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Bamboo Bike A Reality

Posted by michael on from the recycle-your-beer-cans dept.

markjugg writes "The American Bamboo Society has a page describing a working bamboo bike. This is a strong step towards making bicycling more sustainable, expecially in contrast to aluminum, one of the most resource demanding materials that exist."

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  1. Sustainable? by thelizman · · Score: 1, Troll

    There is no "sustaining" bicycling. You build a bike, and it's done. It's a durable good.

    As for aluminum, it's manufacture costs is due to our limited foundary technology, not because of any peculiar property of aluminum. Also, aluminum is a relatively rare metal when compared to the iron it often stands in for.

    Rather than deforesting vast tracts of already endangered bamboo forests (which is already leading to the demise of the Panda - not that the stupid beast deserves a future in the ecosystem), folks ought to consider carbon fiber for the bicycles.