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    Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Let's see if Lance can win a Tour De France with one of these.. more »
    Geisrud: I don't see why he couldn't spend a month's wages on a bike - I spent that much on mine. Jr. next to him seems to have scraped together the cash more »
    i2hellfire: these puns are killer more »
    feckineejit: my ischium hurts from looking at that. more »
    PeterSimpson: Guy's hardcore...he didn't even tack a rubber strip to the rim of the wheel. And it looks like he's sitting directly on the crossbar. Would a bit of... more »
    Curves: Frugality is the mother of invention. more »
    spider2544: the only downside would be that you would have to constantly pedal to make it go but other than that totally bad ass i kind of want one. more »
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    Chinese Villager Takes Wooden Bike Out For a Spin

    A carpenter in a Chinese village, perhaps unwilling to spend what would amount to a month's pay on a bicycle, has created a 100% wooden one to ride around town instead. More »
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    High School Student Builds 100% Wooden Bike

    16 year-old Marco Facciola built this completely wooden bike for a school project, managing to avoid using any metal at all. Yes, this wooden wheeled wonder even has a chain and gearing made of wood, held together with wooden joints and glue. The detail in the free-wheeling ratchet and spacers between the chain links, pinned with tiny dowels, is amazing. Marco had to complete this as a non-academic project for his International Baccalaureate, and inspiration came from his grandfather, forced to make wooden wheels for his bike during the war due to rubber shortages. [LeeValley via Neatorama] More »