Non-motoring > bamboo tyres Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Bellboy Replies: 4
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New Mon 26 Jul 10 14:59 
 bamboo tyres - Bellboy
im sure my cousin used to do push bike time trials on the open roads with bamboo as his tyres
can anyone confirm before i go nuts
thanks........
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New Mon 26 Jul 10 15:09 
 bamboo tyres - Biggles
Bellboy, the wheels rather than the tyres may well have been of bamboo.

www.bikeit.eclipse.co.uk/cyclingprelycra/racing/woodrims.htm

Biggles
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New Mon 26 Jul 10 15:10 
 bamboo tyres - Bellboy
thank you very much
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New Thu 29 Jul 10 13:35 
 bamboo tyres - IJWS14
Was reading some of the "tour" history the other day, originally they used wooden tyres, was some time before the organisers accepted that the glue used on rubber tyres could withstand the heat generated on some of the descents.
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New Fri 30 Jul 10 10:26 
 bamboo tyres - Cliff Pope
Bamboo fibre can be used to make practically anything. There is clothing made from "Bamboose" which is a viscose substitute.
It is also used for making substitute rubber mats for floor covering.

That's just the result of half a minute Googling.
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