wooden handle bars

[Ace]

While on the subject of wood used for bikes: Project Okes

Solid oake shaped with CNC machinery - I like it 8)

 

[jojobiker13]

That is really cool...

 

[bikepusher]

great! and at the same time i'm wondering how heavy it is???? when it's all solid it must weigh in at about 75-100 lbs?

 

[Ace]

19 kgs :mrgreen: the wood IS the frame, no metal frame underneath, and it is not one massive lumb of wood but hollow where possible - I dig it a lot 8)

 

[bikepusher]

brilliant! 19 kilos is quite managable, i've ridden transporter bikes weighing more!!!

love it even more now;

 

[stephen]

If anyone wants to make wooden handlebars it would be easy with Ash. Ash trees can have plenty of long straight branches of the right thickness and is a very strong wood that seasons easily and is the best wood around for steambending. The best place to look is dense woodland that has self-seeded Ash trees of varying ages growing straight to get to the light. Select one (or several of different sizes to be sure) that is thicker than you will need because of shrinkage during drying (seasoning) get it home and peel the bark off (easy in the summer) and let dry naturally, this may take several weeks or longer but it must be as dry as possible naturally. Now it's ready to cut to length and do your filing and sanding. Don't finish with varnish or you'll be repairing all the scratches you get. Use Tung Oil which is the most waterproof natural oil there is - and pure tung oil is food-safe. Build up plenty of coats for a waterproof finish (the Chinese used it to waterproof boat hulls). Now you have the finished handlebars

 

[Ace]

Here's another wood bike specialist: http://www.jangunneweg.nl
Amazing stuff - and lightweight too 8)

 

[OUTLAW]

here's a bike i am slowing building. it has a wooden seat i made. will make some wooden grips and maybe fenders too.

this is my full size burrito

Outlaw

 

[Rustinkerer]

I'm feeling the itch to build a bike out of 2x4's this year!! ...And I wonder how one keeps thos wood grips tight? Wayyy cool though! ~Adam

 

[aka_locojoe]

I'm feeling the itch to build a bike out of 2x4's this year!!

I've entertained this same idea also.

 

[stephen]

Hey Outlaw, that seat's cool! (and the burritozoid)

 

[hubgearfreak]

I'm feeling the itch to build a bike out of 2x4's this year!!

I've entertained this same idea also.

i've ridden jons it rode very well :mrgreen:

http://xntrick.co.uk/
look under recumbents, then 2x4

 

[OUTLAW]

thats funny,Burritozoid, yep i like it. be glad when i get that one done. thanks

Outlaw

 

[stephen]

Something I saw recently were handlebar grips, made of rubber but they looked exactly like wood grain, I wish I could remember the details, maybe made by Velo?

 

[voodoo curse]

When I saw that first pic of the grips my mind went elsewhere. Oh my.

 

[icyuod2]

i saw a cool bike with wooden bars last weekend at a vintage motorcycle show. it was right next to a fully restored excelsior board tracker. i would have got pic's but my battery fizzled out.

the bars where pretty cool, looked more like bull horns than handle bars.
the bike had crazy wooden rims also.