Bamboo Bike Build

[cameronbrown]

Bamboo Bike Build - Part 1 - Getting Jiggy With It | Cameron Brown

Bamboo Bike Build - Part 2 - Cutting Things, Torching Stuff & Wrapping it Up | Cameron Brown

I've been working on a bamboo bike build for the past few months. Take a look a if you're interested in the process.

[Adz]

Thats crazy

[dmennenoh]

Yeah... not sure why anyone would want a bamboo bike, but it's kind of cool.

[jennifer012904]

the Bamboo is very light and stiff.. I think it's an ideal material for a frame.. Nice build.

[coling]

Really cool man, great work. I've seen many of these but not the process. The most important step is the jig. What tips can you give a beginner who might be interested in attempting the same thing?

[coling]

Also, how do you plan to route your shifter/brake cables? would have wanted to pre-drill cable mounts before finishing or will you just zip-tie them?

[russd32]

That's awesome, I admire your gusto

[Ronny Grady]

That's a hell of a project. Good stuff!

[Steineken]

itching for ride pics / first impression. cool project it looks awesome

[LeddZepp8687]

Thats awesome. Mad props to you for saying you were going to do something and actually doing it. Taking on something like building a bike frame is not for the faint of heart, let alone build it out of mostly organic materials.

[IAmHolland]

Yeah... not sure why anyone would want a bamboo bike, but it's kind of cool.

It's different, for sure. Calfee Designs has been doing bamboo bikes for a couple of decades. They have some marketing blurbs on their site about it, being green, and more comfortable than carbon. I don't know how true it is.

Good work, OP. It's interesting to see a "home" builder going after this. Do you trust it, is the other question.