Wooden Bike

Oct 23, 2010

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The Australian cyclist Gus, who gave me the information about the Misaka Pass last week, is staying in Odawara. We decided to meet in Enoshima, which is the halfway point between my home and Odawara.
He owned cottages on the Gold Coast. He said that he is a test pilot of wooden bicycles now !?
He stays in Japan every year for two or three months. He came to Enoshima for the first time and so I guided him around the island.
G: Is that a temple?
T: No, that is a shrink.
G: Taka san, I don't think that is a shrink.
T: Huh, that is a shrine. Don't mind.
He spoke about the wooden bike with passion.
We can make a comfortable bike with enough hardness if we put hard wood and soft wood together.
Carbon cannot have the "bend" that wood has.
There are wooden bike makers such as RENOVO HARDWOOD BICYCLES in U.S.A.
Because he explained it based on the property of the materials, he was persuasive.

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