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I know this may seem odd, but I was curious if anyone knew of a bicycle junkyard in the Denver metro are. A scrap yard that has a bunch of bikes laying around would work too. I'm looking for an old road bike frame for a bamboo build I want to try. So a place I could walk around and look would be ideal. Thanks!
I have a 22"(?) Kurwahara(sp) road bike. It has Sun Tour friction shifters. I road the hell out of it, when I lived on the flats, but it's just gathering dust now. It's in good used shape.
$40 if you pick it up.
PM me.
To answer your question: No I don't know of any bike yards. :D
Eh, pardon my ignorance, but what is a "bamboo build"?Quote:
Originally Posted by shane
Ginsue, I've heard of a bamboo build before, and I think it is a bike that has an actual bamboo frame. Supposed to be very light I believe.
Shane, Here you go, good luck.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...am/nsmb2-2.jpg
What do you suppose that some of those [translated: ALL] were borrowed without the owners approval?
Not my picture by the way. I had to go search my other site for thread from a bunch of years ago.
Duh! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by theGinsue
http://www.sustainlane.com/reviews/h...R1BLL193WZISP8
http://www.instructables.com/files/d...OKL.MEDIUM.jpg
http://www.instructables.com/files/d...OMC.MEDIUM.jpg
All I can think about is the seat tube and the first big pothole... [Eek2]
Agreed. I know bamboo is exceptionally strong, but I can't imagine something like that holding up too well.
The Bamboo Bike Project is a project by Scientists and Engineers at The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and aims to examine the feasibility of implementing cargo bikes made of bamboo as a sustainable form of transportation in Africa.
http://bamboobike.org/Home.html
I know the Denver police hold bike auctions with all the bikes they pick up that are stolen, abandonded, etc. I would go to DPD website or give them a call and ask when the next one is (during the summer I think they pick up to every other Thursday)
Come on Stuart, stop holding out on me. Where does the crazy man with all the bike live? The reason I would like the do the build is just for fun really. I think it would be cool to ride around on something that I build from the ground up and I don't have any welding or soldering skills. The police auction seems like a very good idea and I think I'll start cruising the pawn shops and thrift stores soon, I was just hopeful there was a junkyard of some sort for this type of thing. I mean of all the places green and hippie, I figured they would want to reuse and recycle, haha. Next question, where do you find bamboo locally? I found a few sources on ebay.
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Originally Posted by theGinsue
Let me be about 9-10 again,, I'll have that thing broke 1-2 days max.... [Tooth]
You would be surprised at how durrable it really is. In Asia they use bamboo to build scaffolding for their buildings. Here's a guy who made a bamboo mountain bike that he actually raced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marlin
http://www.bmeres.com/bambooframe.htm
That bamboo bike is pretty cool. I passed it on.