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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19099
Location: PDX10/28/14 3:00 PM |
Good question, for sure if welded... Although I am no welder. ;)
Not so much ala bonding. A lot of bonding there.
Plastic frames are more of a matrix of rather than bonded arguably.
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real10/29/14 4:56 AM |
Considering I trust my own reloaded ammo I damn well better trust a frame I make.
If you follow directions specifically and to the letter ANYONE can do anything with the correct tools.
Case in point, good directions make it possible for very average people to repair extraordinary aircraft. The tech data is why folks can fix stuff. When repairs get more analytical is when the bright people begin to shine.
You can make a bamboo bike.
I can't figure out how to purchase it. I see it is a kickstarter, can I purchase through that and do I get the product or is it a gamble to click there?
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rickhardy
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1492
Location: Needham outside of Boston - the hub of the universe10/29/14 7:22 AM |
Bamboo bike Mfg in Boston
http://www.erbacycles.com/
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April
Joined: 13 Dec 2003
Posts: 6593
Location: Westchester/NYC10/29/14 9:53 AM |
I haven't have time to watch the video yet.
But my first reaction is simply, if I don't trust myself, I won't build it. So if I build it, I'll ride it.
I never welded. But I'm quite confident in my bonding skill. I've bonded a whole of things to meet all kind of functional requirements. So yes, I would ride a bonded bamboo frame.
Unsaid in that, is how confident one is on the instruction being correct (and detail enough to yield necessary result).
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walter
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 4391
Location: metro-motown-area10/29/14 10:56 AM |
yep...
...just not the 1st one!
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19099
Location: PDX10/29/14 11:16 AM |
When I started building wheels, I remember not being willing to sell my first effort wheels on a bike. ;)
That was 1999, I rode those last week. Now welding is another story. ;)
I actually might be more comfortable bonding being I have only welded a few times, and nothing thin either.
I would do a lugged frame, I have sweat my share of copper pipe.
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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6897
Location: Maine10/29/14 11:50 AM |
Related Thoughts
1. "A lawyer who represents herself has a fool for a client."
2. "The Cobbler's son has no shoes."
3. "I wouldn't belong to a club that would have me as a member." Groucho
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19099
Location: PDX10/29/14 12:01 PM |
I hate realism. ;)
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Brian Kelly
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 653
Location: Gig Harbor, WA10/29/14 2:28 PM |
Before we left Alabama, I was really considering doing one of the workshops with these guys
http://www.herobike.org/collections/workshops
They offer a kit as well as classes.
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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19099
Location: PDX10/29/14 2:31 PM |
"They offer a kit as well as classes."
That would be fun I bet.
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Nick Payne
Joined: 10 Jan 2004
Posts: 2626
Location: Canberra, Australia10/29/14 3:28 PM |
quote:
I can't figure out how to purchase it. I see it is a kickstarter, can I purchase through that and do I get the product or is it a gamble to click there?
Depends what stage the kickstarter process is at. The couple I've contributed to in the past, you pay for a unit in advance, at a discounted price, to help with the development, but don't actually receive what you paid for until development is complete. With the Fly6 taillight/video camera kickstarter, I think it was about four months between putting up the money and receiving the unit.
The kickstarter for the bamboo bike says anticipated delivery in Feb 2015, with the price of a single kit being $169:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/817362809/bamboobee-build-it-yourself-biy-bike-kit
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real10/29/14 5:19 PM |
I am really tossing around the idea of throwing in the $169 for a kit.
Digging a bit, it is a frame designed as a fixie. I can do the work with no issue. The fork will come from somewhere else.
If anyone else here wants to take the plunge with me, there is a discount for 3 ordered kits but I don't know if he will deliver to multiple addresses.
Sparky, I know you can make this thing with no issue also.
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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5102
Location: Nashua, NH10/30/14 5:42 AM |
I'm tempted
I have no qualms about being able to build it, but I couldn't find any geometry for the three available frame sizes. Unless I know that it would be a reasonable fit, I won't plunk down the cash.
I don't know if any of you saw it or not, but there are options for disk brake and Gates belt rear dropouts.
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ErikS
Joined: 19 May 2005
Posts: 8337
Location: Slowing boiling over in the steamy south, Global Warming is real10/30/14 4:07 PM |
I would build it as a hipster Fixie. Maybe the belt drive option would be fun too. Clean.
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