Comments from across the pond, on the Wooden Indian.

This tickles me to no end, our little local web site has a world wide presence on the web, and people actually read it. Who would have thought...... By the way when was the last time you saw a Nimbus being ridden

Phil,

Dear Sir,

The wooden Indian was built by Gaétan Pagé from Quebec, Canada. As mentioned on your page it took 10 years to build, and at times he felt like setting the whole project on fire. Fortunately for all of us he held out.

14 different types of wood are used, all the usual parts like throttle, kickstand, wheels etc. move, even the electrical system has been reproduced in wood. The wheels are made of several different types of pine wood.

I'm very pleased to find this project on your site. All I had was a small photo in an old Cycle World magazine.

Ride fast, take chances

Kim Scholer, Denmark

PS. The enclosed picture shows not me, but a friend of mine. I ride the same kind of bike, and this shot was better than any of those of my own Nimbus.

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