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16 Year Old Builds Working Wooden Bicycle : TreeHugger

burkinaboy rated 9 months ago
Lee Valley Tools publishes the story of Marco Facciola, who built a bicycle out of wood and glue and absolutely no metal parts. "I wasn't sure my wooden bicycle would actually work. I quickly realized the first pieces of the puzzle I needed to figure out were the chain and the sproc...

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sallyjacobs rated 7 weeks ago
Great googly moogly -- a bike made entirely of wood. A toast to teenage ingenuity (and oodles of free time)! Take a gander at the chain:
AlxRam rated 8 months ago
Thanks JennyLeeSilver
stumblefootsie rated 8 months ago
How rigid will it be?
Andreas68 rated 8 months ago
Keep away from open spark or flame, but RIDE it.
gavinhudson rated 8 months ago
nice.... I wonder what it must be like to ride on wooden wheels, though.
madedar rated 9 months ago
'forbidden' - woooo!
burkinaboy rated 9 months ago
Lee Valley Tools publishes the story of Marco Facciola, who built a bicycle out of wood and glue and absolutely no metal parts. "I wasn't sure my wooden bicycle would actually work. I quickly realized the first pieces of the puzzle I needed to figure out were the chain and the sprockets (gears), since the design of all the other components depended on these."
JennyLeeSilver rated 9 months ago
A bicycle made entirely out of wood... how cool is that?