Impact Stories

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,...

A corporate team built balance bikes — then gave them to Brixton

A corporate team built bamboo balance bikes at BBC's workshop. The finished bikes were donated to Upcycle Brixton — getting children cycling in South...

Soraya built a bike to break the spell that making is only for geniuses

Soraya came to build a bamboo bike for a zero-waste expedition. What she found was something she didn't expect: the confidence that making things...

One hand, one frame: Jon builds his own bamboo bike

Following a stroke, Jon had the use of only one functioning hand. He still completed a full bamboo road bike frame at BBC's workshop....

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.

Build to Bond at HMP Lowdham Grange: Makers building bikes, and confidence

Inside Britain's most innovative prison rehabilitation programme — where fathers build bamboo balance bikes for their children and leave with an OCN Level 2...