Bamboo Bikes for

Craig Calfee got the idea for his bamboo bikes several years ago while on a trip to Africa. He noticed that there was a plethora of bamboo combined with a lack of transportation for the poor, so bamboo bicycles seemed a perfect fit. Craig realized that he could potentially teach people how to build the frame and assemble the parts with zero electricity. Craig returned to California and began the testing phase of converting raw bamboo into bicycles. He started small, building bikes for family and friends, many who thought his idea was crazy. When people heard Craig speak of his bamboo brainchild, they often said, "Bamboo? You mean that stuff we use to hold up our tomato plants? The same material that gets all cracked and faded from the sun?" Craig had a difficult time in the beginning phases of construction convincing people that a bamboo bike was in fact sturdy and viable.