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Nah, looked up the date and it wasnt me .. theres definatly other bamboo bikers around :)
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I did see you at Blackfriar did I?
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I like this idea, it's something different and quite fun.
The cost of entry is pretty high however, you might find that running a (chargeable) workshop for people to build their own might be more popular?
i.e. charge for materials, and then say £20 per hour of tuition.
Yea, agreed on both points.. prices from calfee and boo bicycles (both awesome) are indeed very high. Also theres something called the bamboo bike studio in the states which does this ..... unfortunately i lack the space
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How did you learn to do that?...
I learnt the jist of it on instructables.com and then just improved as i built more :) -
Ada, there is more to it than 'just for the sake of it'. its about ride quality. Granted its not everyones cup of tea but if you want a bike thats very smooth to ride (smoother than carbon or steel) then bamboo is a winner.
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I'm thinking around 500 for a frame, i think around 40 hours of labor goes into each one
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Can you do a bamboo polo bike...
Do they run wide tyres? .. my only real constriction is tire width, i wouldn't be able to make anything with bamboo chainstays above 28c .... that said, if you supplied a donor bike it wouldnt be a problem as i could just build it with those chainstays instead of bamboo ones.
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nah not me sorry :)
Yeah, the head tube is aluminium with carbon wrapped over the top. The BB shell is steel, and the for the seat there is an aluminium sleeve epoxied into the bamboo :)
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