This is actually the second bamboo bike built by the group visual artist eng chan was the lead builder.
Bamboo bike frame philippines.
We finish the bamboo frames with satin polyurethane that functions as a vapor seal and allows the owner to maintain the bamboo frame as they would any metal or carbon frame.
We area team of bike lovers who design and build hand made bicycle frames of mountain road city cargo and kids cycling.
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Equally as important is how we interact with our global community and the planet we all share.
On riding the bike the first thing i can say is the bike is super comfortable when cruising on our sometimes challenged london roads.
The bicycle specialist shop bexley bikes where i took the frame for some of the major parts were extremely impressed with the quality of the frame.
Do it yourself learn enjoy and take home your own bamboo bike frame.
Kawayan tech kawayan tek a newly formed group by alumni members of the university of the philippines mountaineers u p.
Lugs are made of hemp fiber blonde in color.
Now in the philippines they re going all the way back to bamboo.
Bambike is a socio ecological enterprise based in the philippines that hand makes bamboo bicycles with fair trade labor and sustainable building practices.
We also organize guided fabrication weekend workshops around the world.
Send us a message and tell us how s your ideal bike we ll listen and make it happen.
Our bamboo bike builders aka bambuilders come from gawad kalinga a philippine based community development organization for the poor working to bring an end to poverty.
I tend to have my tyres pumped up to 80psi for the best rolling resistance performance on my usual commuter.
The frames of the bikes are made out of the tubular material which grows in towering green.
We use bamboo as the main material.
Greenstar affordable bamboo bikes are made by hand yet our proprietary frame technology and manufacturing processes allow us to create a quality bamboo bicycle with a reasonable price point.
Mountaineers upm participated in the workshop and produced its first bamboo bike as taught by craig calfee.
It looks great it rides great and best of all everybody can afford a greenstar bamboo bike.