Lakewood, CO Yoga Studio Owner Builds a Bamboo Bike

11/10/2016

Just turned some dried grass sticks (a.k.a. bamboo polls) into the shape of a bicycle frame!
No big deal!!! 😏
Watch the videos below for a little tour of the process. Sorry the two of the videos are sideways. (user error :) )
Day one of the bamboo bike frame building workshop was spent cutting and shaping the bamboo polls to fit nicely together. At the end of that day of the workshop the polls were perfectly tacked together in frame jig to make sure my bamboo bike frame was straight.

Day two of the workshop was spent wrapping each joint with carbon fiber thread and epoxy specific wrapping patterns depending on the load each joint would take. It was a super sticky day and actually very therapeutic since I had to be very present to how many times I had done a wrapping pattern.

The bamboo bike frame has to cure for about a week and I have a little bit of sanding/filing to do in the joints before Russ will put all of the components on it to make it a ride-able bicycle!!!
So stay tuned for more pictures to come...

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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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