Evening all,
I fancy building a frame and fork combo for a laugh, nothing that will be built to be abused, just something that won't fall to pieces if I ride it down the road to the pub and back. Something of a conversation starter..
Besides bamboo which isn't readily available, could anyone advise me on a sensible choice of material? I plan on butchering an old frame and bonding the BB into the frame and pretty much the same with a seat post.
Will project log this when I start too 🙂
Nice, they look pretty fancy. I'm going to be going for more of an industrial look.
There is a firm here in Eire that make wooden bikes,Ash i think.
Remember seeing an advert for crowd funding ,got a feeling it was on Done Deal.ie.
There's a chap in Ireland building wooden bikes; the company is called Woodelo. Pretty pricey frames!
I think he uses Ash.
Helped make a replica of Kirkpatrick MacMillan's thing - weighed a ton 😉
what about pallets..?
they seemed to work ok for [url= http://www.joshstudios.co.uk/ ]Josh[/url]
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That's fantastic, exactly the sort of inspiration I needed.
Wife went out last night, I stayed in making some drawings. builders merchant opens at 10am this morning, so off out.
Going to build a soft wood prototype first then refine it and make it from Ash.
Will get photos later and start a log.
Thanks guys.
Paul
Will get photos later and start a log.
See what you did there.... 🙂
Said to the wife... wood you mind if I spent the day in the garage?
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Maybe we could form a splinter group?
Not quite a Renovo, but I sketched this up for one of my woodworking students a while back. We didn't have time to make forks / wheels, and it's pretty heavy, but as a town bike it's fine.
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I know you have said not bamboo but there is an interesting build thread on [url= http://www.lfgss.com/thread107301.html ]lfgss[/url] that may be of interest
Did you hear about the wooden bike with wooden wheels and a wooden chain?
Wooden work.
Did you hear about the wooden bike with wooden wheels and a wooden chain?
Wooden work.
Oak-ay....