Bamboo bike

"Did last year, I am now decided to post. The idea is not new, but I want to show what I've got. »
22 photos of the author + comments (everything in my translation + Google Translate)
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2 Frame donor



3 Department of joints. Only they need from the entire frame



4 Bamboo Forest



5 log cabins desired trunks, they were difficult to find



6 I'm taking home



7 polish compound



8 dried bamboo to become a super-tough. The smell of him as a burnt popcorn



9 buy parts, soon all this (+ frame) will meet in a single bike



10 Wheel



11 So it will look like frame



12 wheel fits well



13 Polished, brightened and to a bamboo soiled me during the ride (sugar allocation after drying)



14 From beginning connected brutal glue (Gorilla glue)



15 According to the severity, frame - almost like aluminum



16 tied with rope and covered with a transparent resin



17 Temporarily obmatal tapes to compress the resin and release excess air



18 varnish. With the hard work done, and then do Intersnyh, I think everyone knows what's inside the bike



19 Finish



20 In all it took about $ 800 (≈26 000 p.) (Thu expensive)



21 I just like to do things with their hands, somehow get something heartier



All 22! Thank you for viewing)



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