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d000hg replied

31 March 2012, 15:10
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

Another one here

Can't quite see how the back wheels work.

Looks to me like the 'runners' at the back simply sit inside the rims, along the lines of a hamster in a wheel?
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doodab replied

31 March 2012, 06:40
Titanium for me please.
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milanbenes replied

30 March 2012, 14:01
bike made of bamboo, for the price of a carbon fibre....

The bikes are now being produced for sale by Yorkshire-based RAW Bikes, with the frame at £1,000 and the first mountain bike starting from £1,750.

does not compute.

Milan.
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gingerjedi replied

30 March 2012, 12:10
Multiple applications, it's the future.
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Bacchus replied

30 March 2012, 11:49
Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

Wow, who knows where this technological brilliance will lead us...

yabba-dabba-dooooooo!
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DimPrawn replied

30 March 2012, 11:42
Wow, who knows where this technological brilliance will lead us...
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TimberWolf replied

30 March 2012, 11:36
Another one here

Can't quite see how the back wheels work.
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norrahe replied

30 March 2012, 11:10
so when do we see the next generation of F1 cars being made of bamboo
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Bacchus replied

30 March 2012, 11:07
I think that this has been published a couple of days early...
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mudskipper replied

30 March 2012, 10:42
Looks nice. Not sure I'd want 'bamboo bikes' printed on it though. It seems to go without saying.
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gingerjedi started a topic Strength of steel, responsiveness of carbon fibre...

30 March 2012, 10:26
Strength of steel, responsiveness of carbon fibre...

Brit boffins' bendy bamboo bike breakthrough ? The Register

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