Originally Posted by
bamboobikemaker
Funny how so many folks discover bamboo to use for bike frame building. I had the idea a while back while bike riding in Asia, only to find out they've been around over a hundred years.
Why haven't they caught on in the industry?
Is it feasible to mass produce bamboo bikes? If you have a bamboo farm, you can choose the stalks you want, but how well can you control the width and thickness? Using metal that you can melt, you can shape your materials to your needs with very little waste. So maybe that's why there isn't a big bamboo bike industry.