Wooden bikes
 

Apologies if this has already been posted, I searched to see if it had and had zero hits. There are some real nice looking styles here, but...wood?? :eek:

http://www.renovobikes.com/

Thoughts?

I'd love to have a touring model please.

They do exist.

http://organicbikes.wordpress.com/20...in-to-vermont/

A number of different manufacturers are using bamboo to make bikes and many of them are truly beautiful. From what I've read though, they're quite expensive and performance-wise, not really a match for similarly priced conventionally made bikes.

We have a guy here on the forums who's made a bamboo bike. I don't know if he has any pics of it here anymore, but maybe you can find one or two in the Utility bikes section....look for posts by AllenG.

the touring model, met this guy in atl.

http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=180026

Sadly I don't have any images of my bikes up at the moment.

OP, do a search in the Framebuilding section for bamboo and you'll find a half a dozen or so of us that have made frames.

I have test rode an R3. 56CM, Ultegra 10 speed, and lower end wheels, 19Lbs. Stiff frame like a CAAD, and yet a soft ride like a carbon bike without the plastic noise/feel.
Frame and Alpha Q fork is about the same as a Specialized Tarmac, Super Six Himod, or Madone frame.
Trying to convince the CFO I really need one.

The seat mast on that TT bike is weirding me the hell out. Though I'm sure it works fine, I'd be scared.

Those bikes are very pretty, and surprisingly not even that expensive considering how much work they must be to produce.

I don't know, my biggest problem with a bike like that kind of would be that it's too pretty to use in every-day life in the city.

Wood is a very versatile material. I know that the bamboo bikes suffer from similar problems like CF, you crash and it is all over.

I have seen a couple of prototype bikes built up using plywood type lamination, interesting design exercise.

There was a production bike built a few years ago from injection molded plastic a few examples of that bike are still around today.

Aaron :)

Here are some pictures I took of Renovo at Seattle Bike Show early this year. I would love to have the R3 in purpleheart.

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I spotted these for the first time a little over a week ago, and they simply floored me. I'd been planning on a 'dream bike' purchase by next summer, and some research on the company and the bikes, followed up by a phone conversation with them convinced me. They've got my deposit for a new R3. Sometime today, I'll be emailing them my basic fitting measurements, after which we'll start talking wood/finish choice, component selection, etc. It's going to bust my 'buy budget' by a fair amount, but that's part of the 'dream'... right?

CC

That load is quite far back behind the hub. Unless the load is incredibly light, I'd think that there would be handling issues. Perhaps the load is placed that far back in order to ensure that all the load and shock is transferred to the wheel rather than the frame?

Nice pics abarth! mind me asking what type of camera you took those with? The detailing just blows me away...so clean and the fit so precise.

A Renovo is very high on my list for my next bike. :)

Is it going to cost as much as DA or Red equipped CF or Ti offering from one of the major manufactures?

Jerry

Sweet pix! I'll take a Badash 29er......

Calfee has been making bamboo road frames for years now, and they come with a 10-year warranty, pretty comprehensive, as I recall..........

R3 frame cost for orders placed now (off-season) is $2,450 (normally $2,950). I'm not sure what the final 'built' price will be, but I suspect another $2,000 or so. Ah, well... life is short.

CC

I talked to them at the SFO Bike Expo, and they said it would be close to $5k for a dark walnut/doug fir accent frame, Alpha Q fork, Ultegra or Rival components, FSA KWing bars, and Ksyrium Equip wheels.
I had hoped to buy one in the spring, but looks like it will have to wait one more year.

Thanks echo. I was using my vintage Fuji F810. The better pictures were taken with no flash.

Want.

I love these bikes! I want one! Sh^t!