Wooden bicycles, lots of pics

[LockH]

This is my Bambooster.

Hmmm... Another "Bamboost" ebike in the news:
http://www.gizmag.com/bamboost-bamboo-c ... ike/36446/

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[LockH]

"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."

[LockH]

... and yet MORE bamboo bikes. From China via UK report:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/china-bamboo-b ... re-1497380

(Vidio in that link.)

[LockH]

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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From here:
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=40616

[spinningmagnets]

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...

[LockH]

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.)

[MitchJi]

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.

[LockH]

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". )



(EDIT (again): Larry is a dandy rider

[Dauntless]

I dunno, I find myself wondering if there could be a wood bike out there that hasn't been posted yet.

[Dauntless]

http://www.eldon.k12.mo.us/eldon-high-s ... ycle-page/



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[LockH]

http://www.eldon.k12.mo.us/eldon-high-s ... ycle-page/

Nice Attempt Number Two! (Number One:)

[The fingers]

Looks like someone forgot to include a miniature sawhorse for a kickstand.

[Dauntless]

Well, the shot WITH the kids in it will always be better.

[LockH]

"electric stretched wooden beach cruiser" seen on ES "Big Woody":
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewto ... 0&p=736043

[spinningmagnets]

two wooden-shell velo's

http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewto ... 0#p1057809

http://wimschermer.blogspot.de/2014/05/ ... l.html?m=1

[LockH]

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!"

[The fingers]

http://www.portlandmonthlymag.com/artic ... de-of-wood

[Dauntless]

Getting up around $5k, no, it won't be mine.

[LockH]

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.

[LockH]

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/

[The fingers]

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... deo-187162 Faux cellulose, anyone?

[LockH]

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...

[Willow]

"electric stretched wooden beach cruiser" seen on ES "Big Woody":
http://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewto ... 0&p=736043

best one I've seen. just beautiful

[The fingers]

e-raw from France's Expemotion:


These folks:
http://expemotion.com/
...

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.

[LockH]

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...