It wasn't that long ago that bamboo-framed bikes were thought of as a weird rarity. Thanks to its combination of durability, stiffness and vibration-damping characteristics, however, the material has ...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Bike maker Craig Calfee has found a way to grow bicycle frames in a field, with sunlight and water. He makes them out of bamboo. "It's like bonsai basically," said Calfee, who is ...

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Noordin Kasoma is the founder of Boogali Bikes Uganda Limited which makes bicycle frames from bamboo. Esther Oluka caught up with him. On a rainy Sunday morning, I find Noordin Kasoma busy working at ...

Handmade in Ghana through a UN-backed initiative, each bamboo frame is assembled into a bike in Australia through a network of social enterprises. “It’s very sustainable, because bamboo is easy to ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 23, 2010— -- When many American kids wake up this Christmas morning, they'll hope to find a new bicycle next to the tree. But what about a bicycle made out of a tree? For some ...

For the opening race of the Eastern U.S. collegiate cycling season, Nick Frey, a junior at Princeton, had a brand-new bike. Frey, currently the under-23 national time-trial champion and a recent hire ...