Bamboo Bike Project
 
 
These are some of the photos taken on our trip to Ghana in June 2007.  We brought a bamboo cargo bike that we built in the US, and we have left it in Ghana for people to test.  We also demonstrated the steps in building a bamboo bike using native Ghanaian bamboo, as well as resin and fiber that we bought in Accra, Ghana.
Photos
Bamboo bike at rest
Bamboo bike at rest (from the other side)
Crowd gathered the moment we stepped out of taxi with bamboo bike
Craig Calfee giving 3 people a ride during visit to village near Accra, Ghana
A typical village that could benefit from bamboo bike
Craig Calfee giving David Ho a ride on bamboo bike
David Ho riding bamboo bike on streets of Accra, Ghana
Taking a closer look at the bamboo bike
There is room for one more adult on this bamboo bike
The bamboo bike will be designed to be women-friendly
We took the bamboo bike to the bike market in Accra
The local bike market in Accra
Craig and David checking out the local bamboo in a bamboo grove
A successful harvest of bamboo that will soon become bicycles
Patrick from Resinex gave us some polyester resin to try
The magical moment when we found sisal fiber
Bamboo bike being built using bamboo from Ghana
Bamboo bike building demonstration
Bamboo bike building demonstration
Preparing the resin
Wrapping the chain and seat stays with resin-soaked fiber
Craig Calfee during bamboo bike building demonstration
Craig Calfee during bamboo bike building demonstration
Craig Calfee during bamboo bike building demonstration
The group posing with the bamboo cargo bike frame
Bamboo cargo bike built in Ghana with locally sourced materials