New DIY kits


We are back in Maker space Carinthia with a new and simplified DIY kit for bamboo bike building. Here Oswald is introducing this method in a new documentary film.

Train the trainer workshop


The COVID-19 lock down has disrupted a lot of things but we are happy to continue our work on the train the trainer workshop program in the Maker Space Carinthia, Klagenfurt.

Schwetzingen Lastenfahrrad Projekt


Aus Schwetzinger Bambus wird ein Lastenrad gefertigt Initiatoren suchen noch fahrradbegeisterte Mitstreiter für den Bau eines nachhaltigen E-Bikes  Schwetzingen und das Fahrrad: Nicht erst seit dem Jubiläum „200 Jahre Drais“ im Jahr 2017 hat die Stadt eine ganz besondere Beziehung zu diesem umweltfreundlichen, zweirädrigen Fortbewegungsmittel. Jetzt wird mit dem Bau eines Lastenrades aus Bambus eine

The Poem


Marshall James Kavanaugh, sits with his mechanical travel typewriter on Church Street in downtown Santa Cruz and writes poems. He has written two poems for the key words “bamboo ” and “bicycle”. They will be as a dedication in the book on Bamboo Bicycles.       You can find more about him on: http://dreampoetforhire.tumblr.com/

D-shop Team Event


November 2017 has been a special month for the D-shop team in SAP. This group of enthusiastic makers decided to build a bamboo bike frame for their team building activity. The team consisting of ten people were given a two hour theoretical session where everyone learned the basics of a bicycle frame design and then

Caribbean Coast with Bamboo Bikes


Along the north coast of Cuba, from Gibara westwards with some participants of the Cyclists for Cultural Exchange (CCE) tour as well as Ana Beatriz, César and José from Gibara. A rough track within sight of the surf and between individual wind energy generators. They have clearly indicated the wind direction and strength on the

Smart Energy Bike


Excellent Product Design in Bicycles and E-Bikes The Smart Energy Bike is a DIY project which combines bamboo composite material with the latest bike technologies in a minimalistic and aesthetic frame design. Each material excels at its purpose. Bamboo for strength, vibration absorption and carbon for stiffness. Designed as a part of the 2017 RedBull “Drahtesel”

Smart Boo MTB


The idea for a Smart Boo MTB was born during a discussion of two days in Hoh Chi Minh City in February 2017 between Oswald Wieser and James Wolf. By this time James Wolf had not built a bike with Pinion and Oswald was thrilled by the lamination technic of Boo Bicycles producing Bamboo-Carbon-composite-material. So

Interview: Marion Blum


Alles Bambus oder was? Smart Grass Bicycles ist keine typische Fahrrad-Manufaktur. Und obwohl dort einzigartige Bambusfahrräder hergestellt werden, ist es auch keine typische Bambusrad-Manufaktur. Warum nicht? Weil man bei Smart Grass Bicycles nämlich gar keine Fahrräder kaufen kann, sondern Wissen – genauer gesagt Wissen, das im Rahmen von Workshops vermittelt wird und in denen die

Smart Energy Bike


Inspired by the shape of a bull and powered by a massive 18 gear pinion drive, this bicycle represents the strength and the spirit of the 2017 Red Bull bike design competition.  Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the invention of the bicycle, Red Bull called for an open bike design challenge. Only ten bike concepts were selected