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Thread: Wooden Bicycle Project
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01-22-2008, 08:11 AM #1
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Wooden Bicycle Project
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I don't frequently read wood working magazines, so would have missed this amazing story if somebody else hadn't forwarded it:
<http://www.leevalley.com/newsletters/Woodworking/2/3/article1.htm>"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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01-22-2008, 09:28 AM #2
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01-22-2008, 09:32 AM #3
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I wonder how it would hold up to being ridden.
Pretty cool, regardless.
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01-22-2008, 09:42 AM #4
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I hope he got an A. Though the seat doesn't look to comfortable, I wonder if he would have allowed cork. It would make a little softer.
Originally Posted by SadieKate
"Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There's something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." -- Bill Nye
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01-22-2008, 10:20 AM #5
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Cooooool......My cycling-and-woodworking BF will get a big kick out of this.......Thanks for the link!
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01-22-2008, 04:31 PM #6
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Very cool!
I'd rather be swimming...biking...running...and eating cheesecake...
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01-22-2008, 10:32 PM #7
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That boy is an engineering genius.
I wonder if he thought of using bamboo?2008 Trek FX 7.2/Terry Cite X
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01-23-2008, 01:20 AM #8
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Move over Norm Abram!
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01-23-2008, 05:05 AM #9
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Excellent! I love seeing a kid take on a challenge like that! His wooden "fingers" solution is great!
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