How Bamboo Bikes Are Made | MADE HERE | Popular Mechanics

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Combining his passions of sustainable living and bicycling, engineering student Diego Cárdenas found Bamboocycles in Mexico City in 2008.
Manufacturing and designing bicycle frames from bamboo and carbon fiber joints, his team makes frames for the road the and the mountains sourcing raw materials locally.
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[@christophermorin9036]

I like the idea. Something tells me that with the bamboo there is just enough flex in the frame to smooth out small bumps and holes.

[@sanhestar]

it is. I have recently driven a MyBoo bike over old and bumpy cobblestones and the experience was even smoother than with a bike with full suspension. My next bike will be a bamboo bike!

[@Its_REDD]

People can’t get mad about de foresttion because the bamboo grows faster then they can cut it

[@eliotttttt]

Several feet a day.

[@robertnicholls9917]

3-5 years, then you're on autopilot if you have a good farm. Oddly enough; there aren't many bamboo farms in the US. I'm just researching and found only two that are recent.

[@ulisesfuentes3617]

Indeed.

[@joseorta9928]

This man had a vision focused and executed it....good fr him....congrats

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

Bamboo bikes have been made for centuries in Asia From push carts to trolleys they have been using bamboo for many centuries, this a road bike so it’s not the same but the concept was already there.

[@lancv297]

Muy buena idea

[@ConstantXplorer]

Fantastic.

[@togodbethegloryjohn1464]

Nice...very nice. What about shock absorbers?

[@flanigansbracciaclara4329]

holaaa! tengo que hacer una investigacion sobre las bicis de bambu , me gustaria saber la maquinaria que se necesita para armar el cuadro de la bici! desde ya gracias

[@Tatana515]

Keren banget bro

[@archianosohliya3436]

Which bamboo species is being used?

[@deathinventor]

Great

[@aneeshguntaka9288]

What is the thread and the adhesive he used for binding two bamboos together?

[@justinw1765]

Carbon fiber is not a good material to use for that since they have different expanding and contracting rates. Caltree found this out the hard way, and then moved to a natural fiber that had a more similar E&C rates. You probably would get away with glass fiber as it has a little more stretch/give than carbon fiber.

[@biketheperson6919]

@@justinw1765 Apparently hemp fibre is a good option, it has very similar E&C rates to bamboo. I'll be using it on my bamboo bike.

[@justinw1765]

@@biketheperson6919 Hemp is alright, but fiberglass is MUCH stronger, and a semi natural material. But hemp is definitely more eco all in all. Flax linen and hemp are quite similar in properties btw, so if you have a Joann's near (fabric and crafts store) and need some quick fabric, they often have coupons going on.

[@AceHardy]

👑

[@JZRNyt]

where can i get a blueprint

[@meriyulyani522]

Di indonesia juga buat sepeda bambu, in indonesia also make bamboo bike too

[@ispriyoto3495]

Dimana mbak.bisa belikah

[@rendrakw7103]

Is that carbon fiber rope for "welding" the bamboo?

[@sebastianimat6307]

yes

[@Paulklampeeps]

Yeah or wood straws

[@juanbaezadibujo9945]

HOLA--SON-HERMOSAS--PARA-CUANDO-UNA.EBIKE-EN-UN-VIDEO??--SALUDOS-DESDE-ARGENTINA--FELICITACIONES--HERANOS-HISPANOS---GRANDES-CREADORES-SOMOS-EL-PUEBLO-HISPANICO

[@moritzeichenauer7351]

Beautiful design and materials. But those carbon fibers, to strengthen the joints should not be sanded with bare hands. I did that some times out of lazynes and my fingers just start itching for days when seeing it here :D

[@jamesaseltine2756]

Now that's a bike worth riding does it come in bmx?

[@danieldelgado303]

👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@miguelfernandez9234]

Si

[@smarajitpunaykanti6463]

A lot of money is required to make this bicycle if you don't have the workshop . May cost more than a market bicycle

[@piyushbenjwal3122]

अगर एक बंबू साइकिल की सही से चलाएंगे तो कितने साल तक चलेगी ये??

[@BeachBoi1000]

Only the frame can be made with Bamboo

[@name6440]

MTB Bamboo

[@ryansantiago941]

The geometry of the test ride bike looks so bad to ride

[@cmartin5903]

Bamboo bikes are being manufactured in Ghana for many years now as well

[@zhaozhang7520]

o_o

[@Angel-Pizzaeater]

0.o

[@mimunggaming2264]

O0o

[@dino7286]

Lmaoo

[@jamescongdon281]

Bamboo just isn’t very strong...

[@podcastnebeng127]

What material do you recommend?

[@andrewknight1272]

bamboo is used as scaffolding fro skyscrapers in many countries in asia

[@jamescongdon281]

IniLagi YT Aliminum, steel, carbon fiber

[@lancecustar]

Ok, so you need to go look up the engineering properties of bamboo critically think about what you just said.

[@lancecustar]

@Cane David ya, except the reason they are temp scaffolding is mostly because of the lashings used to hold it together.

[@vladimerpopov3070]

We’re coming for you. For showing how to remove a statue.

[@redhorse3590]

NO THIS BIKE IS FROM PHILLIPINES COPIED ANY COUNTRY

[@Paulklampeeps]

Bro many countries are manufacturing bamboo bikes and yet here in the Philippines we lack the capabilities to mass manufacture it.