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Bikes Made From “Nature’s Carbon”

Renovo make bicycles out of wood, using hollow wooden tubes. Seems kind of primitive, considering we have all these fancy materials today, titanium, aluminum, carbon fiber… So why wood?

Some amazing things have been made from wood, including the world’s largest wingspan plane, the H4 Hercules… all wood!

Hercules Cargo Plane
The H4 Hercules all wood construction aircraft.

And according to Renovo:

Wood has unique engineering properties that deliver superior ride quality and durability compared to man-made materials, and…it’s sustainable, unlike other common frame materials. When the right wood is combined with an array of advanced technologies, it becomes a high performance material that will forever change your understanding of ‘wood.’

Wooden Mountain Bike

Renovo say that wood has superior damping ability, is light, stiff and durable. In short you get a smooth ride, excellent power transfer, superior handling and a bike that will last.

Plus wood makes your bike a one-of-a-kind handcrafted masterpiece.

Wooden Bicycle - The Firewood Detail

The frames are significantly heavier than today’s super light frames, coming in at around 4-5 lbs, so not your best option if you do a lot of climbing.

Renovo offer a wide range of bikes, from commuter, road, mountain, touring and even time trial/triathlon. Prices vary by type, model and options, but prices start around $4,800 for a road bike.

Check out RenovoBikes.com

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The Samurai Bicycle

If Samurai designed a bicycle, it might look something like this:

Samurai Bicycle

Well that’s the story anyway.

The Samurai Bicycle The frame is made from titanium (a number of varieties) and features Ebikan welding, a technique where, instead of bending the tubes, small fan-shaped pieces are welded together, giving a slightly ribbed or corrugated look to the curves.

There are other distinctive features of this bike…

The chainstays are not horizontal, but rise up dramatically, to loop around and cradle the down tube. The down tube threads through the chainstay loop and then arcs down to meet the bottom bracket.

There is no seat tube. Intricate lattice design work joins the top tube to the head tube. The Samurai also features a belt drive, a rear disc brake, and internal cable routing.

Learn more about the Samurai Bicycle:

http://samuraibike.jp/en/

Fit for Samurais

Cycling Watch from Velo Logic - stainless steel precision time pieceMade by Samurais from the melted metal of the swords of their vanquished enemies, the Velo Logic stainless steel time piece that sure to send waves of envy over your friends.

Velo Logic Stainless Steel Precision Watch

Okay, our watch is not really made from melted swords, but it is worthy of a Samurai. In fact Denny Giacobe gushed, “The watch itself is absolutely beautiful made of stainless steel. A true men’s sport watch. I hate to say this but I would have payed twice the price. Respectfully Denny G.” See for yourself, the Samurai-worthy watch.