Another wooden bike... this one a tandem...

[D'ohBoy]

http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

[!Jones]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 07:59:38 -0700, in rec.bicycles.tech D'ohBoy
<petengail@yahoo.com> wrote:

>http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg

Oh, ****... I'm in *love*... naw, man, this is LOVE!!! Aye gwad,
that's pretty. It's better 'n a lap dance, I tell you!

Jones

[Ron Ruff]

It's pretty... but at 114lbs, it isn't really an engineering project.
If he'd made it hollow and optimized the design the weight should have
been only a little more than metal bikes.

[jim beam]

D'ohBoy wrote:
> http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
>

why is wood cool, but carbon finer not? the two materials are very similar.

[* * Chas]

"D'ohBoy" <petengail@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1187362778.052626.286480@e9g2000prf.googlegro ups.com...
> http://news.com.com/2300-1008_3-6202540-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
>

It's a coffee table on wheels!

Chas.

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

On Aug 17, 9:51 pm, Ron Ruff <rruffrr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It's pretty... but at 114lbs, it isn't really an engineering project.
> If he'd made it hollow and optimized the design the weight should have
> been only a little more than metal bikes.

Dear Ron,

Here's a whole bunch of wooden bikes:

http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/19/wooden-bicycles/

Getting closer to hollow, but still awfully heavy:

http://www432.pair.com/linton/hugg/woodbike2.jpg

Better-looking, but a lot of half-hidden metal:

http://gp.co.at/stayfocused/jano/pix/jano_rearview_376px_cut.jpg

Less artistic, but much lighter:

http://www.shelter-systems.com/images/wood-bike.jpg

A couple more 2x4's and that last one would be a Dursely Pedersen:

http://www.dursley-pedersen.net/index.html

And here's a wooden motorcycle with weird training wheels and a seat
that must leave Brooks-lovers trembling:

http://autotimemachine.blogsome.com/2007/01/03/the-first-motorcycle/

Note the elegant single-tube ape-hanger handlebar.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:19:48 -0700, carlfogel@comcast.net wrote:

>On Aug 17, 9:51 pm, Ron Ruff <rruffrr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> It's pretty... but at 114lbs, it isn't really an engineering project.
>> If he'd made it hollow and optimized the design the weight should have
>> been only a little more than metal bikes.
>
>Dear Ron,
>
>Here's a whole bunch of wooden bikes:
>
>http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/02/19/wooden-bicycles/
>
>Getting closer to hollow, but still awfully heavy:
>
>http://www432.pair.com/linton/hugg/woodbike2.jpg
>
>Better-looking, but a lot of half-hidden metal:
>
>http://gp.co.at/stayfocused/jano/pix/jano_rearview_376px_cut.jpg
>
>Less artistic, but much lighter:
>
>http://www.shelter-systems.com/images/wood-bike.jpg
>
>A couple more 2x4's and that last one would be a Dursely Pedersen:
>
>http://www.dursley-pedersen.net/index.html
>
>And here's a wooden motorcycle with weird training wheels and a seat
>that must leave Brooks-lovers trembling:
>
>http://autotimemachine.blogsome.com/2007/01/03/the-first-motorcycle/
>
>Note the elegant single-tube ape-hanger handlebar.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Carl Fogel

A wooden Dursley Pedersen, right down to the spokes:

http://www.dursley-pedersen.net/tra.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel