Wooden bicycle: Download the plans, cut and assemble

Wooden bicycles

Go bike is in fashion. There are bicycles of a thousand colors and materials. All are benefits for this healthy vehicle with an unstoppable increase in followers.

In addition, wooden bicycles they have a very low carbon footprint … Do you want to build a wooden bike for an adult or a child?

Well, in this article you can download the detailed plans and steps to assemble a super modern bicycle, let's get started!

Build adult wooden bicycle

Although there are many people on the internet who have ridden his own bike. If we talk about obtaining the plans and details from a quality perspective, the subject is greatly reduced. So we have looked for three projects that really provide facilities:

1.- Openbike bicycle

For ride an adult cycle, we go to the project Openbike. An idea that was born from the design and architecture studio Arquimaña with the intention of providing a method for manufacture of a non-polluting means of urban transport, the bike.

In a nutshell… super sustainable bikes! Designed so that anyone can build it from scratch totally handmade.

The goal was to design the most sustainable bike on the market and make it possible for anyone to build it from scratch.

Bicycles are inherently less polluting than cars, but you can still go further. The study has had an impact on reducing the contamination of the manufacturing process:

First, the main body of the bicycle is made of wood plywood, a renewable resource, and easily cuttable.
The seat, the front hub and the grips may be 3D printed from silicone or, better yet, recycle old bikes. The wheels need to be purchased separately.
The user can build the bike at home (a little more complicated if we use a traditional wooden jigsaw) or better, find a Fab LaB laboratory in your own city. There are no emissions from transporting the finished bicycle to the user.

NOTE: What is Fab Lab? In short, it is a workshop (Fabrication Laboratory) for the production of physical objects at scale that groups together machines controlled by computers (cutting, laser engraver, etc.) and open to the general public. In Spain there are a lot! Look on Google by city.

From the Openbike project they tell us the simple steps to build the bike:

Download the plans of the wooden bicycle with the manufacturing files.
Customize the design to your tastes and needs.
Carry out the cutting and assembly.

List of materials you need to make a wooden bicycle

Birch plywood 21 mm

5mm aluminum plate

TPU filament (for 3D printer)

Carbon fiber PLA filament (for 3D printer)

White carpenter's glue

Tools Needed for Manufacturing

CNC milling machine

3D printer

Mallet

Allen wrenches

For cutting and assembly, it is advisable to find a Fab Lab with access to a CNC milling machine and 3D printer to manufacture the parts necessary to assemble the bike. And then follow the instructions.

You can download the wooden bicycle blueprints in PDF and the manual for the assembly from the official Openbike page HERE (In the middle of the page is the download, you have to leave an Email and the file weighs 145 Megas)

By the way, the Openbike project accumulates a lot of merits and awards, both national and international.

2.- Bicycle Prod User

Looking for homemade alternatives, we have seen some videos of how to make a handmade bicycle, but, we are not convinced of the resistance of the unions. As a solution, we have found a project that can solve this problem, the PROD USER.

It focuses on the fact that you buy the specially designed metal joints, and the tubes that make up the frame, we put them on. Based on bamboo, wood logs or whatever you literally want, but that resists.

According to the web that can be consulted HERE, to get the set of connection pieces for build your own homemade bike. You can send an email to [email protected]

Once your order has been processed, you will receive a box with all the connection pieces, an artisan manual that will serve as support and a step-by-step guide for the construction.

The manual will contain information on the additional elements and mechanics that you will need to buy to assemble it. All you have to do is choose them, based on your personal taste.

3.- Bamboo bikes from Bamboo Bicycle Clup

This theme is already for professional cyclists or those who really want a different bike that you can ride. Of course, the material of the frame is bamboo (See article bamboo in architecture), but the joints are already carbon, so it's not a joke!

You buy a Kit with all the parts to assemble a frame complete, but, I already confirm that it is not cheap although it is played with quality. You can check everything from the official website at Bamboo Bicycle Clup Let's play with professionals!

By the way, if you want to go a little further. This Final Degree project on the design of a bike hanging bracket. There are many examples of simple structures with wood to hold them and that we can do at home.

Build children's wooden bicycle

In this case, for build a wooden bicycle for a boy or girl we have to go to "Do It Yourself". The design consists of mounting a wooden children's bicycle without pedals, which serves to develop the balance of the little ones and is indicated for ages between 2 to 6 years.

In the following video they explain all the steps to follow:

The detailed manual can be downloaded from HERE with the PDF of the detailed instructions. And the materials and tools that we will need are:

Tools	Materials
Tape measure	Thread ¼ (1 mt)
Face mask	Golilla ¼ ”
Gloves	15mm molded plywood board 122x244cm
Milling machine	Black leg ¾ ”4 units
Buzzer key with dice	Hex nut G2 ½ ”
Adjustable wrench	Stain to water Impregnating 1/4 gallon Kolor
Wood jig saw	Garden wheels 30 cm
Cordless drill	22mm wooden bar
Orbital sander	4 ″ x 4 ″ stainless steel hinge with bead
	Wood Drywall Screws 6 x 1 ″ 250 units
	Wood Drywall Screws 6 x 1 5/8 ″ 200 units
	Thread one meter ½ ”
	Hex Nut Fixser G2 ¼ ”
	Golilla Plana calibrated 1/2 ″ Bright zinc plated 3 units
	Tip 2 1/2 ″ x 13, display 50 grs
	2 pc sponge bike grip

An interesting project that will undoubtedly give you many joys at home.

Buy wooden bicycle

If in the end, you have decided that you want something finished and put aside the DIY. In resistant wood we have some interesting alternatives to buy.

In the case of adults, the AxalKo Bikes company in the Basque Country manufactures high-quality native wood bicycles with spectacular designs. You can see more information from the AxalKo Bikes website.

For the little ones in the house there are a thousand alternatives in toy stores and the internet. All with design and colors that are literally amazing. We are left with:

We are left with the next bike without wooden pedals. Adjustable saddle, inflatable tires and an exquisite design that you can see from Amazon HERE. A cycle for both boys and girls with many details.

And this other wooden children's bicycle You have two options: tricycle style with or without wheels. In addition to tuning it as you want, a transformable top sales! What you can watch from Amazon HERE.