I found an interesting article today from Guardian featuring a Racing bike made from bamboo by Craig Calfee who was one of the early pioneers of carbon fibre bikes, and he’s been experimenting with bamboo since 2005. He now builds high-end bamboo racing, mountain and cargo bikes, and is working on bringing cheap and simple utility bikes to Africa.

Please feel free to read more at  http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/22/bamboo-bike