The AJC article mentioned the weight and the rough ride. I'd guess that yet another disadvantage of a wooden bicycle, at least when sharing the road with motor vehicles, is that it's impossible to trigger a green traffic signal [pineight.com] without enough metal surface to disturb the flux in the induction loop beneath the approach to the intersection. At some intersections, even a metal bicycle has a problem with that.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @01:38PM (#48418907)
"weight and rough ride" Those are both due to this dude's ridiculous artistic design. There's no pneumatic tires on the wheels, and the thing has obnoxiously large cogs off the crank, and unfortunately made wooden designs look like they would share these qualities on a materials basis.
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"weight and rough ride" Those are both due to this dude's ridiculous artistic design. There's no pneumatic tires on the wheels, and the thing has obnoxiously large cogs off the crank, and unfortunately made wooden designs look like they would share these qualities on a materials basis.