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shopvac
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building bikes?

Post by shopvac »

I know, I know ... this is a skibuilding forum, but has anyone here built a bike frame? I am starting to do research on building bamboo bike frames and want to see as many pictures of simple bike jigs as possible.
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Post by SHIF »

Don't be silly, bamboo is only good for ski cores ;)

Actually several boutique bike companies have made successful bamboo frames. These guys probably make the best:
http://www.calfeedesign.com/products/bamboo/

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Post by sammer »

Try here.

http://forums.mtbr.com/frame-building/

Not quite skibuilders but a ton of info.
I thought about bike building a few years ago, but the start up costs seemed overwhelming.


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Sammer, I can't access mtbr for some odd reason. It is like they have blocked my ip. I have tried to just browse their forums in the past but it always just gives me the "oops google chrome could not ..." error message. I don't understand.
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One of my creations ;)

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Post by twizzstyle »

I cut down a ton of bamboo at my fiance's parent's old house and have been saving it for a couple of years now to build a bamboo bike. I built a test frame last year just for fun, it looks cool but it's nothing I could use. I lashed all the joints with carbon fiber, and it's hanging on the wall in my shop :)

Maybe next year I'll have more time to actually build the real bike.
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Post by Anvil »

http://www.pandabicycles.com/

A buddy of mine went and checked out these guys shop in Fort Collins. He said they were happy to give a tour. I'm sure they would be stoked to talk to you about their process
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Post by skidesmond »

I came across this site over the summer, http://www.renovobikes.com/ not bamboo though. If I wasn't so into ski building I'd be building bikes like that, or at least be trying :)
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Post by telehead »

Hellya! Built a dozen or so back in the mid 90's. Road and triathlon bikes, 700c, and 650c wheelsets. I was accually thinking about selling all my jigs, and frame sets. I have two frame sets (tubes only) and one in the table ready to TIG. The framesets are 7001 Easton Taper-wall tubing, all aero tubes, pretty cool. I will take some photo's. kt
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