Wooden Handlebars
08-30-08 | 10:14 PM
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Wooden Handlebars
Searched and couldn't find if this had been posted before. Check out these bars, looks like they're on a FG.
via Likecool.com
via Likecool.com
Last edited by Jake_M; 08-30-08 at 11:41 PM.
08-30-08 | 11:54 PM
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Searched and couldn't find if this had been posted before. Check out these bars, looks like they're on a FG.
via Likecool.com
via Likecool.com
"VIANZONE MILANO"
Wooden frames,bar,chain case,rims......
These were made in the age when iron was insufficient because of World War II.
Shimano Bicycle Museum(Osaka Sakai) owns historic bike.
Beautiful!!
Last edited by Tomity; 08-31-08 at 12:13 AM.
08-31-08 | 01:32 AM
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fast boy fenders, they build bikes now too.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fastboy/
that's their flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fastboy/
that's their flickr
08-31-08 | 01:39 AM
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wooden handlebars if:
-you're elderly
-you're square and/or fat
-you joined the board within the last three months
but seriously, why. i put a period there because a question mark was too important for something as stupid as a wooden handlebar.
seriously, what is wood going to get you? nerd status for the three weeks before the earth and its elements renders it worthless? ugly points? acceptance into an amish community? a higher "different than everyone else" score?
seriously, if you want to be different, get ti bars or something. wood is for hangers and rocking chairs. quit being a dweeb.
ed: i'm so serious i said serious like three times.
-you're elderly
-you're square and/or fat
-you joined the board within the last three months
but seriously, why. i put a period there because a question mark was too important for something as stupid as a wooden handlebar.
seriously, what is wood going to get you? nerd status for the three weeks before the earth and its elements renders it worthless? ugly points? acceptance into an amish community? a higher "different than everyone else" score?
seriously, if you want to be different, get ti bars or something. wood is for hangers and rocking chairs. quit being a dweeb.
ed: i'm so serious i said serious like three times.
Last edited by sp00ki; 08-31-08 at 01:50 AM.
08-31-08 | 06:05 AM
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They go well with Brooks saddles?
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
08-31-08 | 07:47 AM
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This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
08-31-08 | 06:13 PM
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iiiiii really don't see anything wrong with them, if that's what you want, and somebody makes it, all the better : ) they're different, i'd enjoy short rides with them, if for no other reason than to give me something new, maybe a conversation starter, heck, it looks really clean and sleek IMO. If i rode no brakes, and had a steel once piece frame, i may actually consider it, wouldn't be for the serious commuter or long distance, but for nice rides just to ride, it'd be neat.
don't knock it if it's not for you. and as for holding up, it really depends on the wood, you're NOT going to break a pair of elm handlebars. . . and if you do, you're abusing your bike.
don't knock it if it's not for you. and as for holding up, it really depends on the wood, you're NOT going to break a pair of elm handlebars. . . and if you do, you're abusing your bike.
08-31-08 | 08:07 PM
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I saw a video where Ezra (fast boy) was going through his shop with some NYC video-zine and he talked about the wooden bars and how they didn't stand up as well as he hoped. I think he is completely out of the wood business and into the frame business - he isn't making the pretty fenders now either. Actually he is having some medical concerns at the moment, I've been following his blog.
08-31-08 | 08:54 PM
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He has been fighting cancer. His frames are absolutely beautiful. Art. And wonderfully functional. I would buy one of his custom bike frames in a heart beat. And his logo is a beautiful polished silver heart, placed as a head tube badge.
08-31-08 | 11:34 PM
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Bikes: Serotta Colorado III Track (Renyolds Ouzo Pro Aero Fork, Dura-Ace to Mavic CXP-14 wheels, Sugino crank, Thomson and 3T the rest), Steelman Cyclocross (Campy Record 10, Deda Newton & Thomson stuff)
