Comments on: Wooden Bicycle http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:08:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: josalynn http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-1876012 josalynn Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:16:11 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-1876012 SHE IS HOT SHE IS HOT

]]> By: klona http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-1207858 klona Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:06:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-1207858 the thing is probabaly pretty heavy. the thing is probabaly pretty heavy.

]]> By: Jdog http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-454551 Jdog Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:52:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-454551 I got woodbikekid news item forwarded to me by a well meaning relative. A key feature discussed in the article was the biodegradablity of the thing. Yep, a few months lying on the ground and it will be indistinguishable from the rotting carcasses of the animals that lived in that Madagascar forest the ebony came from. I got woodbikekid news item forwarded to me by a well meaning relative. A key feature discussed in the article was the biodegradablity of the thing. Yep, a few months lying on the ground and it will be indistinguishable from the rotting carcasses of the animals that lived in that Madagascar forest the ebony came from.

]]> By: marieissah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-423293 marieissah Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:03:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-423293 Is it really working? Is it really working?

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-413977 ted Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:35:26 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-413977 He can avoid splinters by varnishing it. I don't know how he'll avoid the splitters, though. Did he use wooden dowels instead of nails? That's way more impressive than the paper engine with all sorts of non-paper parts in it. He can avoid splinters by varnishing it. I don't know how he'll avoid the splitters, though.

Did he use wooden dowels instead of nails? That's way more impressive than the paper engine with all sorts of non-paper parts in it.

]]> By: VonSkippy http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-413614 VonSkippy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:44:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-413614 Nice bit of engineering. Neat! Nice bit of engineering.

Neat!

]]> By: Sid Morrison http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-412961 Sid Morrison Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:07:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-412961 That's frickin' awesome. As for it lasting long, the intent isn't so much to have a practical bicycle as to challenge his woodworking skills ... think of it more as a piece of art. The kid's story on the link is interesting -- His Dutch grandfather had to use wooden wheels on his own bicycle during WWII on account of rubber shortages. I have a related story: My mom was born in 1941, and as rubber was in short supply, when her father built her a toy wagon to ride in, he put wooden wheels on it. I had that same wagon growing up and I still have it (with the same wooden wheels -- they wear fairly well actually). When the weather gets nice, I'll plop my 1 year old son in it and pull him around in it as well. It's 65+ years old, but still looks good. That's frickin' awesome.
As for it lasting long, the intent isn't so much to have a practical bicycle as to challenge his woodworking skills ... think of it more as a piece of art.

The kid's story on the link is interesting -- His Dutch grandfather had to use wooden wheels on his own bicycle during WWII on account of rubber shortages. I have a related story: My mom was born in 1941, and as rubber was in short supply, when her father built her a toy wagon to ride in, he put wooden wheels on it. I had that same wagon growing up and I still have it (with the same wooden wheels -- they wear fairly well actually). When the weather gets nice, I'll plop my 1 year old son in it and pull him around in it as well. It's 65+ years old, but still looks good.

]]> By: webrunner http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-412877 webrunner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:16:30 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-412877 oops, that should say splinters :) oops, that should say
splinters :)

]]> By: webrunner http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-412874 webrunner Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:15:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-412874 Watch out for the groin splitters! Watch out for the groin splitters!

]]> By: k http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-412685 k Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:44:43 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/01/24/wooden-bicycle/#comment-412685 It won't last for long It won't last for long

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