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

9/9/2016

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!

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!

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Yoga:

Brittany is kind and thoughtful. She makes the new learner feel comfortable and builds on the practice of advanced students. She demonstrates the different modifications so you can benefit through each movement. She is easy to understand and knows how to approach each individual so you can always leave with something that you accomplished and/or learned. She is easy to talk with and her love for yoga is contagious.
—Cassandra B.

Bikes:

This is the coolest place. I built my own bamboo bike here and Russ, who led the workshop, was so awesome. Possibly one of the coolest things I've ever done. My bike is a single speed, but rides so smooth, and dare I say better than my Specialized. It's super light, sexy as f&#$, rides soft but solid. Russ was really cool and patient and let me go in whenever I fancied to make tiny adjustments here and there. Money especially well spent. And I can't wait to build my next one. I'm seriously addicted and really proud of what I was able to produce. #Lifegoals
—Sam V.

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