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We'll a final update for anyone who is interested.....
The frame has lasted a full year happily, but I have now retired it from use.
It's done ~650miles of hard abuse, with about 60k ft of climbing.
The bad bits....
The latteral flex at the bottom bracket meant it eats cranks.
In 1year I got...
Yeah, this is one of my choices.
I preferred to leave as much material on the seat stay dropout joint as possible, and let the chain take the edge out of what is left if it needs to.
Otherwise I'm sure I would've taken off too much and weakened it.
I push a 38t front ring, so getting into the...
Cheers for all the comments !! : D.
Did not even know my bike had been featured !!
Only just found out by chance :) :)
I never built it to be a show piece, and tbh I built it to try and prove I "could".
I didn't expect it to turn out so well, and actually be able to use it propperly.
I've...
It's just surgical casting tape, the same stuff you'd get put on a broken arm.
Original plan was to use epoxy and hemp twine bindings, but casting tape has much better strength and doesn't soak up epoxy so much. Not that I've skimped on the amount I wrapped it! :lol:
Scar
Excuse the english post my German is pretty bad.:oops:
So hopefully this can be an inspiration for anyone looking to challenge themselves...
With no high tech tools, and no DIY skills I managed to make myself a Bamboo bike!
It took about 6months whilst juggling between family, and work etc last...
Mattoc air spring issues solved!
http://www.pinkbike.com/u/scar4me/blog/manitou-mattoc-air-spring-issues.html
Simple poppet valve re-location fixes this
Sca