Eldron Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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! Berg Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted April 17, 2018 Share is there not a bunch of guys in Hermanus making bamboo bikes too? http://calculus-bikes.com/ BSG and Hairy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readsalot Posted April 17, 2018 Share But can you use bamboo to make this? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 17, 2018 Share whoo boy. this guy looks quite special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted April 17, 2018 Share 'Dale, the nerd, Kalahari Vegmot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted April 17, 2018 Share whoo boy. this guy looks quite special What a pansy!No swearing or throwing of racquets.McenRoe was the man! Fruity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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!? Fruity, Berg Man, Sidersky and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted April 17, 2018 Share What speeds are you guys riding that you are worried about your bike melting!?this is not the Chinese carbon thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted April 17, 2018 Share What speeds are you guys riding that you are worried about your bike melting!?Terminal velocity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meezo Posted April 17, 2018 Share this is not the Chinese carbon thread Pshht!!! Hairy and fanievb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patchelicious Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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. barrykm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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? Pants Boy and geomark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDW Posted April 17, 2018 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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