Handcrafted Wooden Bike

[tuxbailey]

Not sure if it is a repost.

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/by-design-impossibly-light-totally-sleek-handmade-bikes-built-by-a-tokyo-shipwright/?TM-D-E-OB-AD-TXT-NA-ROS-0912-NA&_r=1&


3 months and it could cost up to $20K.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/03/t-magazine/03look-bike/03look-bike-tmagArticle.jpg

[ultraman6970]

Is this carbon fiber but made of wood fiber?

[Lewis Moon]

Not sure if it is a repost.

http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/23/by-design-impossibly-light-totally-sleek-handmade-bikes-built-by-a-tokyo-shipwright/?TM-D-E-OB-AD-TXT-NA-ROS-0912-NA&_r=1&


3 months and it could cost up to $20K.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/11/03/t-magazine/03look-bike/03look-bike-tmagArticle.jpg

"Cocaine is God's way of telling you, you have too much money", Richard Pryor.

I would submit that this is another.

[druptight]

http://sanomagic.world.coocan.jp/Lineup/english_sanomagicbikelineup.htm

[blessthismess]

I'll pass. For that kinda money I'd take a 5k dream bike and put the other 15k in my savings:D

[tsampson]

its very pretty, Can you actually ride it? or is it a museum piece?

[gasman]

I like it, a lot. Not enough to buy one unless I hit the lottery.

[Dale Alan]

That is the type of art I would like in my place. Just beautiful.

[54ny77]

Yessir!

I would enjoy watching a video of how that was made. Fascinating, no doubt.

That is the type of art I would like in my place. Just beautiful.

[gmonster]

I like the look... most (if not all) of the bamboo bikes that I have seen have joints that aren't natural... so this bike has that going for it for sure!

[Desert Fox]

its very pretty, Can you actually ride it? or is it a museum piece?

I visited his workshop in Kiba when I lived in Tokyo a few years ago. He had only made three of these at the time and I got to test ride the fourth. Very solid feel closer to carbon than steel or ti - everything was wood, including wheels, stem and handlebar, fork, seatpost, and saddle. Absolutely gorgeous and I was sorely tempted but could not really spare the ¥1,300,000 he was asking at the time (which included Campagnolo Super Record drivetrain and brakes).

[Louis]

Is this carbon fiber but made of wood fiber?

Wood - the original anisotropic frame material.