non-metal bikes (follow-up to my Izhar Gafni post)

[polysynthetic]

okay i admit, this article is a year old. I'm a little late to the game. oh well!

anyways this is about a bike engineer in Toronto who makes bamboo-frame bikes. its amazing. http://torontoist.com/2012/05/bikes-of-bamboo/

anyone know of other bike wizards/engineers building bikes out of non-metal materials?

 

[CAMPYBOB]

Bamboo frames date back over 100 years.

 

[alienator]

okay i admit, this article is a year old. I'm a little late to the game. oh well! anyways this is about a bike engineer in Toronto who makes bamboo-frame bikes. its amazing. http://torontoist.com/2012/05/bikes-of-bamboo/ anyone know of other bike wizards/engineers building bikes out of non-metal materials? 

Calfee, Boo.... There also a number of companies making wood frames, companies like Renovo. And in the new in the last week or two, a man completed the Leadville 100 MTB race on a wood bike he had custom made from a fallen tree: http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/08/19...gs-a-leadville-100-mountain-bike-race-finish/