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The other day I gear wooden wheel for the first time in my life .. Life is full of coincidences. Some time ago I was in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the National Museum, seen leaning very interesting wooden wheel and thought, "Who is it you take the time or pay bogvekoliko? '. Not even two months have passed and I have personally met the owner. What's more, with its business partners in the context of setting up the exhibition "mummy and a crocodile." At one of the meetings of the preparatory see the front door of the National Museum in Metelkova ao len wooden wheel in the introduction to this news. The word is given a word and its author Igor'm happy to let me put him down a lap. The experience was excellent. And my request is to lower the interpretation of Igor happy to respond. The record was published ao len in the journal "Life and Technology"
Igor Ravbar / wooden ao len bicycle When you think of the bicycle, we mean the metal product. Always been so. Already the first vehicle ao len with two successive wheels (laufmaschine, hobby horse) were made of wood, parts exposed to abrasion ao len but had made of metal. Wheels were typical wheelwright product. Since it is becoming ever less expensive metal, is of course, prevail. There are also bicycles hundred years ago that had a metal tube instead of wooden sticks, if necessary, bent as furniture. Maybe someone else remembers wooden wheel rims. Technology bending metal profiles but progressed rapidly and crowd out the wood even from this last item on the wooden biciklu. ao len As in all other areas, even in the world of bikes successfully penetrate artificial materials. These allow new forms of frames and other parts. It is also an increasing ao len number of frames made of die-cast aluminum and its alloys.
Wood is capable of producing lines which are in metal or plastic can only be in mass production. New forms of frames occur mainly in mountain bikes, which are intended for sport. City bikes, namely wheels which are intended to transport, however, remain ao len more or less unchanged over a hundred years. Today, the most common form of secure bicycle (bicycle safety) with a frame deltoid. Time for new forms. City bicycles allow for a wide variety of shapes and materials, because forms are not subordinate only to sports results, but also aesthetics. Today in the world (Italy, ao len India) there are a few small workshops producing bicycles with wooden parts. In these cases it is primarily for the wooden frame, made of plywood or solid wood. More rarely, these bicycles wooden forks, handlebars, wheels, or wings. All other parts are metal, plastic or rubber.
Benjamin G. Bowden and his Spacelander How difficult to penetrate new forms of bikes in the world tells us such as designer ao len Benjamin G. Bowden (1906-1998). In 1946, the London exhibition Britain-Can-Make-It futuristic designed aluminum bicycle. In addition, new forms had more innovations, such as universal transmission ao len instead of a chain. The prototype was made from wood. However, the British favor function over form, and Bowden, he moved to America. At the end of the fifties was there trying to manufacture the polyester version with the name Spacelander. Again, there was no greater mass production. Among collectors remained 38 specimens from this period that the auctions ao len in the eighties reached the price to $ 15,000. Therefore, in the nineties find enthusiasts who are licensed with Bowden again started making this an exciting bicycle
Igor Ravbar / My wooden wheel 1 Design Thinking about a new biciklu I found that the framework and Morada anything can be made of wood .. bicycle should be used for urban driving in all weather conditions. Above all, I wanted the wings to use as a carrier that does not carry all the weight of a frame. Wheelbase and the position of the pedals, seat and handlebars, I set with my size and intended use of the bicycle.
2 Metal parts After making the plan I set the parts that should be reinforced with a metal core. Indeed, this fork and handlebar. In order to provide greater rigidity of these two elements, I decided to create them in one piece. The frame but I have connected with such courses as they have bicycles once already. Another element of the reinforced lower part of the rear fork, of the pedal to the hub of the rear wheel. The wood I put only the metal parts that I have created specifically for this bicycle. Standard parts did not overlap with wood.
3 Wood I decided to laminating ao len wood veneer trim .. I chose pine strips (6 x 20 mm) and beech veneer (0.5 mm). Construction has not started with the frame, but with fenders. To this end, I made a mold with two wheels on which I installed a certain level of manufacture metal parts. Strips am after 12 hours immersion in water blamed on a special mold, where the