Wooden Bike: Carved in Japan

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Rooster1

I was right about that saddle
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28122309

From boats to bikes: Japan's last craftsmen families


Throughout history, businesses have been handed down through generations.

And in some cases they stay in the same family for hundreds of years.

But how do they adapt and survive?

The BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes meets the last in a long line of craftsmen in Japan, who has transferred his skills from building boats to producing bicycles.
 

cisamcgu

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Merseyside-ish
What a lovely man !
 

Ganymede

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Location
Rural Kent
I thought it was quite funny when he said it weighed the same as a carbon bike. I mean... wood... mostly carbon, no?!

Beautiful thing - I hope he finds someone to pass his skills on to.
 
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