Wow!

You are correct. Bamboo can be quite strong. Perhaps I'll reconsider.

Now that you mention it, I saw bamboo scaffolding in India in 1996. It
was tied together!



Ba r r y wrote in message . ..
On 16 Oct 2004 19:36:33 -0700, (Never Enough
Money) wrote:

BTW, I do not intend to use the bamboo for structural elements, just
for accents --

Why not? Bamboo is strong stuff!

A bamboo high-end bicycle exists, I saw it with own four eyes last
week at Interbike in Las Vegas.

http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races02/bamboocropped.jpg

We sell Calfee carbon fiber frames, he's for real.

Bamboo is also used to build scaffolding in some parts of the world.

Barry