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Wooden Bicycle Frame...
Latest copy of Woodworker's eZINE had a neat article about a Portland Oregon company making bicycles with laminated wood frames. Don't know how rugged they'd be, but boy they sure look nice...
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Aspiring Sandcarver: Breaking glass one grain at a time.
Black Powder Shooter (love the smell of burning sulfur).
Just to name two:
The British mosquito bomber was very durable (made out of wood) and how about Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" et al? Bicycle frames made from wood, if made using the properties inherent in the medium, could possibly be equal to, or superior, to other materials. Just my opinion, and I'm sticking to it. !
Dick
The British mosquito bomber was very durable (made out of wood) and how about Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" et al? Bicycle frames made from wood, if made using the properties inherent in the medium, could possibly be equal to, or superior, to other materials. Just my opinion, and I'm sticking to it. !
Dick
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Here's a past post re: the boy that built a wooden bike from wood using a Shopsmith. (at least partly)
Be sure to read the Lee Valley link!
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpos ... ostcount=1
Be sure to read the Lee Valley link!
http://www.shopsmith.net/forums/showpos ... ostcount=1
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Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
The Renovo bikes look Super!! Had to send that article along to my biking enthusiasts. They ride 100's and one races in the Downhill Pro class. Since they collect bikes (I think they own 4 or 5 each) they might as well get some more wood ones.
Octogenarian's have an earned right to be a curmudgeon.
Chuck in Lancaster, CA
Chuck in Lancaster, CA