which kit is right for you?
Every kit builds the same way — bamboo tubes, a jig, and joints you make by hand. The difference is what you'll ride when you're done, and how long the build takes. Start with how you want to ride.
Balance Bike Kits
A bamboo balance bike light enough for little legs — our simplest builds, and the same bike Makers build inside prisons for their children.
~8–15 hrs · a weekend
City Bike Frame Kit
Upright, comfortable geometry with mounts for racks, mudguards and everything a daily bike carries.
~25–45 hrs · a few weekends
Road Frame Build Kit
Endurance geometry for rough tarmac — a drop-bar frame tested at Swansea University to BS ISO 22157.
~25–45 hrs · lugged option ~15–25 hrs
Gravel Frame Build Kit
Adventure-ready geometry for gravel roads, light touring and bikepacking — our most popular kit.
~25–45 hrs · lugged option ~15–25 hrs
MTB Frame Build Kit (29er)
Bigger bamboo tubes, tighter tolerances and disc-ready 29er geometry, built for off-road loads.
~30–45 hrs · a few weekends
Fatbike Home Build Kit
Massive 4-inch-plus tyres at low pressure spread your weight and grip where nothing else will.
~30–45 hrs · a few weekends
Custom Frame Kit
A bamboo frame designed around you — any geometry, any discipline: fast road, stable tourer, slack trail bike or something no catalogue sells.
~25–45 hrs · designed with you
wrapped or lugged?
wrapped — the classic build
You wrap every joint by hand in flax and carbon fibre — the full framebuilding craft, refined over 14 years. More hours, more skills learned, a joint that's yours alone. Typically ~25–45 hours.
lugged — the faster build
Pre-formed carbon-fibre lugs join the tubes, so you spend your time on fit and finish rather than wrapping. The same frame geometry, a quicker path to riding. Typically ~15–25 hours.
still not sure?
Browse every kit side by side, or tell us how you ride and we'll point you at the right one.