Schools and Education
bamboo-summitWe 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...
digitalWorkshop 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...
educationJames 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 —...
communityBuild 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,...
case-studyWe 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...
case-studyRegina, 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...
educationSeven 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...
design technologyA 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...
design technologyBamboo bikes at an engineering school in Brixton
School Education Partnership | London | 2016In 2016, students at Southbank University Technical College built six bamboo bicycles under the guidance of Bamboo Bicycle...