Wooden Bike

elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&s...

Lovely. Chain looks a bit slack in the 5th shot, maybe he couldn't
figure out how to make a wooden eccentric BB.

Rob

elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&s...

Beautifully crafted, and yet kind of ugly at the same time, in my
opinion.

Still, if the owner wants to give it away to me, I would happily give
it a good loving home!

PhilD

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elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&s...

Beautifully crafted, and yet kind of ugly at the same time, in my
opinion.

Still, if the owner wants to give it away to me, I would happily give
it a good loving home!

But would you ever use it? At 52Kg I'm not sure I would. Does look
nice though, I must admit.

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PhilD said:

elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&s...

Beautifully crafted, and yet kind of ugly at the same time, in my
opinion.

Still, if the owner wants to give it away to me, I would happily give
it a good loving home!

I'd like to try this one!

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/handcrafted-wonder/1873-monocycle-replica-is-a-mechanical-and-engineering-marvel-289603.php

Dan Gregory said:

PhilD said:

elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&s...

Quoted message said:

Beautifully crafted, and yet kind of ugly at the same time, in my
opinion.

Quoted message said:

Still, if the owner wants to give it away to me, I would happily give
it a good loving home!

I'd like to try this one!

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/handcrafted-wonder/1873-monocycle-replica-...

Imagine having to change the tyre...!

PhilD

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elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

does rather

Quoted message said:

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&subj=news

the old bike shop nr where the wheelers meet up for club runs has some
old wooden wheels? difficult to see, though the window.

roger
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elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&subj=news

Looks very nice, but I wooden want one, too heavy, and it
looks fragile, I wooden ride even it if I was given one.

I'll get me coat.

elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&s...

Oddly enough, was walking back up to King's Cross and the train home
last week (after peering at the recumbents in the BikeFix shop -
again !), trying to figure out how to go about constructing a braced
plywood boxframe 'bent - if Marcos can use it for a lightweight
sportscar chassis - http://www.midlifeclassics.com/marcos.html - then
why not ? At least on the bike you can't set fire to it by fitting the
wrong exhaust :O)

Mark W said:

Oddly enough, was walking back up to King's Cross and the train home
last week (after peering at the recumbents in the BikeFix shop -
again !), trying to figure out how to go about constructing a braced
plywood boxframe 'bent - if Marcos can use it for a lightweight
sportscar chassis - http://www.midlifeclassics.com/marcos.html - then
why not ? At least on the bike you can't set fire to it by fitting the
wrong exhaust :O)

Wobbly John has one built a wooden bent from plans available for $25
from the US. Which reminds me I must dust them off and get a project
started.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~talizmar/xntrick/recumbent.htm
http://mysite.verizon.net/res88kr1/

Tony

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Mark W said:

Oddly enough, was walking back up to King's Cross and the train home
last week (after peering at the recumbents in the BikeFix shop -
again !), trying to figure out how to go about constructing a braced
plywood boxframe 'bent

Wobbly John has one built a wooden bent from plans available for $25
from the US. Which reminds me I must dust them off and get a project
started.
http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~talizmar/xntrick/recumbent.htm
http://mysite.verizon.net/res88kr1/

Another version of the same bike here:
http://www.manytracks.com/Recumbent/jrobin.htm
(and other wooden ones on http://www.manytracks.com/recumbent.htm)

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elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&subj=news

Looks very nice, but I wooden want one, too heavy, and it looks fragile, I
wooden ride even it if I was given one.

I'll get me coat.

I saw that coming ...

Martin Dann said:

elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&subj=news

Looks very nice, but I wooden want one, too heavy, and it looks fragile,
I wooden ride even it if I was given one.

I'll get me coat.

....of varnish?

Tony ;-)

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Oddly enough, was walking back up to King's Cross and the train home
last week (after peering at the recumbents in the BikeFix shop -

Kudos to them for having two 700x32C Marathon Slicks left (apparently they
have been discontinued), some of which they then lose for the minion who
carefully brought me a Marathon Plus, told me I wanted the Marathon Plus,
asked if I'd considered the Marathon Plus, told me again I really wanted
the Marathon Plus. We did this all the way to "Look, I want to buy _these_
tyres I am holding. Are you going to sell me them or not?"
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elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&subj=news

Quoted message said:

Looks very nice, but I wooden want one, too heavy,

Good wooden structures have a better strength/weight ratio even than carbon
composite.

Yes, that particular one is heavy.

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elyob said:

Looks quite nice 🙂

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?part=rss&tag=6202540&subj=news

Quoted message said:

Looks very nice, but I wooden want one, too heavy,

Good wooden structures have a better strength/weight ratio even than carbon
composite.

Yes, that particular one is heavy.

Hardly surprising, as he appears to have made it completely solid. :-)
I'm tempted to get stuck into that sheet of plywood I've had sitting
around for ages with a jigsaw and router, but I've too much other more
important stuff that never seems to get done ...

Simon Brooke said:

in message <[email hidden]>, Martin Dann

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Looks very nice, but I wooden want one, too heavy,

Good wooden structures have a better strength/weight ratio even
than carbon composite.

I'd dispute that. Even quite moderate (not especially special) CFRP
could have a strength of around 3000 MPa, with a specific density
about 1.6, so more than 1800 MPa/density (unconventional units, I
admit).

Spruce (pretty good strength:weight - popular in aeroframes, eg
Wright Flyer, Mosquito, Hughes' behemoth) about 75 MPa and density
just over 0.4, that's 190 MPa/density.

What wood do you believe has strength:weight ratio ten times better
than spruce?

regards, Ian SMith
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