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dibs the reynolds frame for a friend.

i put a thread on here with some pics from my build a couple of months ago.

found it: http://www.lfgss.com/thread117882.html

looking fantastic! (apart from the cracked dropouts obs) love the finish you have on the bamboo.

re the dropouts: i wonder if there is quite a large turning moment that pivots around the base of the seat-stays. your rear axle sits cantilevered out a lot further than traditional dropouts (if i think i understand the design of them correctly).

anyway on the repair make sure the carbon weave goes both parallel and perpendicular to the chain stays and you apply lots and lots of it and overlap it as much as possible over the dropouts and the chain-stays and it should be fine. perhaps ride it a bit before applying the beauty layer!

I've been riding my bamboo bike for 6 months or so now and so far its holding up great.

good luck! don't let this set back stop you from riding it into the sunset

thanks loctez. for the seat tube/post, i wrapped the seatpost in cling film (to stop the epoxy sticking) then wrapped it with carbon and epoxy to end up with a tight fitting carbon tube. i butted this straight onto the bamboo seat tube and built up the joint a lot with uni-directional carbon tape. i then cut off most of the seatpost and clamped the end bit onto the frame. it doesn't leave much room for adjustment and its probably not the lightest solution but its sized for me anyway.

the seat tube and top tube i found in the skip of a garden nursery. they used to be the poles of a bamboo umbrella/sun shade so they were free. the rest is from http://ukbamboosupplies.co.uk. if you ring them up they will do a special bamboo bike frame pack for £60. its expensive but they put in the pack only the straightest uncracked poles so its probably worth it. the donor frame was £20 and the epoxy and carbon came to £60 with quite a bit of both left over.

haha thanks. I hadn't noticed that!

last few pics

hello everyone.

i know its finished so its not exactly a current project but i thought i would put up some of the build photos from my bamboo frame up on here. i know there are a few other bamboo builds going on at the moment so if anyone has any questions, i would be more than happy to answer them. thanks to everybody i bought bits from on this forum to complete the build!

i pretty much followed exactly this guys build method:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Bamboo-Bicycle-And-Light-it-up/?ALLSTEPS

only real difference is i grafted (carbonned?) on a homemade carbon seat tube as i used smaller diameter bamboo poles so couldn't get a seat tube inside. also i burnt the poles to make them much darker and dry them out as much as possible. the dark colour is only skin deep so won't affect the strength.

anyway she rides like a dream! very happy. might put an internal hub gear on eventually for longer rides, hence the brake bridge.

up to you eaglerock!

i would take the rear if eaglerock takes the front? maybe to cover the additional postage costs they could be 8 each?

looking for a black rear brake caliper. with all these fixie's around people must have some left over rear brakes! not fussy on brand. preferably cheap...

i went to collect them from the couriers (apc) on friday morning, saw it was another wheelset from v-sprint and assumed it was a mistake so told the courier to send them back. guess they should be with you pretty soon.

Can you return them mate...Its a duplicate order...our fault...Send to 96 finstall road bromsgrove b60 3db....Ill cover post costs of course...Jim.....

Really??? That's a wierd one mate. Assume they are exactly the same? Thanks for being truthful anyways. Can you let me have the order number please.

invoice no: RC14686008

and yeah they were exactly the same as what i ordered.

thanks for the wheels varno. theyre really great and arrived amazingly quickly.

quite a surprise to be sent a second set for free though! it was a great touch and very much appreciated but i felt i couldn't accept this gift from you so the courier is sending them back to you. thanks again and if you feel like sending me some carbon wheels for free next time i might not be able to refuse!

howdy. anymore details on the saddle and seatpost?
what are the dimensions of the seatpost?
looks like the saddle has a new covering but do you know what brand/model it is?
lots of questions! cheers.

just ordered a set of mach 1's on miche hubs all in black. can't wait!

i'll take the cranks! pmd

ill take the slr if chatters doesnt take it!

a double sided card holder, with a pocket in the middle for notes, for someone else on here

I want one exactly like this! pm is on its way...

yeh mines going to be fixed as well. either of you thought about belt drive? im very tempted to give it a go!

by another bizarre coincidence i am also making a bamboo frame! ive got the bamboo, epoxy, old frame (a create shit heap), carbon etc. bought a blow torch too to heat treat the bamboo and make the poles nice and dark.

i found this instructables really helpful/inspirational:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bamboo-Bike-2/?&sort=ACTIVE&limit=40&offset=120#intro

liquidsky59...............sorry no

what if i bought one and liquidsky bought the other? (they are symmetrical right?)

Dibs the Sirius please! pm following...

2nd dibs on FSA crankset and a pm on the way...

another no-show from jaz today after arranging to meet. not worth the bother.