December 28, 2012 AT 12:50 am
bamboo bike Part 1: Frame-building Jig
bamboo bike Part 1: Frame-building Jig by Amy Qian.
Almost 9 months ago I built a frame jig for a bamboo bike. Between work and life, I didn’t actually finish the bike until Thansgiving, and I’m only getting around to blogging about it now.
Here’s the finished bike (photo above).
I’ve wanted to build a bamboo bike for a long time. More than a year ago, my bike (aluminum frame) was run over by a car (thankfully I wasn’t on it). The frame as a whole was in sorry shape, but the lugs were perfect for a bamboo frame.
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