Bamboo Bicycles: More Eco-Friendly Ride
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more from Green:
http://www.causecast.org/news_items/9072-bamboo-bicycles-make-your-ri...
Organic Bikes is a line of green bicycles created by the Wisconsin bike retailer Wheels and Sprocket. The company’s eco-friendly bikes are made of bamboo. For someone who makes a habit of testing the limits of gravity, this sounds a little bit like an accident waiting to happen, but these bike are just as solid as their aluminum counterparts. Bamboo bikes are strong and lightweight, the perfect combo!In addition to the bamboo, Organic Bikes are crafted from a small amount of recycled aluminum alloy – the same stuff soda cans are made out of. The recycled aluminum only requires five-percent of the energy it takes to create new aluminum making it ultra-eco friendly. Organic bikes use far less aluminum alloy than a regular bicycle and substitute bamboo for the majority of the tubing on the bike’s frame. Bamboo is a rapidly renewable resource, so its environmental impact is low compared to metals, slow growing woods or other materials. Plus, bamboo materials are bio-degradable, so if you’re like me and break things that should be indestructible, you won’t be clogging a landfill like old metal bikes do.
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Hello, James from Organic Bikes here-
To clear up pricing- $999 for the single-speed Dylan, and $1,099 for the 3 speed. Both should be available in December!
Also- the blog picture (As of writing today) is incorrect- not our bike at all! Here is a link to see the real Dylan bamboo bicycle:
http://organicbikes.com/images/photos/dylan23.jpgThanks!
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DefenderOfPants
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too bad it's ugly.
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DefenderOfPants
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pandaman2105
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there's nothing too "not green" about regular bikes, but this is pretty cool. if i ever start riding a bike again, i'd like to get one.
definitely innovative
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pandaman2105
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angliss
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Dang. Very cool idea. I'll have to let my sister the (semi) competitive mountain biker know about these.
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angliss
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ahappymintleaf
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Where are the prices listed? I didn't see any. Unless you are referring to something not on the website. I imagine they must be quite pricey, but hopefully not much more than a normal bicycle. It's a modest-looking fixed-gear. When my current bike goes kaput (likely soon..) I'll consider getting one.
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ahappymintleaf
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bailey78
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The only problem I see Is the Price. All of the Bambo bikes I have seen were way out of my price range. When will the common folk be able to afford to go green?
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bailey78
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MPGomatic
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Bamboo can do the darndest things. Not sure I'd trust a 'boo bike frame, tho ...
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H0M3GR0WN
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I want one from HEMP then I'll buy!!!!
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jahkee3
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wow what a brilliant idea!
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jahkee3
