Last time we posted an article about a bicycle that cleans and purifies water, the Cycloclean (click here to read the full article). Here comes another ‘green twist’ in bicycles. Introducing the BamBike or the Bamboo bike made of bamboo that makes the bike lighter and according to its creator Bryan McClelland, sturdy just like a regular bike. Though bicycles are pretty much greener in terms of emissions, the BamBike reduces pollutions from the production of bicycles. The Bambike’s frame is made from local bamboo from the Philippines, and strengthened in the joints by wrapping it with Manila Hemp.
How can you make a green form of transportation even greener? Bryan McClelland may have the answer: bamboo bikes.
McClelland has created the BamBike, a bicycle made out of bamboo. The bicycles are made in Manila, Phillipines, which Reuters reports is one of the most polluted capitals in the world. The bikes, costing around $500, are built by local skilled laborers, and the company advertises that as “a company that is interested in helping out people and the planet,” their bicycles are made with fair-trade labor.
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