Bamboo bikes - a snip at £3000

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[Keith Oates]

Having a go on one is OK but to buy or own one I'll leave to others. I've worked on bamboo scaffolding 10 metres in the air and I did not like the experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'd leaf it alone Mort, it may shoot along but you're best off just having a reed about it.

 

[upsidedown]

Not much bamboo around here, reckon i could whittle one out of oak though.

 

[accountantpete]

I would really, really like to have a go on one of these. Not sure about the price tag though...

Not sure how you found out about these bikes - were you googling "Joints made from Hemp" again Mort?

 

[Bigtwin]

May as well go the whole hog and make a C5 out of it.

 

[Davidc]

I believe the very earliest bikes were made of wood.

Can't see any reason why bamboo shouldn't work, but with any natural material there's variation between samples - could be interesting for high performance frames.

Main requirement is flexibility and strength. That's why steel makes good bike frames and aluminium doesn't

 

[HJ]

What's stopping the bamboo bike from shooting into the mainstream?

Um, the £3K price tag??

 

[dellzeqq]

Having used bamboo on a bathroom floor I'm a believer. It's fantastically hard wearing and shrugs off water.

Can you still get hickory rims? And silk tyres?