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FIR Rims?

Started by Bow · 8 July 2004 · Last activity 13 July 2004 · 22 posts · 3,631 views

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Original section: Road Cycling
Published: 8 July 2004
Last activity: 13 July 2004
Original author: Bow
Posts: 22
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Topics: Spoke count Bamboo frames

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Curtis L. Russell
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13 July 2004, 19:31 UTC #21

On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 17:27:29 -0400, Rick Onanian <[email hidden]>
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Er, seriously, engineers insist that kiln dried spruce is stronger,
but it sure is brittle. IME, hem fir has proven itself to be much
tougher, and I've yet to load KD spruce in any direction where it's
stronger than hem fir.
OTOH, bamboo really has been used, especially for track. Evidently
someone decided then to try to make bamboo bikes, but those didn't
work out so well.
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
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Rick Onanian
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13 July 2004, 22:10 UTC #22

Curtis L. Russell said:
OTOH, bamboo really has been used, especially for track. Evidently
someone decided then to try to make bamboo bikes, but those didn't
work out so well.
Actually, I thought the bamboo bikes (occasionally discussed here)
were supposed to be pretty good.
Bamboo flooring is beautiful.
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Rick Onanian

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