Wooden Bikes - Bicycles made out of wood

After centuries of history bicycles has become one of the most used vehicles all around the world.

When Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) delineated the first bicycle design he probably never had thought that after all this time people will be still riding wooden bikes.

Well, in the name of true it was not Leonardo who made those rough drafts of what would be a bicycle, it was one of his students during the 1490´s.

But those drafts only reach us because they were among other Leonardo´s works.

Only in 1817 a bicycle has been created, it was Baron Karl von Drais who made the first two wheels vehicle even though it did not had pedals yet. Mainly because of bad marketing this invention had little success back then.

Only in 1817 a bicycle has been created, it was Baron Karl von Drais who made the first two wheels vehicle even though it did not had pedals yet. Mainly because of bad marketing this invention had little success back then.

In the 1820's there was a new and improved bicycle made nicknamed the Dandy Horse.

One of the reasons this bicycle succeeded was that Denis Johnson, the maker of this bicycle, had much better marketing skills than Baron Karl von Drais.

Nowadays bicycles are made from different materials such as alloy, aluminum, carbon fiber, titanium and from whatever materials we may find in aerospace engineering.

But those are not all the used materials, we also have bicycles made from wood and bamboo in the 21^th century.

• Americanbamboo.org

  Bamboo Bicycle

• Autocanoe.com

  The Autocanoe Is a Pedal Powered Amphibious Recumbent Tricycle and a Roadable Pedal Canoe!

• Calfeedesign.com

  Beginning as a publicity stunt in 1996, Craig's bamboo errand bike evolves into a well-tested new model for the general public.

• Designboom.com

  Tokyo bike - This page showcases images of six wooden bicycles for a variety of applications.

• Digilander.libero.it

  Vinicio Magni has been making wonderful wooden bicycles since 1995 when he patented his first wood bike design.

• Gizmodo.com

  Designer Roland Kaufmann has gone and built a bicycle out of wood.

• Lowriderbike.com

  Custom Wood Bicycle - Woody

• Manytracks.com

  Wood recumbents from wood workers who have the tools and experience to make things from wood.

• Renovo Hardwood Bicycles

  Renovo uses CNC technology to built their frames. You will be amazed with the finish work and beauty of this frames.
  

• Sylvan Cycles
  

  Sylvan was formed from a love of bicycles combined with expertise in green materials, bicycle design, product development, and technology innovation.

• Woodbike.com

  Bicycle Frames from fine hardwoods

• Woodenbikes.com

  So you want to build a bike in the worst possible way...

• Wooden bike plans

  The Wooden Bike Plans include patterns and simple instructions for making your own wooden bike and include a license to make one.

• Wood Recumbents

  At Wood Recumbents you will find James Robinson`s experiences while building his own wooden recumbent bike. You can also buy the planset to build your own wood recumbent.
  

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I am now very proud to present one of the most beautiful wooden bicycles I ever saw (no pun intended).

Just recently I received a comment from Gus where he told us he had made a wooden bike (woodie) and that he had also traveled it around Japan - find out more on his blog.

Of course I had to see that bike... and after asking Gus if it was possible he immediately send me a link to some great photos of his precious with beautiful places in Japan as background.

And now with his permission I added some of them for your delight, enjoy.