john jensen
Bamboo ⊕ Bicycle
Bamboo is a great material, bicycles are great vehicles, but the Quixotic search for a Bamboo Bicycle is a continuing tragedy.Longevity. It is the missing attribute of a bamboo bicycle, but it is trivial in much of the cycling world. People ride 20 year old bikes as casual hand-me-downs. Hundred year old bicycles are still sturdy. You can watch even older Penny Farthings cycle around YouTube. This is possible because steel, for all its harsh associations, just works, and just lasts. Bamboo bicycles have been attempted for a long time, but for all its natural strength, that material is just not suited to long miles…john jensen1 min read