So if you're riding really long distances, there - that might be a reason why you would want to go bamboo. There is some dampening, they say, that bamboo has a sort of natural dampening. One thing that I heard from Justin Claassen, who's an avid cyclist and he's one of the founders of Valid, is that over a long period of time you notice the vibration less. And, you know, there are things that were different about it. This, you know, these are handmade pieces of art. LICHTMAN: It's a little bit different from my 1980s beater. I - of course, I wanted to take one for a test drive.įLATOW: You're a big biker. They're going to love this.įLATOW: But one of the question I need to ask you, as a bike geek yourself. I know that our bike geeks out there are going to like this.įLATOW: Bike geek. And they said one of the things that took them years to figure out at Valid Cycles was how they get these poles all straight. So a big thing in bikes is getting them aligned. But, you know, there are other problems with building with bamboo. They said that they're just - seem to be indestructible. LICHTMAN: And you can really smack it against anything. This are, you know, the inside is like an inch thick almost. So this is not your garden variety, at least, in my garden.įLATOW: In your backyard in Brooklyn, it's not the same.įLATOW: Bamboo that grows in Brooklyn is not on these bikes? And they demonstrated just how strong bamboo can be by smacking it on the ground, by jumping on it, and it really is amazing. As you can see in our video on our website, the guys at Valid Cycles - so Justin Claassen, Evan Cook and Tyler Jones - took us to their workshop in Woodinville. This week's video is about, not just any bicycle builders, these are folks who are building bicycles out of bamboo. Lightening it up for pick of the week, but - as usual. When in Mayor McSchwinn's city, you have to go with the bikes. How would I describe it - Seattle-like this week for this week's video. Up next, Flora Lichtman is here with us for our Video Pick of the Week.
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