10/28/14 2:59 PM

http://www.bamboobee.net/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32XN347pyBM&hd=1

10/28/14 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.

10/29/14 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?

10/29/14 7:22 AM

http://www.erbacycles.com/

10/29/14 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).

10/29/14 10:56 AM

...just not the 1st one!

10/29/14 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.

10/29/14 11:50 AM

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

10/29/14 12:01 PM

I hate realism. ;)

10/29/14 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.

10/29/14 2:31 PM

"They offer a kit as well as classes."


That would be fun I bet.

10/29/14 3:28 PM

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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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10/29/14 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.

10/30/14 5:42 AM

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.

10/30/14 4:07 PM

I would build it as a hipster Fixie. Maybe the belt drive option would be fun too. Clean.