Embracing a unique approach, a cycling enthusiast chose to build a bamboo bike, valuing the feel of wood and cane over metal. The building process was both challenging, particularly in shaping the bamboo, and enjoyable,...

After losing a previous bike to theft, the allure of crafting a unique bamboo bicycle enticed one enthusiast to explore a specialized workshop. The building experience, while demanding creativity in design and tire fitting, proved...

Apart from picking paint colour. Trying to make sure that the back wheel was exactly lined up with the front wheel. I think we sent almost an hour with a laser leveler to make sure...

Sanding ! Not really difficult, but very time consuming if you want smooth jonctions. At some point I just give up cause I saw that I would never have ride this bike during summer.

I added some nonstandard features (dropped chainstay, t47 BB, Seatmast) which added time and conplexity to an already fairly time consuming process.

3000 miles on our bamboo gravel bike

Know how bike is build so repairing one might be easier

What made you decide to build a bamboo bike? My actual randonneuring bike is too large to fit me well, and, as I have already built a bamboo cargo bike years ago, I decided to...

Absolutely. The workshop was really good and the process of finishing the joints, painting and building it up took a long time but very therapeutic. Working out solutions for integrating the headset and getting the...