Reviews

Jonathan's Custom Bamboo Gravel Bike

Jonathan went ultra-custom, and the result is this: a gravel bike that looks like it cost four figures but rides like it was built...

Bamboo Bikepacking in the Alps

Bourg cycling in the Alps. Snow-capped peaks, autumn colours, gravel road winding toward passes that test everything.The bikepacking setup is ready for days of...

Steve's Bamboo Gravel Bike Home Build

New gravel build by Steve, built at home using a home build kit. Black lugs, tan sidewall tyres, garden greenery backdrop.The proportions work perfectly....

Rob's Bamboo Gravel Bike Kit Build

Rob's new bamboo gravel bike, built as a home build kit. That 'Bam'z'Boo!' script on the down tube adds personality.The setting is industrial —...

Jayne's Bamboo Tourer on 90 Mile Beach

Jayne builds her bamboo bike and now she's touring around New Zealand. Ahipara Beach, 90 Mile Beach, the spiritual pathway to Cape Reinga. Proper...

Benjamin's Bamboo World Touring Frame

Fresh lacquer, still drying. Benjamin's world touring frame sits on protective paper, black lugs glistening as the finish cures. This moment — just after...

Custom Touring Bike by Doug

"(It rides) like a silk pillow on a bed made of Morgan Freeman's voice."

Cyclocross Season on a Bamboo Bike

Cyclocross season means this: snow on the ground, dead leaves still clinging to branches, and a gravel bike that doesn't care about either. The...

Via Claudia Augusta — Crossing the Alps on a Bamboo Touring Bike

Some photos stop you in your tracks. A bamboo touring bike leaning against a boulder on a gravel track high in the Alps, autumn...