tire is made from secretion of banana tree:
https://www.angelfire.com/sc/saha/nif/dhiraj.htm
https://www.angelfire.com/sc/saha/nif/dhiraj.htm
07-29-03 | 01:54 PM
#16
horizontally adapted
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 566
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Bikes: Specialized Stumpie, Bianchi Pista, Optima Baron
How does one market organic bikes - are they vegetable or mineral?
There might be some appeal to macro-biotic, vegan, holistic health types.
There might be some appeal to macro-biotic, vegan, holistic health types.
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Good night and joy be with you all.
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Good night and joy be with you all.
08-05-04 | 04:48 AM
#17
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Joined: Aug 2004
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Here's another one made out of bamboo: https://www.bme.szm.sk. He made also his own carbon fibre frame...
08-05-04 | 06:28 AM
#18
無くなった
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,072
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From: Sci-Fi Wasabi
Bikes: I built the Bianchi track bike back up today.
This one was posted on the SS/Fix board a couple of months ago...
https://www.biomega.dk/
It's the RL01 Bimega Love on the right side of the bikes when you enter their site.
https://www.biomega.dk/
It's the RL01 Bimega Love on the right side of the bikes when you enter their site.
08-05-04 | 07:25 AM
#19
Evil Genius
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 1,529
Likes: 1
From: Sumner, WA
Bikes: '92 novara ponderosa, '74 schwinn le tour, Novara fusion, novara transfer, novara randonee(2), novara careema pro, novara bonita(2).
man a non riding coworker was just saying yesterday a bamboo bike would be cool.
08-05-04 | 07:43 AM
#20
Tiocfáidh ár Lá
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 5,483
Likes: 132
From: The edge of b#
Bikes: A whole bunch-a bikes.
Originally Posted by MKRG
So this is the tale of our castaways,
they're here for a long, long time.
They'll have to make the best of things,
it's an uphill climb.
The first mate and his skipper too,
will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable,
in the tropic island nest.
No phones, no lights, no motor cars,
not a single luxury.
Like Robinson Crusoe,
it's primitive as can be.
So join us here each week my friend,
you're sure to get a smile.
From seven stranded Castaways,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.
they're here for a long, long time.
They'll have to make the best of things,
it's an uphill climb.
The first mate and his skipper too,
will do their very best,
to make the others comfortable,
in the tropic island nest.
No phones, no lights, no motor cars,
not a single luxury.
Like Robinson Crusoe,
it's primitive as can be.
So join us here each week my friend,
you're sure to get a smile.
From seven stranded Castaways,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.
I couldn't read that without singing it and hearing the original voices and music...
But seriously WOW those babmoo bikes are impressive I've never heard of it before...
08-10-04 | 07:47 AM
#22
2-Cyl, 1/2 HP @ 90 RPM
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 15,762
Likes: 5
From: NYC
Bikes: 04' Specialized Hardrock Sport, 03' Giant OCR2 (SOLD!), 04' Litespeed Firenze, 04' Giant OCR Touring, 07' Specialized Langster Comp
Originally Posted by Hawkster
But how did they braze those luggs onto the bamboo...
08-10-04 | 09:17 AM
#23
Sweetened with Splenda
Joined: Sep 2003
Posts: 2,335
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From: Brooklyn, Alabama
Bikes: Too many 80s roadbikes!
There's one for sale in NYC...
https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/bik/38854506.html
And I know there's a bamboo frame at ...big bike store in Portland, OR. Very similar to the Calfree, might even have been a Calfree, though in my memory it was a custom Seven... and up around the $4500 mark.
https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/bik/38854506.html
And I know there's a bamboo frame at ...big bike store in Portland, OR. Very similar to the Calfree, might even have been a Calfree, though in my memory it was a custom Seven... and up around the $4500 mark.
08-10-04 | 04:34 PM
#24
need to go out and ride..
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 1,435
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From: Bay Area, CA
Bikes: 2011 Scott Addict R1, 2014 Redline Conquest Team, 2015 BMC TMR02
Originally Posted by Davet
Now this is a bamboo bike!
