bme.szm.sk:

This is my second home-made frame. This time I used bamboo rods connected with carbon composite joints.

I have seen many amazing constructions made of bamboo and I always wondered, why such light, strong, stiff and elastic material is not widespread used for building of bicycle frames. Since I finished my carbon frame, I was thinking about using bamboo for my second frame. Later on, I found an article describing a bamboo frame Craig Calfee built for himself a few years ago. At that moment I was fully determined to build it too.

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