I built my own Bamboo Bike Frame!

[@joshuagoulding6155]

The bike is so beautiful. Awesome concept.

[@chrisharvey8641]

Super clear instructions, real helpful. Think I will buy one after seeing you explain it

[@clearthehouse]

Up the Wahs!

[@AutoCAD681]

Looking forward to the review or insight on the ride

[@valmorell]

I think i might have used masking tape on the ally parts to avoid contamination by the glue. You can then run your finger round the joint for a super smooth look. I have only seen one of these in the wild, a wrapped joint version, built up as a single speed. Nice. So great to have an artisan product in a world of mass production. A natural progression would be a kit containing carbon fibre tubing to allow home builders to put together a carbon lugged frame. That would be cool.

[@keinschwein8467]

When I read the video title, I was already typing (in my mind) "that thing is never ever going to be straight!", but it looks like they really put some thought into it. I've first encountered that rig-a-jig-on-a-table method in a book from H.C. Smolik; it's a neat idea for one-offs. Minor criticism (regarding the kit): As the rear geometry is pretty fixed anyway, they could have just made bb, chainstays and dropouts one unit, all metal (unless they offer a dozen different chainstay lengths for that very same model of bb lug). The chainstays are the one place where you do not necessarily want bamboo as either the bb area will flex noticeably* or you have to overbuild so much that it eats up all the space for tire/chainring(s)/cranks (young's modulus of bamboo should be roughly 1/3 of aluminium and 1/10 of steel ). They seem to have compensated for that by making the bamboo portion of the chainstays ridiculously short (and the lug legs freakishly long), which looks like ... yea, just leave it out ':) *) It's also a high-stress area where homemade adhesive joints of varying quality may fail.

[@Hannemann237]

Julian, love your stuff man. Keep them videos coming MFG Grandpa

[@escapetherace1943]

Literal grass species of plant: "That'll be 1000 pounds, plus tip" 😂

[@randallblytheadlercavalera8373]

i dont know if that frame is strong enough for impact but for me that frame is good only for roadbiking and for aesthetics 😊

[@muzzarobbo]

I wonder if they make a bike and then cut out the tube lengths to get all those lugs. Personally i would be making a more traditional bamboo bike with fiber wrapped joints. I suppose this is a bit easier to do and still could have some the damped ride quality benefits. Nice vid!

[@juliangoulding]

yeah this is like the beginner kit haha. I definitely will want to try the wrapping. The make a kit for that too. The difference is that you can make whatever geometry you want with that fiber wrapping which I think would be super interesting to try.

[@BamboobicycleclubOrg]

This is a bespoke lug, and we weld up the short lengths of the tube. The diameters are bigger than a conventional frame to accommodate the bamboo. We also make pre-fabricated lugs from Carbon and Flax. We've been building teaching using the "traditional" flax lug build method for the last 10 years and developed a pre-fabricated make the build more accessible.

[@harrisonrobinson7990]

It looks like the discount code for the fork no longer works. Any idea why?

[@juliangoulding]

Might pay to give them a message mate. I will do the same and check on it for you.

[@BamboobicycleclubOrg]

It is all active! Let us know if you have any issues

[@lazlo2511]

Chinese scaffolding… proper strong.

[@rocksalt636]

I think this would be a little more clever if you didn’t have parts that were aluminum tubes welded together. I agree an entire bamboo bicycle would not be safe to ride, but a bicycle that could be built without expensive welding equipment is very desirable.

[@BamboobicycleclubOrg]

If you have look on our website we offer a quick build lugged or a more traditional build using flax to join the bamboo requiring no tools!