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IzaSparrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:46 PM
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Check this bike out!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/tech/shows/nahmbs08/index.php?id=/photos/2008/tech/shows/nahmbs08/nahmbs084/Calfee_longhorn_bike

It's made of bamboo, hemp, and Longhorn horns. Crazy!
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SallyMander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 05:58 PM
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1. If you get launched over the handlebars

make sure you get ALL THE WAY OVER...

:yoiks:
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:00 PM
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2. I wonder how much it weighs?
Pretty cool. Except that it appears to not have any brakes. I can't really see if it has a rear crank/hub brake, though.
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IzaSparrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:06 PM
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4. I don't know how much it would weigh.
Bamboo is pretty light. How much do horns weigh?

The brake is a coaster brake. You can barely make it out in one of the last pictures.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:09 PM
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7. Coaster brake. That's the term I was trying to remember.
Been a long time since I baldeded my back tire over and over again.
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IzaSparrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:23 PM
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9. What a fantastic pastime...
skidding through rear tires was. Man, my dad would get mad at me for that. Especially, because we had a gravel driveway, so I had to rake when I was done.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:03 PM
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3. Interesting.
But I don't think it beats the all wooden bike.
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IzaSparrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:08 PM
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5. This shit has Longhorn horns!
You're from Texas, I thought Longhorns trump anything.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:09 PM
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6. Only if you're eating them.
Best. Beef. Ever. :9
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IzaSparrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:20 PM
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8. what about veal?
or Kobe
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-11-08 06:24 PM
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10. No veal for me.
And I've never been somewhere to have Kobe or the petty cash fund for that matter.
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