spinningmagnets
100 TW
If you Google "wooden bicycle" or even "bamboo bicycle" (use "image search" also look at "fun bicycles" and "odd bicycles") there's plenty of crude whimsical examples...but I was pleasantly suprised and more impressed than I expected. A "trash day" MTB can provide head-tubes, BB's, drop-outs,...and a selection of bikes can even be bought for $20 at thrift stores.
If you can't afford a custom metal frame that accomodates a motor you want to use, or you wish you had an expensive recumbent...
Tino Sana
Old chinese carpenter, Peijia Wu (crank rods ! no chain)
High school shop project, Marco Facciola
Close-up, wooden freewheel
Waldmeister, German work of art
Tandem work of art, Jens Eichler (plywood laminated, then shaped)
unknown Wooden MTB
West-8
If you can't afford a custom metal frame that accomodates a motor you want to use, or you wish you had an expensive recumbent...
Tino Sana
![2778359854_8cf836b5c6.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3102%2F2778359854_8cf836b5c6.jpg&hash=70dd087bdd640774394dbc1a6af6ff87)
Old chinese carpenter, Peijia Wu (crank rods ! no chain)
![woodenbike_shandong.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.gawker.com%2Fassets%2Fimages%2Fgizmodo%2F2009%2F03%2Fwoodenbike_shandong.jpg&hash=f94dd8f5e28ed8b67627756fed5c8d00)
High school shop project, Marco Facciola
![wooden-bicycle.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fneatorama.cachefly.net%2Fimages%2F2008-01%2Fwooden-bicycle.jpg&hash=96bf5a946e00777c152cc8d732c04fc4)
Close-up, wooden freewheel
![marco-facciola-5.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fweirdscience.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fmarco-facciola-5.jpg&hash=73deeaa5637d04634dfc791ae502fae2)
Waldmeister, German work of art
![20090312bike01.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.craphound.com%2Fimages%2F20090312bike01.jpg&hash=083ee9337fefe776f2ebec3c7afa04de)
Tandem work of art, Jens Eichler (plywood laminated, then shaped)
![wooden_bike01_550x413.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.cnet.com%2Fi%2Fne%2Fp%2F2007%2Fwooden_bike01_550x413.jpg&hash=85e64534beacb1623b53950fdedd35af)
unknown Wooden MTB
![bicycle-artwork-03.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.funis2cool.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F09%2Fbicycle-artwork-03.jpg&hash=ac4f3ea5b450778573dcf7b1da5427c3)
West-8
![p10101941.jpg](/sphere/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fgovislandblog.files.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fp10101941.jpg&hash=457bbcbecf5fa7ab671aaf6b4f3b6f70)