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If building a bicycle out of bamboo is not utterly, utterly brilliant -- then I don't know what is! Favorited!

• peter_d_sherman 6y ago
  Downvoted? But I'm not being sarcastic, really! Let's say hypothetically, for whatever reason, all of the metal in a society could no longer be used (hyperinflation, scarcity, factories are shut down, Act of God, Zombie Apocalypse, you're trapped on a desert island, ?) -- OK, so then, the next question then is What can you make simple forms of transportation out of? Well, you'd never think that bamboo could be used to create bicycles -- until you saw this article! So I reiterate, a brilliant idea!
  • jaggs 6y ago
    But surely the need for steel for the wheels, crank etc make it not totally cool and dystopia proof?
    • peter_d_sherman 6y ago
      You have to find some wheel replacement, that's true, but the frame made of bamboo is still brilliant!