Topic starter
Has it been done yet:
[url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/bike-blog/2011/apr/27/splinterbike-wooden-bike-engineering-marvel ]Splinterbike[/url]
Posted : 27/04/2011 11:41 am
Brilliant idea - wildly impractical, but that's the fun of it.
Here's one that I'd like
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Posted : 27/04/2011 9:32 pm
Posted : 27/04/2011 10:02 pm
Bearings would be the issue with a completely wooden bike.
Posted : 27/04/2011 11:07 pm
Coffeeking - read the link in the OP - totally wooden. You can actually make decent bearings out of wood. Reasonably common in old steam engines IIRC
The axles are made of the hardwood ekki; the cogs, wheels and frame are birch ply; and oily ironwood was used in place of metal bearings where moving parts met.
Posted : 27/04/2011 11:28 pm
Was reading this earlier, it seems like a mad thing and as the other links seem to be missing
Not a single bolt or screw has been used, nothing metal, plastic or rubber.
Big problem for me I guess would be the lack of grip from a straight wooden wheel...
What tread pattern for birch ply tyres?
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[/img]Hope the addition of paint or glue in the ply doesn't spoil the "wood and nothing else" claim...
Posted : 28/04/2011 5:02 am