Everything old is new again. People are still building wood bike frames today. These folks exhibited at NAHBS in Portland:
Their claim-to-fame, so to speak, is that they are building hollow, not solid, wood frames, with a claimed weight of 3.5 to 4.5 lbs. I seem to recall that they displayed a complete bike hanging from a scale, but I don't remember the weight.
Sort of a whole different perspective on KOF, eh? NO, this is not intended to start THAT discussion.
Wayne Bingham (who has some kind of appreciation for any type of bicycle) Lovettsville, Virginia USA
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Alan Lloyd <adl2k@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Picture of hickory bikes, circa 1897 & 1898, at the Bicycle Museum of America in New Bremen, Ohio.
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> There was also an Italian-made wooden bike from around the 1939-45 World War shown on the UK's Antiques Road Show years ago, probably built because of the shortage of available metal?
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> Alan Lloyd
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Wayne Bingham
Lovettsville, Virginia USA