At the Bamboo Bike Studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn, cycling enthusiasts learn to assemble their own bikes from scratch over a single weekend. 2010 rates are: $932 for a full bike class (including components), $632 for a frame only class, reduced from $1250 and $799. Read more at NPR. From the website: Our mission is twofold: provide every cyclist the experience of building his or her dream bike from scratch, while advancing sustainable entrepreneurship and development through financing bamboo bike factories in Africa and South America. One weekend is all it takes to fabricate a frame from bamboo— a renewable and performance-positive material growing right in our backyard— assemble the components, and roll away with a custom-fitted ride, tuned to your body and cycling style. And the cost of the class directly supports the Bamboo Bike Studio’s efforts to seed the first bamboo bike factory in Ghana, where reliable and cheap bicycle transportation can dramatically improve access to jobs, commerce, education, basic food and water resources, and health care. getdownsyndrome: This is pretty amazing. These guys have a studio in Brooklyn where they show people how to make bikes out of bamboo. Sign me up this instant. How dope would it be to cruise around in a bike with a frame made of bamboo!?

At the Bamboo Bike Studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn, cycling enthusiasts learn to assemble their own bikes from scratch over a single weekend. 2010 rates are: $932 for a full bike class (including components), $632 for a frame only class, reduced from $1250 and $799.

Read more at NPR.

From the website:

Our mission is twofold: provide every cyclist the experience of building his or her dream bike from scratch, while advancing sustainable entrepreneurship and development through financing bamboo bike factories in Africa and South America.

One weekend is all it takes to fabricate a frame from bamboo— a renewable and performance-positive material growing right in our backyard— assemble the components, and roll away with a custom-fitted ride, tuned to your body and cycling style. And the cost of the class directly supports the Bamboo Bike Studio’s efforts to seed the first bamboo bike factory in Ghana, where reliable and cheap bicycle transportation can dramatically improve access to jobs, commerce, education, basic food and water resources, and health care.

getdownsyndrome:

This is pretty amazing. These guys have a studio in Brooklyn where they show people how to make bikes out of bamboo. Sign me up this instant. How dope would it be to cruise around in a bike with a frame made of bamboo!?

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