Manila Street Style
Here we have a new 52cm Bambike street model. It is a single speed built up with a coaster hub to have the clean look of a Fixie, comfort of a free wheel, and the safety of a rear kick brake. The seat is a made from a custom handwoven rattan. It stays cool in … Read more
BamBMX with a Bamboo Sidecar
The Bambike sidecar made it’s debut at the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm in Bulacan, Philippines last Friday. We launched the Center for Social Innovation (CSI), a group that promotes social entrepreneurship and sustainable livelihood development. The bamboo sidecar, attached to a BamBMX bike, will serve as a mobile store selling healthy Filipino snacks and refreshments … Read more
Pretty in Pink
This custom ladies bike was designed and handmade for Human <3 Nature, a fantastic beauty products company that is pro-Philippines, pro-poor, and organic! More information about Human <3 Nature can be found at http://www.humanheartnature.com/
Gawad Kalinga
Bambike builders are all members of the Gawad Kalinga community, living in GK Victoria. We have trained previously un- and under-employed people the technical skills needed to handcraft custom bamboo bikes. They continually impress me with their hard work and commitment to making Bambikes of the highest quality. Gawad Kalinga is a community development organization … Read more
Training More Builders
Fred is Bamb’s newest frame builder. He has experience building bamboo baskets and is now learning how to build bamboo bike frames.
Working Hard
Ferdie and Nel are working hard on another bamboo bike frame. Here they are wrapping the bottom bracket with super strong and sustainable abaca fibers. They are taking this frame and another back to GK Victoria to shape and sand as their “homework.” We are increasing the amount of work that they can do in … Read more
Gawad Kalinga Bike Builders
Ferdie and Nel from GK Victoria show off their hard work at a Gawad Kalinga Bayan Anihan Festival.
BAMB aims to create as many jobs as possible for the people that need them the most. We are currently setting up a workshop in their village so that they can be provided with full-time employment and earn fair, living wages. They will take on apprentices and train them to build bamboo bicycles as well. Health Care and participation in the Social Security System are some of the benefits that they will receive as a result of this project. We are working towards developing a better way of doing business.
