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ShinyBaldy
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by ShinyBaldy

andrew wrote:http://www.bme.szm.sk/index.htm


it is interesting how the actual method is pretty much the same with homemade frames and lug-production like Trek uses...

make the tubing, lugs, apply glue of some sort, exert pressure and let it cure. Granted this guy prob didn't have a hydrolyic press - but probably reduces chances of inconsistencies with better attention to detail

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by brianwchan

Wow, that guy has some serious skill.

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by drjones96

The bamboo bike rules!

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by big fellow

lol....ride the bamboo bike in china...get chased by panda bears instead of dogs like on your normal ride...

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by spokey1.0

The matching bamboo seatpost is what rocks my world.

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ShinyBaldy wrote:make the tubing, lugs, apply glue of some sort, exert pressure and let it cure. Granted this guy prob didn't have a hydrolyic press - but probably reduces chances of inconsistencies with better attention to detail


ShinyBaldy, this bamboo frame was not made by gluing the lugs with tubes, it would be not possible to build that frame in this way...

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