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This isn't really on topic, but that bike with the rebar frame looks really awesome and is a really neat design --- looks a lot more sturdy/reasonably priced (i

This isn't really on topic, but that bike with the rebar frame looks really awesome and is a really neat design --- looks a lot more sturdy/reasonably priced (if it's $100 total) than a cardboard bike.

woah 14y ago
Extremely heavy.
- prolepunk 14y ago
  Also I would want to fall from that bicycle even less then from a normal one.
  - TeMPOraL 14y ago
    I can understand that. I have a scar on my leg from a close encounter with such rebar when I was 13 or sth.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    Would it necessarily be much worse than falling on a motorcycle at relatively low speeds?
nl 14y ago
Plain gauge steel tubing is superior in every way to using rebar. Tubing is lighter, stiffer and cheaper. It can be used with conventional bike parts (bottom bracket, headset, seat tube etc). A tubular steel bike gives you the option of using lugged construction, which in turn allows you to braze instead of high-temperature welding. There really isn't much to like about the rebar bike at all.