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Reinventing the wheel
Chances are you've never seen a bicycle made out of bamboo. If you picture a bamboo bike as wobbly or lopsided, though, think again, because when juniors Nick Frey, Will Watts, Doug Wolf and Tom Yersak took on a bike-building project for MAE 321: Engineering Design, they meant business. Not only did they build a bicycle as sturdy as any you could buy in a store — except with a beautiful bamboo frame instead of a metal one — but they also developed the process for constructing the bike, including the heat treatment for the bamboo and the gears. (24/04) ReadYou may also like
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City on a Hill Press | 09/05/08
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The New York Times | 03/05/07
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Yorkshire Post | 29/03/07
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Ventura County Star | 04/04/08
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Los Angeles Times | 08/12/06
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Seattle Post Intelligencer | 31/08/06
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Oxford Mail | 31/05/07
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The New Zealand Herald | 06/06/08
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BikeRadar | 22/05/08
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Seattle Post Intelligencer | 24/04/08
Adapted from the Seinfeld episode, The Bottle Deposit #1
[Bike Shop]
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