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Some Responses to “Bamboo Beatstick” :

1. I wanted to leave a description, but I was pressed for time as I uploaded the photo. Here are the specifics:

   I developed this bike with a bit of help from Matt Bracken and Brian Kelly. My idea was to build a bike that balanced strength and lightweight with the perfect geometry for my riding style. I love techie East Coast singletrack, and wanted a durable frame, built to survive its share of knocks, but big hucks just aren’t my thing. We came up with a fairly ‘classic’ trail bike geometry of 70.5 degree head, 72 degree seat, 23 inch effective toptube, 25mm b/b drop, and 16.5 inch chainstays. I like to joke about it, but the frame is built quite literally with two downtubes and five chainstays, as well as a few custom details fabricated by Tyler like oval chainstay and seatstay bridges, disc brake brace, double-height lower headtube reinforcing rings, and box gusset on the downtube/headtube junction. Despite all this, along with a sterling headbadge and thick custom paint, the frame weighs a scant under five pounds.

   Thanks for checking it out.

   Commented Todd Downs on January 21st, 2008.

2. Under five pounds? Holy cow!

   Commented Cris Bloomfield on January 21st, 2008.