Bamboo bike

I WANT ONE.
;-)

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:18:37 -0500, Jim Smith <[email hidden]>

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Leo Lichtman said:

Great to look at. How does it ride? How do weight and stiffness compare to
other materials?

I suspect it has a firm yet supple ride. Looks nice too.

Just don't ride it near any pandas.

Nice job, Robert. Isn't bamboo just an amazing material? I
spent two years in Korea in the mid seventies and Seoul was just
beginning to put up skyscrapers. The most incredible thing was that
the construction scaffoldings that went up thirty and forty stories
were made of bamboo !

spin156 said:

Nice job, Robert. Isn't bamboo just an amazing material? I
spent two years in Korea in the mid seventies and Seoul was just
beginning to put up skyscrapers. The most incredible thing was that
the construction scaffoldings that went up thirty and forty stories
were made of bamboo !

They were still doing the same thing in southern China as recently as
the mid-90's. Amazing to think about (and to imagine the load on
those lower "stems of grass"😉. Eeeeek.

Mark Hickey
Habanero Cycles
http://www.habcycles.com
Home of the $695 ti frame

spin156 said:

Nice job, Robert.

It's a wonderful job. I wish I had more of a connection to it than simply
posting the link to Brano Meres' page.