Thursday Morning Commute - Bamboo

Good morning

• Not only was one of the winners of the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative University Commitment to Action a GWU student, but also a Poolseville High School graduate. "[Jon Torrey] and two fellow students built a number of bicycles made out of bamboo for Bicycles for Humanity, which aims to provide bicycles to communities in development counties. The bicycles are designed to be made cheaply and easily for communities in central Africa, where other means of transportation is limited. Former President Clinton said during a March 30 presentation at George Washington that the bicycles, dubbed Panda Cycles, had “staggering potential,"

Comments

[Michael H.]

There are some high-end bamboo bikes available too. Bamboo definitely doesn't equal cheap or inexpensive.

http://calfee.myshopify.com/

[Michael H.]

If I ever come into some money, I'd like to get one of the bamboo road bikes.

[Kathy]

There's a well known guy that makes bamboo bikes in NYC and they aren't cheap. Cool idea though.