Schools and Education

Aston Martin Engineer's Path Led Back to BBC

The Colleague Who Wouldn't Stop Talking About Their Bike Somewhere in Aston Martin's engineering offices, a conversation happened. An engineer mentioned — probably not...

We took the canes into the room full of bamboo experts

When the UK's bamboo community gathered in Coventry, James Marr was invited not just to talk about building with bamboo, but to put the...

Workshop Wednesdays: Live Engineering Education on YouTube

Digital Education Series | YouTube | 2021During 2021, Bamboo Bicycle Club ran a live weekly education series on YouTube called Workshop Wednesdays — structured...

James Marr Joins The Engineering Club for a Talk on Wooden Bike Design

Public Education | London | October 2025In October 2025, Bamboo Bicycle Club delivered a free public lecture at The Engineering Club in London —...

Build kits that travel: how bamboo bike-building reaches schools we never visit

Product | Schools, Colleges, Community Groups | 2015–presentIn 2015, Bamboo Bicycle Club created its educational kit — a self-contained package of materials, jig components,...

We opened our doors for the Blackhorse Lane design weekend

Over one September weekend, anyone who walked past our Walthamstow studio could pick up a piece of bamboo and have a go at building...

Regina, Canada: supporting a school build from 7,000 km away

Context Most of our schools work happens in the room: an instructor, a bench, a class of students. But the method travels. When a...

Seven sixth-formers, three bamboo bikes, one finish line

Independent School Programme | Surrey | 2019In 2019, students at Reeds School in Surrey built four bamboo bicycles as part of a BBC school...

A school in The Hague, and a bamboo bike built by hand

International Schools Programme | Netherlands | December 2017In December 2017, pupils at a school in The Hague, Netherlands built seven bamboo bicycles using BBC's...