Workshop Wednesdays: Live Engineering Education on YouTube
During 2021, Bamboo Bicycle Club ran a live weekly education series on YouTube called Workshop Wednesdays — structured engineering broadcasts covering the technical foundations of bamboo bicycle building.
The series addressed topics that confuse beginners: headset standards, dropout design, metal insert engineering, and frame finishing. Each episode was broadcast live, with viewers invited to watch with a beer and ask questions in real time.
Workshop Wednesdays reflected a shift in BBC's content strategy: moving from social posts to genuinely educational digital content that adds long-term value. The archived episodes remain freely available and continue to be discovered by new builders worldwide.
A builder in New Zealand, Japan, or Germany can learn to fit a tapered headset by watching a Hackney founder explain it in real time. BBC's knowledge has always been global — Workshop Wednesdays made that explicit.
Key Facts
- Format: Live YouTube education series
- Year: 2021
- Topics: Headsets, dropouts, metal inserts, frame finishing
- Access: Free, archived
"Join us live to learn how to fit a tapered headset to your bike. 🍻"
— Bamboo Bicycle Club, Workshop Wednesdays, 2021