Impact Stories

Justin Built a Gravel Frame at Home — and Was Still Riding It Four Years On

Justin built a bamboo gravel bike with BBC in 2016. Six years later, he took it on its first bikepacking trip. 'Built six years...

Mark built a free-ride 29er — and it keeps taking everything he throws at it

Mark built a bamboo 29er mountain bike with BBC and has been throwing it down the Surrey Hills for over two years — drops,...

Two doctors rode London to Singapore on bamboo they built themselves

Tom and Nicky rode 22,000 kilometres from London to Singapore on hand-built bamboo bicycles. Every component broke at some point. The bamboo never did.