What kind of durability can you expect from a bamboo frame? I picture the joints working and grinding themselves to sawdust. Or are they captured in such a way they cannot work (move).

I have spent a good bit of time in the South Pacific and do not remember ever seeing or hearing about a bamboo bike. Of course I was not looking for one as I did not know they existed. Venture to guess what kind of useage is prevalent in certain Asian nations?

The pictures presented on this forum do not betray anything really different to the casual eye. I can see how I could have missed such bikes if I did not have my hands on one.