Bamboo Bikes?!

[jahlive905]

I just found a link to this Bamboo Bicycle Club who claim you can build a bike out of bamboo...

Has anyone ridden one of these? Are they any cop? Looks like it wouldn't have a very long life...

 

[Deleted member 35268]

I saw one of these do the Ride 100 in 2013, was lovely. It seemed to stay in tact. The panda that was riding it was a bit grumpy though.

 

[screenman]

If you could plant it would it grow into a tandem, I ask because when we planted a single piece it soon turned into a near forest.

 

[steveindenmark]

Bamboo and wooden bikes have been around for years. I think there is a bamboo bike Company.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=bamboo+bikes&FORM=HDRSC2

 

[Pale Rider]

I've seen a couple of bamboo bikes in my local bike shop.

The frame of one was very heavy due to all the metal bonded to each end of the bamboo tubes.

The ride of the other was dreadfully flexy, according to the mechanic who tried it.

That one has since suffered a lateral crack in the down tube.

Both of those bamboo bikes may have been cheap and nasty, but the experience does suggest bamboo cannot be taken seriously as a material for a bicycle frame.

 

[steveindenmark]

I've seen a couple of bamboo bikes in my local bike shop.

The frame of one was very heavy due to all the metal bonded to each end of the bamboo tubes.

The ride of the other was dreadfully flexy, according to the mechanic who tried it.

That one has since suffered a lateral crack in the down tube.

Both of those bamboo bikes may have been cheap and nasty, but the experience does suggest bamboo cannot be taken seriously as a material for a bicycle frame.

But there are some very seriously priced bamboo bikes. Huge prices.

 

[midlife]

Guy at work built a bamboo bike from a kit

Shaun

 

[Deleted member 35268]

Fresh wood, www.bambubikes.com

 

[BrumJim]

There was a company that made Bamboo bikes in the UK. Many favourable reviews in terms of ride quality, weight, etc. However they went out of business, presumably due to disappointing sales rather than quality concerns and returns.

 

[BrumJim]

Fresh wood, www.bambubikes.com

Help! I'm in love again and seriously considering one.

 

[jahlive905]

Help! I'm in love again and seriously considering one.

I will if you will...

 

[BrumJim]

Was considering the Bamboo Bicycle Club as an option, but I'm at best a bit ham-fisted, and at worst, an aesthetic liability, and I'm not convinced my workmanship could do enough justice to the material.

 

[mickle]

This is what I'm riding to work at the moment, just until the weather turns!

 

[BrumJim]

Bamboo rims too?

 

[mickle]

Bamboo rims too?

Yeah.