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Ultimate analog bike. Double analog?

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DerGolgo
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Ultimate analog bike. Double analog?

Post by DerGolgo » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:41 am

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This, probably, is to regular analog bikes what they are to motorbikes.
It's made entirely out of wood and glue (and some paint). Not a bit of metal, plastic or rubber, not even a nail or a screw. Bearings are lignum-vitae and the saddle only looks like leather.
They set a world speed record with this, not really much of a problem one would think as no one had set any record for an all-wood bike before, but I've just seen a tv program about it and they managed to break both prototypes in the attempt and not even switching parts around helped them much.
In the end, they managed one complete run in either direction, 11.25 mph.

I like the idea of that enormous plywood cog, but I would have gone for shaft-drive. Or maybe a long crank-arm arrangement, similar to the running gear on a big old steam locomotive.
And used a hardwood, but finding large enough hardwood pieces for something as large as they did end up making is probably tricky these days.

More info:
http://www.splinterbike.co.uk/


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Rabbit_Fighter
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Post by Rabbit_Fighter » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:55 pm

I think that seat is just wood.

Very cool project.
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motorcycle the finality not is
motorcycle merely medium to achieve action of riding
motorcycle tool to bend space and time and overcome your own limitations as a mortal
riding more important than medium
spirit by object cannot be beaten."
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Post by piccini9 » Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:13 am

Very cool, but I have a strict policy of never sitting on anything that has the word "splinter" in it's name.
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Location: Austin, TX

Post by Vitiare » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:08 am

Its like naming a motorcycle the "Road Rash 1000"
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Post by DerGolgo » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:31 am

Vitiare wrote:Its like naming a motorcycle the "Road Rash 1000"
Hey, at least they were honest and frank about it. They didn't hype it as the first step into a future of biodegradable transportation.
Also, if you spent something like a year or so and much money for something that started as a drunken 1 pound bet in a pub (did pay up, too), what else would you call it? Brits, gotta love their sense of humor and how they keep the form.
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Post by DerGolgo » Thu Apr 26, 2012 9:32 am

Le poste, il est double! Ignorer dette! Premjestiti zajedno.
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Post by Beemer Dan » Tue May 08, 2012 5:47 pm

Allright guys, the bar has been set. Now lets make a bike out of pure bacon and show them how it's done!
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