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Wood on Wheels

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Here, Nick Coates shows us an innovative way to work with a wide range of coppiced wood - to produce high-performance bicycles. With his considerable engineering experience and keen interest in working with sustainable materials, Nick has designed a unique and naturally beautiful product as a social enterprise. Pyrography artwork, by Nick`s daugher Emma, is an eye-catching addition to the bike poles. To find out more: www.beamz.org.uk An Adliberate film www.adliberate.co.uk for WoodlandsTV http://www.woodlands.co.uk/tv


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+Tony Watson
Hi Tony. We decided to stick with the conventional bike format. That particular joint is glued, pinned, natural composite reinforced and bound so if anything it is probably over-engineered. We hope to have video material soon which demos the bike being ridden hard and abused to underline our complete faith in wood.

Nick Coates

December 12, 2015

Wow, absolutely mind blowing innovation. How would I get involved in this? I'd love to work in coppicing or production of manufactured items.

Anthony Jacobs

December 13, 2015

+Anthony Jacobs
Hi Anthony. Drop me a line. [email protected] Nick

Nick Coates

December 13, 2015

fantastic

John James

December 25, 2015

how did they hollow out the wood/

tommy wilts

January 12, 2016

"Betula" = perfect name. Great idea.

Ben Silver

January 12, 2016

All I can say is Wow! I sure hope all the countries in the world can start to adapt to a more sustainable way of life at some point before it's to late. Great video!

Griffin Benchmark

February 7, 2016

Fantastico! Grazie

59ridge59

April 18, 2016

I love it!!! Is anyone making these in the US? The carbon footprint of shipping one here would defeat much of the sustainability value.

Dan Tefft

August 26, 2016

I wonder how much energy it takes to build a. battle tank to secure cheap fuel

Pete Ruff

September 20, 2016