Bike Made of Wood Shavings (Beautiful One)

June 7th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan

This is a truly beautiful bike, in my opinion. It’s also no clunker — it’s very well designed and built, and it commands a pretty daunting €6,000 price tag. Yeah, it won’t be making it into my hands any time soon.

Of course, this isn’t the first wooden bike ever, and not even the first innovative, eco-friendly wooden bike of the 21st century (see: Wooden Bikes from Urban Trees), but it’s pretty unique. Here’s more on the beauty from Andrew Meggison of Gas2:

It Is Not Only Green But A Work Of Art (via Gas 2.0)

Without question, a traditional pedal bicycle is the greenest vehicle on the road today. Some bikes are getting an even more sustainable treatment, being built from materials such as bamboo. Axalko Bikes has created a very unique bike made out of wood shavings. If you saw this wooden bike pass you…

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Tags: Axalko, Axalko Bikes, quickies, wooden bikes

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