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Bledlow

Japanese wooden bicycles
« on: 28 November, 2013, 11:00:31 pm »
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #1 on: 30 November, 2013, 01:55:19 pm »
They're pretty. Have they got some other material on the braking surface or do they use some special brake pad compound? And I wonder how much they weigh!
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LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #2 on: 30 November, 2013, 03:21:56 pm »
I expect they use cork pads or suchlike intended for carbon rims. Some of them use hub brakes.
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Oaky

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Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #3 on: 30 November, 2013, 03:55:39 pm »
Quote from: Cudzoziemiec on 30 November, 2013, 01:55:19 pm
And I wonder how much they weigh!

Can't remember where exactly, but I was clicking around on their site and saw a figure of 7kg without pedals (may not have been the exact bike in the picture upthread though)
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Ewan Houzami

Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #4 on: 30 November, 2013, 04:19:56 pm »
Not just bikes, but also beautiful speaker enclosures, general furniture, boats and their interiors. Utter Woodporn.

http://sanomagic.world.coocan.jp/englishindex.html
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redshift

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Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #5 on: 30 November, 2013, 08:47:41 pm »
The boatbuilding is the best bit, along with the typical Japanese L/R conflation resulting in 'flame' for 'frame.'   Oh, and 'bowsplit'  ;D

Nice boats.
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yoav

Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #6 on: 01 December, 2013, 03:03:44 pm »
Isn't wood just a form of carbon  ::-)
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redshift

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Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #7 on: 01 December, 2013, 03:11:04 pm »
Yes, but it has all that pesky hydrogen and oxygen in the cellulose, adding to the weight.   ;D
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dave r

Re: Japanese wooden bicycles
« Reply #8 on: 02 December, 2013, 08:59:24 pm »
That looks too nice to ride.
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