wooden handle bars
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man those things look sharp!
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Nah you would need one of these
http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm
http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm
all you need is a stick and a knife....called whittling down here :wink:
Dang Uncle Stretch i was thinkin about how to build a bambo bike after a friend of mine went to China and saw those guys building scafolding with bambo about four storys tall. Oh and the wood handle bars look backwards to me
ooooooo i want!socal_jack said:
I saw a post one time that told you how to build a bamboo bike. They had a picture of one built in the late 1800's ,so its not a new idea. Kinda got to park aways away from a bever hangout though. :x :x :? stupid dirty word program
chimichanga said:ooooooo i want!socal_jack said:
Thought had crossed my mind a while back to make something like that... Great prices on those!
All this talk now of wood bike builds! Thanks to the box stores, the trees have been cleared in my neck of the woods! I'll have to make a bike out of possums and crows
One of our newer FreakBike members, BigMoe, is a woodworker. One night after a ride, Moe invited us back to his shop and showed us a wooden bike that he was working on, along with his "Wooden Dragon" bike and some recumbant trikes (metal) he had built. While he was explaining his new wooden bike, we started to talk about the possibility of wooden handlebars. This was before Thanksgiving, so neither of us had a clue to the "handlbar" thingy. We knew it had been done in the early days of bicycling and figured that someone had probably done it recently, but had not seen any.
The conversation went from one thing to another and we finally landed on a wooden grip conversation. His eyes lit up and he said that he'd have do some "turning".
About a week later he gave me a call to come over. Gigs and I grabbed some parts, that he needed, to take along with us and headed on over.
We ended up trading our parts for these
Now I gotta figure out some projects that will be worthy of these grips!
The conversation went from one thing to another and we finally landed on a wooden grip conversation. His eyes lit up and he said that he'd have do some "turning".
About a week later he gave me a call to come over. Gigs and I grabbed some parts, that he needed, to take along with us and headed on over.
We ended up trading our parts for these
Now I gotta figure out some projects that will be worthy of these grips!
Those are neat chainsaw. I was thinking also of some wooden grips for some time now. I wish i knew how to wood work. I know I've also seen some from electra and they look pretty sweet also.
Uncle Stretch said:
the idea of bamboo bikes isn't new : this bike is over a hundred years old.
Here is something with a wooden handlebar/grip:
O, sorry Chimi, this doesn't exist: It's a fixed gear thing, for grown-ups.
And for wooden wheels, have a look here:
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2008/10/ ... ten-velgen
O, sorry Chimi, this doesn't exist: It's a fixed gear thing, for grown-ups.
And for wooden wheels, have a look here:
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2008/10/ ... ten-velgen
dude chainy those grips are freakin sweet man!!! i wonder if you make em with a wood lathe? or maybe thats how homeboy made em. my grandpa has a wood lathe and i might be trying to make some of those. cool thread!
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