I still love my VERY old Trek Y33. Best bike I have had and I still hit the trails with it. Although I have a one-off custom frame. Sorta went through a few frames.... Anyway, never was a Cannon fan, but not for any reason. Just stuck with my Treks and Fishers.

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1991 560 SEL / 185k miles
1992 750il / 17k miles - project car

lol

Nice bike btw.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

One newer member who just got a sunroof tray from me for his TD was mentioning a bamboo bike he is planning on fabricating out of ordinary fishing pole bamboo, He said theres a NYC nonprofit outfit giving classes here and you build your own in a two day class $1000.00 goes to teaching africans how to build theirs free.

Those bamboo bikes are pretty wild. I first heard about them on some show on Green Planet about these guys who set up a bus to run on VO and were going across country visiting different folks with sustainable projects. Surprisingly (at least to me) strong!

I've wondered if the same could be done with Japanese Knotweed, which is similar visually to bamboo and does have a "compartmentalized" trunk. I'm not sure if the structure is the same, though. The crap grows like a weed up here and is really invasive. I suppose I could just cut a bunch and dry it then soak it with epoxy and see what it's like.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Throw in some hemp...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/09/growing-bamboo/

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

I met a guy the other day with a bamboo bike. He had bamboo tubing but they were inserted into steel lugs.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Caught my eye as well. Whether or not it's a good design is difficult to discern at this distance. Someone thought it was anyway.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

They had a piece about those on NPR's "Living on the Earth." Less metal to make them more accessible to third worlders, as well as less energy intensive for the high tech realms too. I'd like to see one, make one perhaps.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K