Wooden bars!

these look really lush, anyone any idea of the most suitable wood to use, ash? any one got them already. thinkig of making some prototypes using laminated layers.

ok....i resisted the urge to ask 'why' in the first response!

Why ?

balsa wood's fucking light.

Maybe go with a mixture. Some more flexible wood like ew, ash, hazel and elm (longbows where made from them) so that forces could be spread along the entire length of the bar but then mix with some more rigid wood like oak. It's difficult to say but I would have thought something like pure oak may be too brittle.

I am merely pontificating here so throw out my suggestions of what woods to mix but I would think some sort of mix of wood would be necessary to average out the properties of the woods. It would be interesting to hear the results.

A person who makes items which take dynamic loads out of wood would be the person to talk to. Some one like a traditional ship builder.

broom handles come in 25.4 there ya go, no messing about planing,sanding, lathing etc.
just chop to required length

sandalwood for touring bars

(groan)

Already been done, dude... Chuck Fastboy into Google...

who, me?

Maybe worth reading this article. If you can't download it I can get you a copy

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112729151/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

This looks very relevent

http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1992/solli92a.pdf

who, me?

hands up who else has tried track-standing on your bed in only your pants, bare feet and your boyfriend's shirt?

i have some fastboy bars. they do flex a little bit, but not worth making yourself simply because of the labour...

16ply steam bent ash.. massive block then cut down to a 26.0 continuous diameter by hand. just buy some.

hands up who else has tried track-standing on your bed in only your pants, bare feet and your boyfriend's shirt?

me, but don't tell him, he'd be livid!!

the why is just ascetics, its nice to break the rules !
like bricks idea of different woods, could look really nice, and be functional !
tomasito, were's the pic from ?

fastboycycyles.com

its his lady freind.. hill is her name.

funny!:)

hold a flame underneath them for carbon effect.

if that's her boyfriend's shirt, he must be a waif

re: wood in cycling applications. I have a makeshift work stand that consists of a broom handle jubilee clipped to a railing, seat post out, bike inverted, slip on to the broom handle, job done. Still waiting for it to break and for everything to come crashing down, been lucky so far

tomasito
i just love the way she is gripping them bars !!!! serious and strong !

Tbh I doubt you will be able to break in half any hardwood (although balsa wood is strictly speaking a hardwood) of handlebar length and diameter through riding. Ash, oak, beech, maple etc will all be fine. If you want to go blingy, there are any number of interesting woods out there, each with their own patterns, grains and colours.

very unpredictable material to use considering potential for rot / varying grain -- not my first choice for surviving crashes etc.

yo, but wood is good !. alui does have a finite life.............would still like to know that girls info........sexy with no shoes (painfull) hill ????please expand

The picture gave me wood.

arf

he tried various woods and one of them broke (cant remember which one though)

they do flex a little but you're right, the weather doesn't help the finish of them, that and i fell off and got a splinter off the bars.