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Re:Wooden bikes by dzedajs on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:21AM (#18501822)
Pretty durable. Better than carbon and can compete with aluminium – since the build is filled.
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Re:Wooden bikes by ArrayList on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:37AM (#18501891)
> Better than carbon

[citation needed]

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Re:Wooden bikes by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:41AM (#18501915)
Carbon bikes are made from hollow tubes, hollow tubes can buckle / collapse, plus carbon bikes are designed for lightness, not sturdiness. Wood can take a beating, but is a lot heavier.
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Re:Wooden bikes by NikolaeVarius on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:51AM (#18501983)
Hollowness is nonsensical argument. Hollow tubes maximize strength per weight
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Re:Wooden bikes by eesmith on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:45AM (#18501944)
The wooden bikes mentioned are made from hollow tubes too. "Materia Bikes frames are hollow and lightweight"
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Re:Wooden bikes by blakblakarak on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @07:02AM (#18502031)
Carbon bikes are made for stiffness and ride quality - you can make equally light bikes with Alu / Ti.
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Re:Wooden bikes by pplonski86 on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @06:23AM (#18501837)
I must admit that they look very nice!
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