Bicycle Design: John Hobson Wooden Frame

Bicycle Design highlights John Hobson's wooden frame bike design. There are a number of wooden and bamboo bicycle designs. This latest example led me to an insight. Why not cut out the main tubes of a bike frame and replace them with wooden poles. This, of course, is a way to hack at cheap bike frames until I learn how to weld. In other words, I have no problem cutting metal tubing, and crafting wood, but I sure can't weld at this point. Additionally, I might try to see if I can use this method to make a cheap extended rear frame bike in the style of the Xtra-Cycle.