bamboozledbren:
Raw materials, rough hardware store bamboo
bamboozledbren:
Drops file, drilled, bent and ready
bamboozledbren:
Head tube drilled to reduce weight
bamboozledbren:
"dry" assemble
bamboozledbren:
Check the wheels fit
bamboozledbren:
A couple of coats of epoxy to go...
bamboozledbren:
Hidden under the carbon, kevlar and carbon...
bamboozledbren:
Filleting the joints
bamboozledbren:
Chainstays and handmade 6mm stainless dropouts
bamboozledbren:
Crank bros seatpost, grips and heatset look good
bamboozledbren:
Bike 2 ready set go
bamboozledbren:
A bit weird, 32 tire on back and 28 front
bamboozledbren:
Tire clearance on chain-stays
bamboozledbren:
Seat post plugs straight into reamed bamboo tube
bamboozledbren:
Chain clearance built into seat stay
bamboozledbren:
The gold chain is good with the blond bamboo and black
bamboozledbren:
Chunky BB, nice and stiff
bamboozledbren:
Ready for the show
bamboozledbren:
Final gloss coating done
bamboozledbren:
BREN has a brake!!
bamboozledbren:
and a gold chain for good luck
bamboozledbren:
this is a dropout lug!
bamboozledbren:
Sensual lug
bamboozledbren:
Another drivetrain
bamboozledbren:
Chain magic
bamboozledbren:
Got to like a good lug
bamboozledbren:
Made to Measure display, Treadlie magazine at "State of Design" show
bamboozledbren:
think
bamboozledbren:
dawn rays
bamboozledbren:
a big tree