building bikes?

shopvac · Post by **shopvac** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:26 pm

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.

SHIF · Post by **SHIF** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:32 pm

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/

-S

sammer · Post by **sammer** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 8:47 pm

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.

sam

shopvac · Post by **shopvac** » Tue Dec 06, 2011 9:41 pm

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.

Idris · Post by **Idris** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:07 am

One of my creations

twizzstyle · Post by **twizzstyle** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:21 am

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.

Anvil · Post by **Anvil** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 11:21 am

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

skidesmond · Post by **skidesmond** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:27 pm

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

telehead · Post by **telehead** » Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:59 pm

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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