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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...

Total Women's Cycling: Kate Rawles on Solo Cycling Through South America on a Bamboo Bike

Total Women’s Cycling 6 July 2018  |  Feature Interview  |  Kate Rawles “The bike was unexpectedly brilliant. That was the first time I’d ever...

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...

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...

The Guardian: Kate Rawles gears up for a 6,000-mile bamboo bike ride

In November 2016, The Guardian's Steven Morris reported on an environmental writer who was about to set off the length of South America —...