Wooden Bicycle Frames by Jay Kinsinger Cedarville University

[@justinw1765]

Nice looking bikes, but practically speaking, why not go with bamboo? Comes hollow, and very strong for it's weight. Also very fast growing compared to the trees mentioned. I'm taking a relatively inexpensive steel bike, chopping out a good portion of the frame tubes and replacing them with a bamboo/carbon fiber composite. To give an example of the weight difference, the fattest steel tube piece I cut out weighs 1lb and 7 ounces. The replacing piece, bamboo wrapped in carbon fiber is longer and weighs 7.7 oz--almost a third of the weight. Weight is not the primary concern though, but rather the vibration dampening. The bike will eventually have a small motor on it for pedal assist and I want to be able to do very long rides at greater comfort.

[@monkeyjuju7441]

How do these possibly hold up? Even if the wood was solid it's still not very thick considering the force things like the rim, seat/chain stay, head tube, and top tube need to support. While they're beautiful to look at I'd be terrified I'd snap the bike in half while climbing

[@JeanLucSchieferstein]

The guy who made them, Jay Kinsinger, has went cross country with the bikes and they've held up perfectly. The wood is actually stronger than steel.

[@scottrobes5985]

HI Steve, so how important is the moisture content of the wood when building? and what should it be?

[@pbattis1]

Holy smokes. You should go to Rwanda and show the Rwanda scooter guy what's up.

[@BrouckeCycles]

cool man!

[@lilzaack]

Where can I get the wheels and the rims on the bicycle ?

[@monkeyjuju7441]

lilzaack make them... They'd probably cost exponentially more than a metal wheel set because the difference in time and materials to make them. I highly doubt they're every day bike kind of wheels though as I can very much see the spoke nipple ripping straight through the wood if your wheel gets out of true.

[@peter3337]

show him riding them

[@jonienglish3231]

MAKE A OVERSIZE WOODEN FORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!