Bamboo Bike Dropouts

Calfee bamboo bicycle frames are very stiff transferring power efficiently.

Bamboo bike dropouts.

There are some parts that you simply can not use bamboo for maybe you can but i didn t these are. Horizontal dropouts for belt drive 68 00 add to basket. Build manuals for bamboo bike building 58 00 add to basket. Are durable resisting damage from stress and impacts.

Hemp fiber lugs with plant based high performance eco resin. Optional head tube and seat tube extensions. The set includes bicycle cable bamboo holders stainless steel dropouts aluminum head tubes bottom brackets a pen file a transparent tape roll and reinforced metal wire. If you have ever wanted to build your own bicycle frame but can t afford a framebuilding class or the materials to braze a frame building one out of bamboo and carbon fiber is a great and relatively inexpensive way to get started.

So for the last 6 years we have been designing and manufacturing our own. Fork i chopped the dropouts off an kids bmx which are very similar to track dropouts. Bottom bracket shell 3. In terms of design they are as complex as a bicycle to design as there are so many considerations with regards size of sprocket brake fitting rack and mudguards fitting diameter of bamboo tubing hemp bonding etc.

The bottom bracket shell was cut out of a wrecked road bike frame. Frame weighs 6 to 7 pounds. With dropouts there are a range that exist on the market but very few are compatible with bamboo and our build techniques. They offer a multitude of economic benefits to communities everywhere.

You are being redirected. Head tube i tried bamboo and it did not work too wobbly 4. This fast growth puts much less strain on the earth s natural resources. Build a bamboo bicycle and light it up.

Eco friendly structures are the way of the future. This model also uses wrapped tube junctions similar to the ones on calfee s bamboo bikes and are stronger but heavier than the company s signature webbed lugs. Modular bamboo bicycle dropouts. An instruction manual.

Matt phillips 4 of 27. At forever bamboo we are always looking for ways to. Bamboo and other sustainable materials replenish themselves much faster than traditional timber. There are many good reasons to choose calfee bamboo for your next tandem bicycle frame.