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On bicycle business, bamboo and entrepreneurship
Good article here on the nature of the bike business, bamboo and being an entrepreneur. Bikes, Bamboo, and B2B: How James Wolf Does It All James Wolf started one of his companies, The Bike Shop – which is located in … Continue reading
Bamboo Bicycle Club Live Challenge – another great initiative!
The chaps at the Bamboo Bicycle Club in London are demonstrating the power of 3D Printing and bamboo during a Future Bike Live challenge at the Design Museum. Check it out at Kickstarter:
Posted in 3d printing, bamboo, events, Frame building, frame building kit, frame design
Tagged 3d printing, bamboo, kickstarter
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Calfee Bamboo Bike Kit on Kickstarter
How cool is this? There’s some great simple innovations in the frame building kit here. I hope it gets funded!
Posted in bamboo, Frame building, frame building kit, jig building, parts
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Maisie, 5 years on. A long-term test report.
So it’s been 5 years since I built Maisie, my first bamboo bike, and since then she’s morphed from a svelte single-speed cyclocross machine, to a more relaxed and convenient commuter and tourer. It’s amazing how versatile a bamboo frame is … Continue reading
Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative
Some great bikes being made in Ghana! Quite wonderful to see how the world is adapting to renewable resources and social enterprises. Good stuff. Ghana's Eco-Friendly Bamboo Bikes Meet the Ghanaian entrepreneur who's building bikes out of bamboo. Posted by … Continue reading
An all carbon bike?
A while back my awesome LBS gave me a box of carbon tubes and lugs and said “You’re the right person to give these too!”. And with that I had 4 frames to build, one of which I’ve completed. Take … Continue reading