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Wooden Bike Builder Working on 2nd Model

Avondale Estates teenager has a love affair with wood.

Remember the Patch story about Collin Graver of Avondale Estates, the teenager who built a working bicycle from a single sheet of plywood?

He's not standing still, according to 11Alive, the Atlanta television station. The station said,

A second generation wooden bike is underway in the basement. "I'm building it out of much higher quality wood and I'm using a different gearing system as well as computer controlled tools. This one has gearing for 18. Who knows if I'll feel safe riding it that fast?"

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The television report also has good video of Collin riding the bike.

His first wooden bike still gets plenty of attention when he rides it down the streets of Avondale Estates. It also earned him an appearance on "Figure It Out" on Nickelodeon.

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