Do it yourself bamboo bike frame kit

http://www.bamboobee.net/#!do-it-yourself-kit/c24lc

I think it is a great idea if a little pricey but then you get all the assembling kit, so bike number 2 would be just the bamboo and the extra bits.

What do you guys think?

not sure if mdf is in there if it is when it gets wet it does tend to fall to bits after a while.
in need of technical assessment here for sure.
the price it certainly a lot cheaper than 'calfee's frames .
what are the disclaimer's ?

The guy who owns 2wheels good bike shop on church street stoke newingtons son built his own bamboo bike from scratch. might be a good person to speak too...

well we all know its fun . not to be taken seriously because of the weather.
don't know; should be easy to fix.just run down to your local garden centre !
m good business venture ?lol need a detailed review lol but think the report is what we are all
thinking.dont know open minded

Do lol you lol need lol lol lol to lol space lol each lol word lol with lol lol lol

The MDF is the frame jig, Even tho it says one time use...

You need specific kind of bamboo, garden centres do not stock the correct bamboo. A quick google comes up with the bamboo bicycle club....this may need investigating.

ok thanks for clearing that up,im going to get one asap..lol.
when i referred to 'garden centre' that was actually a joke !
the jig there must be the one ribble used to use on their steel bikes
suggest taking it to your local snooker centre and using one of their tables for assembly.
regards , black knight of the dark forest.
ps dancing james, theres a lora lora lora lora laughin ."i went to docs the other day, i said i urt ere and also ere and down ere... he said ?

Que?

quite a few bamboo bike builds on here. nothing to 'lol' about! kit looks like a fair price to me and a great idea as it was a right faff getting hold of everything. i chose carbon fibre rather than hemp for the joints though.

also if you varnish it, it works fine in the wet :)

and yes some of my poles came from a garden centre!

heres mine:
http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/239810/#comment9830363

Lynx, in the past you have said you have previously built a bamboo bike. If this was true why are you now asking about it?

Did he say your grammar and punctuation were terrible?

probably.so would yours be if you had spent the last 1000 years stumbling and bouncing
off trees in this dark forest.what are you going to do? send me off to headmaster get my botty
spanked ?

oh cheers for that , once refined like that one i must admit it looks ok .and i did say i was open minded.it does have character but, from the pic h tube looks a bit black pvc tape ish dont you agree

its your hearing

The bike I built was different to this kit. My bike just had bamboo for the tubes. Cutting up an old metal frame to supply the metal bottom bracket, head tube, dropouts and seat post collar. Not knowing enough about bamboo, I either used the wrong bamboo, bamboo that wasn't season enough or did incorrect assemble of the ends that the bamboo broke down. The frame became very flexible and started to shred.

yes its all there i see now thank you,this will simmer in my mind now and doner lugs and carbon wrap much better than hemp. well i did get the review i asked for and would like to build one one day for my daughter.cheers