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by LockH » Mar 10 2015 2:46am
warepas wrote:This is my Bambooster.
Hmmm... Another "Bamboost" ebike in the news:
http://www.gizmag.com/bamboost-bamboo-c ... ike/36446/

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by LockH » Apr 17 2015 2:59pm
"Would you stump up £3,000 for a WOODEN bike?":
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -tree.html
Quote from that page "Trend: Ebikes are becoming hugely popular in Germany, with postal workers using them to help on rounds."
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by LockH » Apr 21 2015 8:20am
... and yet MORE bamboo bikes. From China via UK report:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-bamboo-b ... re-1497380
(Vidio in that link.)
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by LockH » May 11 2015 7:56am
ACK! (Just had a horrible thought. In ES thread "Wooden bicycles, lots of pics", perhaps an oversight to miss the Baron???

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by spinningmagnets » May 11 2015 10:37am
These would be easy and cheap to make (back in the day). I imagine that the rider when straddling the Draisine would push with his legs on flat ground (as often shown in drawings), then dismount and walk beside it uphill. I suppose the biggest benefit would be in coasting downhill (and mounting cargo to it, instead of a backpack)? Popular enough that it sparked the imagination of many tinkerers to improve it...
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by LockH » May 11 2015 1:40pm
Hehe... See ES thread "History of the bike and Power-Assist"
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewto ... f=3&t=1125
... something to do with a thingee termed "climate change".
In Germany, starvation, the slaughtering of horses and a sky-high price of oats impaired transportation, whereupon Baron Karl von Drais came out with his two-wheeled Laufmaschine (running machine) in Mannheim, Germany, on June 12, 1817.
(May wish to pencil that date in... somewhere.)
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by MitchJi » May 13 2015 2:06pm
Hi,
Wood reinforced with carbon fiber, seems like a good structural combination
and this is beautiful:
http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/carbon- ... ntaba.html
http://www.cwbikes.it/joomla/
Today, wooden bikes have evolved into durable and functional works of art, light years ahead of the earliest bikes created out of wood. Wood has allowed artisan bike makers the freedom to create finely crafted forms, though there are still some who contend that metal is a superior material for making bikes. Well, the wooden bike is getting a boost from carbon fiber in this gorgeous Carbon Wood Bike by Italian industrial design student Daniele Quintaba and his father, a master woodworker.
Seen over at Domus, the Carbon Wood Bike has been painstakingly handcrafted by father and son, out of layers of ash and mahogany wood, and carbon fiber, which have been bent to form a strong, reinforced frame that looks stunning as well.
Weighing 9 kilograms (19.8 pounds) -- relatively light for a wooden frame -- the bike features a carved set of wooden handlebars and seat (might not be too comfortable for the guys, though).
It's definitely one of the classier wooden bikes we've seen, and thanks to the reinforcing carbon fiber layers in this bike, which make it as rugged as any metal frame, its refined, artistic character can shine that much more through its graceful wooden lines.

IMO the wooden seat is a bad idea.

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by LockH » May 13 2015 3:34pm
spinningmagnets wrote:These would be easy and cheap to make (back in the day).
OTOH, suspect "horses" rode by "dandies" were still... spendy for many to buy and maintain.
(EDIT: For a fun time... maybe Giggle search the WWW
Images for phrase "dandy rider".

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(EDIT (again): Larry is a dandy rider

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by Dauntless » May 14 2015 12:32am
I dunno, I find myself wondering if there could be a wood bike out there that hasn't been posted yet.

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by Dauntless » May 22 2015 7:15pm
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by LockH » May 22 2015 10:45pm
Nice Attempt Number Two! (Number One:)

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by The fingers » May 22 2015 11:00pm
Looks like someone forgot to include a miniature sawhorse for a kickstand.

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by Dauntless » May 23 2015 12:34am
Well, the shot WITH the kids in it will always be better.
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by LockH » Jun 04 2015 2:06am
"electric stretched wooden beach cruiser" seen on ES "Big Woody":
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewto ... 0&p=736043

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by LockH » Jun 25 2015 11:06am
Seen at the recent DMY Berlin 2015 Show (winner in the mobility category of the Green Product Award):
http://www.core77.com/gallery/38003/Hig ... erlin-2015
Matthias Broda? Come on down!
(Seen earlier in this thread:)
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewto ... 2#p1036044
EDIT: Probably should be careful when a rider goes by to clarify expression "Nice piece of ash!"
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by Dauntless » Jul 09 2015 1:06am
Getting up around $5k, no, it won't be mine.
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by LockH » Jul 09 2015 7:34am
Dauntless wrote:Getting up around $5k, no, it won't be mine.
Hehe. Yah, "works of art" tend to be rather "spendy".
I just had a sorta funky-styled recumbent "cruiser" trike stolen, but figured any thief would have to be amazingly... dumb to take such an "odd looking" thing. Guess I was wrong.

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by LockH » Jul 31 2015 12:08pm
I mean, I like a nice piece of ash as much as the next guy... but $11,000???
http://inhabitat.com/would-you-buy-this ... for-11000/
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by LockH » Aug 15 2015 12:47am
e-raw from France's Expemotion:
These folks:
http://expemotion.com/
As seen on Gizmag:
http://www.gizmag.com/e-raw-electric-motorcycle/38904/
OK, maybe not a "bicycle" but calculated to get some riders a woodie. 80-odd layers of wood laminate. Mmmm...
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by Willow » Aug 15 2015 6:29am
best one I've seen. just beautiful
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by The fingers » Aug 15 2015 11:31am
I would hate to slip off the back of that seat, land on the rear tire, and get launched into the rear fender pinch point crotch first at 60 mph. Ouch!

Maybe they should name it: the E Raw Emasculator.

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by LockH » Aug 15 2015 7:27pm
Ouch Ouch (double ouch there). Guess I'd be looking at strapping myself on. (If that's even do-able/practical. Any occasions when a rider suddenly needs to "eject" themselves? Hop off fast?) Ebikes with a seat belt. Hmmm...
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