Cecily's bamboo bike — still going strong years on
Cecily built a bamboo bike with us and finished the last details at home. Years later, she's still riding it — and so is her partner, Przemek, who built one too.
What she did
Cecily put her frame together with the club and fitted the components herself once she was home. When small parts went astray in the post, she chased them down and got on with the build rather than give up — the mark of someone who wanted to ride the bike she'd made. When Przemek's bottom bracket needed attention a few years on, she sorted that too. These are bikes that get used, not bikes that sit in a hallway.
The outcome
The bike has lasted. Writing to us in November 2024 — years after the build — Cecily summed it up herself:
"My bike is still going super strong and I love it."
— Cecily Barber
Why it matters
Most of what we make is built by people like Cecily: someone who learns the skills, finishes the job at home, keeps the bike running, and is still riding it years later. That longevity is the real story — a frame you build yourself and keep.
Links
--- Note: the previous version of this post claimed Cecily's frames were "award-winning" and that she'd been "featured in a craft magazine". Neither is supported by any record, so both have been removed. Everything above is drawn from Cecily's own correspondence with us.