Comments on: Mystery wooden bike http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mystery-wooden-bike The blog about industrial design in the bike industry Wed, 22 May 2013 12:29:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Anonymous http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Anonymous Sun, 20 Jan 2008 00:31:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1212 great. another wood bike.

i have news for you- wood is NOT a good material for bikes. enough already!

]]> By: bikesgonewild http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1188 bikesgonewild Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:14:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1188 …my assumption would be that the top bar is a laminate and would have an inherent amount of vertical flex…however, your point is taken, eradler, in that if you stuff this bike headfirst, you may get splinters in places you really don’t want ‘em…

…it is interesting how many one-off wood framed bikes one encounters on the i-net…

]]> By: James http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 James Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:05:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1186 Fritz, you are asking me for intellegent questions? that is a lot of pressure, but I will try.

Carlton, thanks; it looks like a possible student design. Let me know if you find the issue of Bike Biz that featured that show.

Eradler, you are probably right. You wouldn’t want to ride this thing straight into a big rock or curb head on. The same is probably true for Slingshots though I have never actually ridden one.

]]> By: eradler http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1185 eradler Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:11:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1185 forgot to say- that I assume that this bike does not work – if you hit a rock then the upper frame bar is bending- there is only a cable on the lower side- which cannot take compressive forces….

]]> By: Carlton http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1183 Carlton Sat, 05 Jan 2008 15:58:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1183 James

That looks an awful lot like a bike that was on the ‘innovators gallery’ at the London Cycle Show some 3-4 years ago. It was by a design student. I’ll have details somewhere – I ran some details on the design students in the mag version of BikeBiz.

]]> By: Fritz http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1181 Fritz Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:39:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1181 That’s a sharp looking bike.

Hey, I have press credentials for the Tour of California. Team BMC is in town for training. Are there any intelligent questions I can ask the riders who are here?

]]> By: eradler http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 eradler Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:26:00 +0000 http://bicycledesign.net/2008/01/mystery-wooden-bike/#comment-1180 looks like IKEA design ;-)

some suspicious candidates:

http://www.xylonbikes.com/
http://www.waldmeister-bikes.de/
http://gp.co.at/works/jano/
http://digilander.libero.it/felixpetrelli/index.htm

cheers

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