Crack or sticker???

Sooooo, I built up a homemade bamboo bike last year thread avaliable here. But as my garage is particularly damp I didn’t want it growing the fungus of death over winter so I stripped it down and put the frame in storage in the spare room behind a bunch if stuff. It was checked regularly over the winter and had no issues – radiator on low in that room and usually awinfow open to let the cat in/out.

However the wifes mother is staying at ours this weekend. So wife decided nows the time to ‘clear out the spare room’ takes every thing out and puts it in the hall – leans frame up against radiator and piles everything else against it about 24hrs ago. Unfortunately I didn’t notice until this morning……

Still – could be a sticker?

Just gives me an excuse to spend more cash on mk2 and give great bargaining with the wife for years over the HOURS of work put into it….. Probably only got to ride it 4 times etc etc…

R.I.P

Cracked sticker?

Cracked sticker?

😀 could be

Watch out for scrotal splinters…

Wrap it around the middle.

So wife decided nows the time to ‘clear out the spare room’ takes every thing out and puts it in the hall – leans frame up against radiator and piles everything else against it

Need a new patio?
As above, would wrapping it work?

Cable ties or a jubilee clip 😉

Small cracks are fixable, large full length down the tube not so fixable – to fix a crack you clean up the crack and fill it with more epoxy and ideally some bamboo shavings.

Might be able to carbon wrap it…. But I’d rather do a mk2 which I have been planning for a while but limited funds has put it on hold.

Sorted.

If that was filled with a clear resin it would look great and would add to the natural aesthetics of the materials.

Or could you hang it on the living room wall as a reminder of all your hard work?

ideally some bamboo shavings

for aesthetic purposes, I assume – they can’t add anything structurally?

I hadn’t realised that bamboo frames were prone to that, tbh.

Finally, ridden 4 times? I wouldn’t mention that – she might decide it’s not worth replacing 😉

they can’t add anything structurally?

binds the epoxy and stops it running into the centre and filling the tube, also less epoxy = less weight.

I hadn’t realised that bamboo frames were prone to that, tbh.

Natural material that is moisture absorbant.
Also explains the big ‘CrAcK’ noise from the hallway at about 10pm last night.

Carbon tubes for mk2?

Really feel for you.
🙁

Carbon tubes for mk2?

Partly….

Natural material that is moisture absorbant.

I’m going to go out on a limb but maybe, just maybe it isn’t the best material to build a bike frame out of no matter how arty farty it looks.

What was it like to ride?

What was it like to ride?

Most comfortable Road bike I’ve owned, very compliant, if a little too compliant – with 35c tyres and 2mm of clearance to the chainstay I could get tyre rub on both sides putting the power down, but it’s not that sort of bike.

maybe it isn’t the best material to build a bike frame out of

Its a storage issue (central heating) rather than a manufacturer, or issue with ride quality etc. Also I hadnt wanted to epoxy coat (seal) the whole frame (so it could have been stored in the garage) as it would have been harder to make adjustments to. It’s similar to not painting a steel frame and then it going rusty.

Crackin’?

Crack or Sticker?

Oooh, crack please.