I have an idea for a new thread...

[Eldron]

For the curious - here is a Wiki page on strengths.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_tensile_strength

 

Bamboo is actually a pretty good material when you do the strength/density calculation!

[fanievb]

is there not a bunch of guys in Hermanus making bamboo bikes too?

 

http://calculus-bikes.com/

[Eldron]

http://calculus-bikes.com/

 

Daaaaamn those bamboo and carbon bikes are truly droolworthy!

 

This statement though: The ride characteristics of a bamboo frame are superior to aluminium or a full carbon frame due to its damping properties.  The bamboo absorbs much more of the vibration from the road or mountain.

 

I need more faces and palms so I can slap them together.

[Readsalot]

But can you use bamboo to make this?

 

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[Shebeen]

And all this just because I'm getting a bamboo bike...

and it's not like it's a new topic

 

 

https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/131522-bamboo-single-speed-build/?hl=bamboo

 

 

https://www.bikehub.co.za/features/_/gear/insight/building-a-bamboo-mountain-bike-r4566?source=topic

[Shebeen]

whoo boy. this guy looks quite special

 

 

[Hairy]

[splat]

whoo boy. this guy looks quite special

 

 

 

What a pansy!

No swearing or throwing of racquets.

McenRoe was the man!

[splat]

It is known that structural steel begins to soften around 425°C and loses about half of its strength at 650°C. 

 

What speeds are you guys riding that you are worried about your bike melting!?

[Hairy]

What speeds are you guys riding that you are worried about your bike melting!?

this is not the Chinese carbon thread

[DJR]

What speeds are you guys riding that you are worried about your bike melting!?

Terminal velocity?   

[Meezo]

this is not the Chinese carbon thread

Pshht!!!

[Shebeen]

What speeds are you guys riding that you are worried about your bike melting!?

http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2016/04/17/1/cds_doping1_670.png

[Patchelicious]

All this tensile strength of woods vs steels talk, reminds me of a conversation I once overheard about the airspeed velocity of an African vs European swallow.

[Velouria]

All this tensile strength of woods vs steels talk, reminds me of a conversation I once overheard about the airspeed velocity of an African vs European swallow.

Laden or unladen?

[HDW]

The density of Finnish pine is 370 – 550 kg/m3, spruce 300 – 470 kg/m3 and birch 590 – 740 kg/m3.

 

Those are pretty soft woods. Bear in mind wood's tensile strength increases as it's density increases.

 

Wood is also 20 times stronger along the grain than across it, so that needs to be taken onto account too.

 

Still not as hard as my morning wood.