First off, with 4 bikes (a Jamis 29er for mountain biking, a
custom Whisper Cyclocross bike, a rebuilt single speed and a rebuilt fixie) I
was not sure I could justify building another bike – even if it was a bamboo
bike. My wife was actually pretty
supportive of me doing it, but I was feeling excessive. Then I learned my daughter fit on my single
speed - and with my son soon behind, all
my bikes would have reasons to be rode. I had excess inventory!
So I started doing some research on how to build a bamboo
bike.
I found some great resources on Instructables. Here are a few
Outside of instructbles, this was a great reference
I found some references that used old bikes to handle much
of the structure including the seat and wheel stays. I wanted to start a little more from scratch.
Then I found a blog that opened up the world a bit
From there I could find places to buy parts and bamboo as
well as other great info. The most
interesting find in the blog was a place to buy bamboo specifically for bike
building
While searching I found out there were places to buy bamboo
bike frame kits. For my first attempt I
liked the idea of starting from a kit. I
would learn some of the basic and have a place to get the right materials. At the time I wrote this, Calfee was still
talking about kits, but did not have one yet.
Here are the few I found…
- http://bamboobikesupplies.com/collections/all
- http://bamboobee.net
- http://bamboobicycleclub.org/kits-for-bamboo-bike-building/
- http://www.herobike.org/collections/our-kits
Based on price and the fact that I found Bamboobee.net via
kickstarter (I am an entrepreneur) I leaned toward Bamboobee.
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