Comments on: Bamboo bike

Bamboo bike

btwillig — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:09:08 -0800

Bicycle enthusiast Brano Meres constructed this bike frame from bamboo. I'm not sure how well it would hold up, but it looks pretty sweet. [via coolhunting]

By: bardic

bardic — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:22:55 -0800

You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:31:39 -0800

If you don't line bamboo, there is always wood. And here is a nice article on bamboo bikes.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:32:11 -0800

err, like bamboo...

By: fenriq

fenriq — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:38:43 -0800

I saw this episode of McGyver. Or was it the one where he used a titanium bike to set a fire? Man, they were all great. This bike does look totally cool, thanks for the post!

By: moosedogtoo

moosedogtoo — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:45:46 -0800

Some Asian countries still build scaffolding for building construction out of bamboo, so I'm guessing it's pretty strong stuff.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:47:50 -0800

seat looks uncomfortable.

By: Debaser626

Debaser626 — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:49:33 -0800

Yeah... I had a bamboo rocking chair which I had in the backyard and then forgot about (held together with bamboo strips woven in and out of the frame) I left it outside in the elements for two years.... Most of the stripping had come undone... last summer I rediscovered it... It still supported me.. and I'm 210 lbs. The only reason I threw it out is that it looked like doo doo...

By: darksquirrel

darksquirrel — Thu, 12 May 2005 13:51:21 -0800

Another bamboo bike featuring an unusual frame design.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:10:31 -0800

It does look sweet, but I'll wait for the bamboo Segway.

By: dreamsign

dreamsign — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:33:11 -0800

How light would that frame be?!

By: clevershark

clevershark — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:48:16 -0800

I'd be a little hesitant to take that thing off-road, but I have to say that it's quite an impressive project.

By: rotifer

rotifer — Thu, 12 May 2005 15:41:54 -0800

The overall weight is 1860 g (4.1 lbs). Very pretty bike. As he and Zinn point out, bamboo was quite an early bike frame material. As with carbon, I imagine you can trust it completely so long as it was built with proper attention to detail.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:21:43 -0800

Looks like bambooclette.at is out of business. I want an all wheel drive bamboo recumbent!

By: bicyclingfool

bicyclingfool — Thu, 12 May 2005 22:00:15 -0800

That's a groovy ride, but you won't catch me putting my kid's bike seat on the back of it. And honestly, I don't think I could bring myself to really pound on it. It's my understanding that Gary Fisher developed the Evolution headset (1 1/4" diameter) after a guy riding one of his bikes with a standard 1" head tube basically sheared off the front end of his bike where the top/down tubes meet the head tube during some descent. I don't recall if Fisher was a witness, or whether the guy sued, or what, but he got pretty mangled in the crash, and it prompted Fisher to increase head tube diameter size. Long story short, I wouldn't go off-road on that bike for the same reason I'll never bungie jump -- you just never know....

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Thu, 12 May 2005 22:08:39 -0800

If you put a steam engine on it would you have a bamboo steamer?