Wooden Road Bike - M/s. Sano Magic

Continuing from the Edo period (1603-1868 CE) for 8 generations, the Sano shipyard started to make the bicycle made of the mahogany (Mahogany is a type of tropical hardwood, reddish-brown in color and widely used in furniture-making, boat building, and other high specification uses) for trial purposes from the autumn of 2007, using the technique of wooden ship construction.

It is aimed as a road bike that is lighter and faster than a metallic frame, using the SANOMAGIC shipbuilding technique of laminating the mahogany, and completed the first road bike in the spring of 2008. 

The frame made from mahogany has hardness and flexibility as well. The beauty of the frame can be said as a work of art than anything else. The genuine workman spirit that does not compromise until the life time, is shudder strong, and can be deeply felt.

You can see the road bike made by SANO MAGIC below. And, this is one of the article that can prove the height of the Japanese woodworking skill.

http://sanomagic.world.coocan.jp/Lineup/sanomagicbikelineup.htm