Woody 2

Bravo

Oh my! This is exquisite. Well done.
Finished just in time to be put away for winter. Just superb.

Great job! How did you attached the dropouts to the chain stays? Did you just glued in some aluminium pipes? Why not screws? thanks

This is amazing. I expect it looks brilliant in the sunlight? Would you have got to 2kg if you had a more compact shape and more seatpost? Might have spoiled the looks though.

How did you attached the dropouts to the chain stays? Did you just glued in some aluminium pipes? Why not screws?

Yes. 10mm dia aluminium tubes just glued in a fairly tight fit hole. I just prefer how they look. The screws on the seat stays were unavoidable because they are threaded into the dropouts. This is beacuse space is tighter at the top due to chain clearance

Would you have got to 2kg if you had a more compact shape and more seatpost? 

The main reason it came out heavier was because I did it by hand but had planned it to be cut by cnc router.

The tubes are between 2-3mm thick in my cad model, depending on where they are. As you can imagine I erred on the side of caution when machining it because I'd rather be +0.5mm rather than -0.5mm. And 0.5mm is 20% extra when its only 2.5mm thick! Maybe I just need steadier hands! It was also exaggerated by the monster down tube which is, in retrospect, perhaps a bit chunky.

Excellent work. I'm fairly certain an extra 200g in material isn't going to ruin any enjoyment in riding this bike! I think the chunkiness looks OK - maybe needs deep carbon rims to balance it visually.

Also, what are you doing with the old 1" forks? Threadless? Can I buy?

Also, what are you doing with the old 1" forks? Threadless? Can I buy?

Absolutely! I was about to stick them in 'For Sale'. 1" full carbon steerer VGC. I'll measure the steerer and drop you a PM with some photos. Interested in a stem to go with it? I think it's 110mm with a 25.8mm bar diameter. Although I need to double check.

Must be amazing riding a bike knowing you built the frame, pure satisfaction and accomplishment on every ride.

Maiden voyage around Richmond Park today. Final build weight 8.25kg which is respectable. Initial impression is that it is so much stiffer than my first build. In theory the larger diameter but thinner down tube is only 20-30% stiffer (torsionally, and about the same bending stiffness) than the single speed frame. However, in practice there's a big difference. I'm going to have to change my accustomed rhetoric that the wood absorbs all the vibration and gives totally smooth ride as this just feels like a lot of other stiff road frames. It is certainly in a different league to the lightweight steel frame that I've been using over the summer which feels like spagetti in comparison. In fact the one thing that first impressed me about the single speed frame was that it was totally silent as none of the components shake around due to the smooth ride. This frame makes the bike sound like a normal bike!

So, the initial goal was to try to achieve the same as you read in all the latest carbon frame magazine reviews..... new model compared with previous model, reduced weight by x%, increased stiffness by y%, increased comfort by z%. I've certainly nailed the first 2 but it's definitely a harsher ride than my first frame.

Still no sun for the photos and still need to put the Ligneus logo on the sides so more pics to come in the next few weeks. The logo will mask the slight light patch you can see on the down tube that was caused by overenthusiastic sanding through the epoxy sealer coat before varnishing.

It's certainly not slow but I don't think I've gone far enough that Pinarello will be building the Dogma out of wood next season. Will report back after we've done some proper miles together.

The ladies together

This, obviously, is totally awesome. Well done!

One more thing.
The back brake is fairly sloppy. It stops but I really have to pull as hard as I can to lock the wheel. I assume it's because I've got fairly long cable outers, which can be cut down, and an internal cable route with a couple of bends. There's also quite a tight bend coming out of the frame and into the rear brake. Anyone have any tips for improving it? I guess I could use some stiffer outer at the front end.

Compressionless housing, unless you already have it. Jagwire works well for me.

Superb.

Only just seen this thread, amazing work! Bravo

Fantastic

Added a bunch more photos on my website http://www.ligneusbikes.wordpress.com/woody-2
I've also added a new 'Readers Rides' page with some other frames that I've given some tips on http://www.ligneusbikes.wordpress.com/readers-rides and have updated the links page with even more wooden bike porn.

hello you worked really well I think to go down below the 2 you would have made the frame tube less bulky I know what I'm talking about I made a frame kit + wooden seat post and its weighs 3 kilo so the next one challenge with all mods to descend under 2 kilo

Fabrice

https://youtu.be/jd0vt5v37B0