This Indian Bicycle Is Made Of Bamboo

He made what may be India’s first bamboo bicycle. This is how he did it.

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00:00Steel does

00:28not absorb that many shocks, but bamboo has the characteristic of absorbing shocks, so

00:36even on bad roads you don't require shock absorption when using bamboo bike.

00:41It has a very less carbon footprint because you are not consuming any energy to make the

00:50bamboo.

00:51Bamboo grows naturally, all you have to do is just cut it, treat it and join it with

00:57epoxy resin and ham fibre.

00:59The fibre also is natural, it is not man-made material.

01:57It's great, you know, biking means nature, biking means greenery, biking means fitness,

02:21so I think it kind of combines all those together.