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Wooden bikes
Oct 4^th, 2012, 12:28pm

Found some fun pics of bikes made of wood in the Phillipines, Africa, and other locales.... A couple samples:

Notice the foot-activated brake for the rear wheel...

And here is the Recumbent Bicycle Enthusiasts club of North Phillipines (RBENP)

Of course, it raises the whole "steel is real" issue -- what tree is the best for bicycle building, Coconut Tree, Mango Tree, Kawayan or Bamboo, Narra, Mahogany, Ipil-Ipil, or Molave??? Mahogany is Marvelous, Bamboo is Boss... Cheesy

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Monkeywrangler22 Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1308	Re: Wooden bikes Reply #1 - Oct 4^th, 2012, 9:07pm I dunno what wood is best, but I do know that Charlie & Pat Jenkins of Nautilus Bike Shop in Sherman, recently got a bamboo tandem...to go along with their carbon Calfee!
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esbee rbent member Posts: 314	Re: Wooden bikes Reply #2 - Oct 22^nd, 2012, 7:27pm have you head they are making bikes out of cardboard and you can get one for $20! I bet it will never rust, but you sure do not want to get caught out in the rain with it! susan from paris
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Reply #3 - Oct 22^nd, 2012, 9:23pm

Quote from esbee on Oct 22^nd, 2012, 7:27pm:

have you head they are making bikes out of cardboard and you can get one for $20!
I bet it will never rust, but you sure do not want to get caught out in the rain with it!
susan from paris

Cardboard bike: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/15/162949884/for-about-20-cardboard- bicycle-could-change-the-world-inventor-says

Can a $30 cardboard recumbent be that far behind? Cheesy

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FlyingLaZBoy Moderator '16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha Posts: 5803	Re: Wooden bikes Reply #4 - Oct 23^rd, 2012, 7:12am That's pretty amazing, actually...
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