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Swoop Patagonia: Why Kate Rawles Cycled Across Patagonia on a Bamboo Bike

In August 2024, the Patagonia adventure-travel blog Swoop Patagonia ran a first-person piece by writer and cyclist Kate Rawles, "Why I cycled across Patagonia...

Cycling to Norway for PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide

This summer, Jock is cycling over 3,000km from London to Bergen in memory of his close friend Joe, who tragically took his own life...

Revolutionising E-Bike Cargo Frames: Our Journey from Design Challenge to Sustainable Innovation

Determined to craft a more affordable e-bike cargo frame, we embarked on a project inspired by a challenge from local company, Loafly. Our innovative...

My perilous 8,000-mile solo bike ride across South America

What motivates a cyclist to spend 13 months riding a homemade bamboo bike from Colombia to Cape Horn? Kate Rawles relives her once-in-a-lifetime adventure

Treehugger: build your own bike at the Bamboo Bicycle Club

Treehugger features the Bamboo Bicycle Club workshop where Dr Kate Rawles built Woody, the bamboo bike that completed a 6,000-mile journey from Costa Rica...

Woody comes home: the Eden Project bamboo bike that rode 8,288 miles down the Andes

In 2016, environmental writer and cyclist Dr Kate Rawles built a bamboo bicycle frame on a Bamboo Bicycle Club course in London. The canes...

University of Cumbria: 8,000 Miles on a Bike Made of British Bamboo

University of Cumbria News 27 February 2018  |  Academic press release “Woody has proved to be an extremely tough and reliable bike, coping with...

Love Her Wild interviewed Kate Rawles about her bamboo bike expedition

Love Her Wild interviews Dr Kate Rawles about building Woody, her bamboo bike at Bamboo Bicycle Club, for a 5,000+ mile journey from Colombia...

BikeRadar: Riding 5,000 Miles on a Bamboo Bicycle — Kate Rawles Before The Life Cycle

BikeRadar 3 November 2016  |  Routes & Rides  |  Features Published before Kate Rawles’ departure for the Life Cycle expedition “It’s a really, really...