Bicycles made out of wood
82A bit of history
After centuries of history bicycles has become one of the most used vehicles all around the world. When Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) delineated the first bicycle design he probably never had thought that after all this time people will be still riding wooden bikes. Well, in the name of true it was not Leonardo who made those rough drafts of what would be a bicycle, it was one of his students during the 1490´s. But those drafts only reach us because they were among other Leonardo´s works.
Only in 1817 a bicycle has been created, it was Baron Karl von Drais who made the first two wheels vehicle even though it did not had pedals yet. Mainly because of bad marketing this invention had little success back then.
In the 1820's there was a new and improved bicycle made nicknamed the Dandy Horse. One of the reasons this bicycle succeeded was that Denis Johnson, the maker of this bicycle, had much better marketing skills than Baron Karl von Drais.
Nowadays bicycles are made from different materials such as alloy, aluminum, carbon fiber, titanium and from whatever materials we may find in aerospace engineering. But those are not all the used materials, we also have bicycles made from wood and bamboo in the 21th century.
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How to make an wooden bicycle
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LINKS
- Americanbamboo.org
Bamboo Bicycle
- Autocanoe.com
The Autocanoe Is a Pedal Powered Amphibious Recumbent Tricycle and a Roadable Pedal Canoe!
- Calfeedesign.com
Beginning as a publicity stunt in 1996, Craig's bamboo errand bike evolves into a well-tested new model for the general public.
- Designboom.com
Tokyo bike - This page showcases images of six wooden bicycles for a variety of applications.
- Digilander.libero.it
Vinicio Magni has been making wonderful wooden bicycles since 1995 when he patented his first wood bike design.
- Gizmodo.com
Designer Roland Kaufmann has gone and built a bicycle out of wood.
- Lowriderbike.com
Custom Wood Bicycle - Woody
- Manytracks.com
Wood recumbents from wood workers who have the tools and experience to make things from wood.
- Sylvan Cycles
Sylvan was formed from a love of bicycles combined with expertise in green materials, bicycle design, product development, and technology innovation.
- Woodbike.com
Bicycle Frames from fine hardwoods
- Woodenbikes.com
So you want to build a bike in the worst possible way...
- Wooden bike plans
The Wooden Bike Plans include patterns and simple instructions for making your own wooden bike and include a license to make one.
Seattle Central Community College - Wood Construction, last day of school project. A Rwandan wooden bike we threw together real quickly in the last 2 days.
PHOTOS OF WOODEN BIKES
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Kids enjoying their Wooden Bikes
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Comments
Eheheheh. That´s true, it´s not an usual material to make bicycles with in our days.
Thanks for reading this hub.
it is not for jumping :D
Eheheheheheh! You´re right gunnerrunner, jumping with those may cause injuries due to wood splinters lol.
Thanks for the visit.
Love it ! Are the saddles made from wood also?
Good HUB Funride. The "Dandy Horse" Hmmmm, I can C how the upper leg would benefit from a ride on horse trodden streets ;)
Mark - Some of them are made from hemp fibers and I supose they are comfortable enough. Thank you for passing by ;-)
Hi JazLive, thanks for you comment! Eheheh you´re probably right, it should be very painful to ride "Dandy Horse" at least comparing with modern bikes.
These look neat!
Hi Whitney, I´m glad you like it. Thank you for visiting :-)
Kewl rides I didnt know bikes could be Woodies also. Dude I want to make one ;-)
Those bikes are so incredibly cool! I have a mountain bike, road bike, and a beach cruiser from the 50's...... now I need a wooden bike! I wonder if they make wooden exercise bikes. That "wood" be funny :)
I want a "Dandy Horse"--love the name. This was sooooomuch fun. Thanks.
Hummmmm... I´m thinking if this hub was a good idea!? If everybody wants one we´ll have no trees in a couple years! :D LOL
Thank you all for such kind comments.
Haha, it's pretty awesome!
Oh Mr. O´Connell :), I´m so glad I enjoyed it. Thanks for passing by ;)
Wow, now I thought bikes made for kids were cool. Shows what I know.
Hey funride, wood you make more hubs like this. Thanks, very enjoyable hub.
Great, I've added it to my wish list: a wooden bike
Warm (wooden) regards from Belgium,
Steve
Thank you all for your comments. Steve, I hope you´ll find your own wooden bike very soon. Have fun!
Way cool funride! I have a 15 year old son who has been locating, repairing, restoring etc vintage bikes from the earlier 1900's! He loved the history and pics here.
Ride on !
Hey Lisa, that is great. I would love to read and learn more about your son`s projects, you got me very curious :)
I´m very glad you and your son liked this hub and I hope it can somehow help him on his first wooden bicycle restoration ;)
Have fun!
This has me excited about building my own wood bicycle . I have the tools why not . I would like to know how they build the wooden wheels . Hey , funride you need to check out this guy from Finland and his cool wood trikes and bents ,even has a way cool bicycle trailer .http://www.flickr.com/photos/saholm/ he's a real artist .
Random Ray
Hey Ray, I would love to see your project and pictures of it when it`s ready ;)
If you check out the first video on this hub you`ll find one of the best ways to make wooden wheels, you can always try to built them from different pieces (but that will be tougher). Thanks for letting me know about Sakuholma, he`s really an engineer / artist and he have great projects there. I loved the camper trailer ;)
I wanted to get the wood burning pen out and start decorating! Most interesting!
Great! I am inspired and get new force to continue with my wood trike project, the poor mans ecologic vehicle. Thanks.
Hi Mikael, nice to meet you. I loved your wood trike project and the green concept for the future cars ;)
I would be very thankful if you allow me to add a picture of your trike as soon as it is finished. Of course I´ll also add a link to your "Poor mans ecological vehicle" site ;)
Good luck with the project, and please keep us posted ;)
Bicycles made out of wood in the News
- CAPTION THIS: Wooden bicycleKSDK St. Louis2 days ago
CAPTION THIS: Wooden bicycle
- Cyclocross at SandhillsThe Southern Pines Pilot2 days ago
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- Locals make breakthroughs in bicycle technologyPress of Atlantic City5 days ago
Max Samuelson, a contractor and owner of MC Squared in Cape May, has designed his own brand of bicycles made of hardwood.
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compu-smart says:
2 years ago
Wood you beleive it, I have never heard of this consept before! Very interesting..