Impact Stories

Two riders, six countries: the 2 by Bamboo story

Adventure Expedition | South America | 2018In July 2018, two riders crossed six countries, finishing in Cartagena, Colombia on BBC-built bamboo bikes....

Building alongside Ghana Bamboo Bikes: the Imagine Bamboo Summit, Birmingham

International Partnership | Birmingham | July 2022In July 2022, BBC attended the Image Bamboo Festival in Birmingham and collaborated with Ghana Bamboo Bikes to...

Kenya: teaching the build, not shipping the bike

BBC spent time in Kenya teaching community members to build bamboo bicycles. The goal was not to produce frames — it was to leave...

From sustainable AI to the seafront: Manish rides his bamboo bike London to Brighton

Manish is the founder of a sustainable AI company. He built a bamboo gravel bike because carbon fibre contradicted everything his business stood for....

Claire rode hers daily for five years — then came back for a repaint

Claire rode her bamboo commuter bike every day in London for five years. Then she came back to BBC — not for repairs, but...

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.