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jackalope

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The dawn of a new race format? Timed wood whittling, then go ride in France...Endurwood

Btw, I saw where the designer mentioned it was only wood FS bike he was aware, but didn't someone build a bamboo GT Ruckus or something awhile back?
 
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ritche

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bamboo and hemp fiber bikes, technically bamboo belongs to the grass family and hemp is also..... you know, so it's not a wood.
 
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jackalope

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Jan 9, 2004
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bamboo and hemp fiber bikes, technically bamboo belongs to the grass family and hemp is also..... you know, so it's not a wood.
It seems you read Trumbull's wood book...Regardless, I think weed fiber bikes are the next bike thing -





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^^ I love that he bothered to lock that abomination up :rofl:





One of the obvious advantages over a solid wood bike is the ability to easily run a stealth dropper cable...just sayin'


Also of note, my lab would be *stoked* if I left a wooden/bamboo bike in the living room while I was at work...make that *super stoked*
 
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atrokz

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Hell no. Hipster trail bike if I've ever seen one.

Wood. It's wood. And not even Ipe or a sturdy dense wood.

wood. for a bike frame.

Yaba daba dooo!