Lakewood, CO Bike Shop Leads Bamboo Bike Building Workshop at MIT

CCBIKES Leads Bamboo Bike Building Workshop at MIT
The text message read, "Do you want to build bamboo bikes at MIT?" It was from David Wang, the founder of Bamboo Bicycles Beijing. He's the guy that Russ, the owner of Container Collective Bikes, in Lakewood, CO learned from when he lived in Beijing! 
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So at the end of August, Russ flew out to Boston to help 21 MIT (as in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) students build 9 bamboo bikes in 3 days. This was an epic undertaking, but they did and they sure had fun doing it!

Learn more about hosting a workshop at your school here!

When we worked with Colorado Academy at Container Collective Bikes, 12 high school students age 14-18 we really got to focus on the following:

ENGAGE YOUR STUDENTS with practical life skills and a project that they can ride away on! ​Led by Russ Hopkins, a college preparatory educator with 10+ years experience working with students in project based experiential learning.

What your students will learn:

• how to turn sustainable material into a safe and fun-to-ride bicycle that will empower and inspire them in the rest of their academics.
• the importance of accuracy, consistency, focus, and persistence 
• creativity in their aesthetic choices for the frame and the final bike part components
• teamwork, connection and collaboration
• how to safely use tools, including hand saws and Dremel tools

Students are so engaged in the process they don't even think about their phones!

Learn more about how we work with schools here!