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Bamboo Bike Frame at a Car Boot Sale

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As per the title!

 

I follow a YouTube Channel buying from car boots and selling on Ebay and today he posted a video with a Bamboo Bike frame.

 

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Posted : 25/03/2026 9:57 pm
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It'll have been made in Ghana I think. What it won't be is light! Local bike charity got given a bunch of those frames during lockdown and we got a few built up but it wasn't easy finding parts with the sliding dropouts. At least the one above has a derailleur hanger. They do come heavily polyurethaned and are quite cool in their own way but a tenner sounds about right. 


 
Posted : 25/03/2026 10:22 pm
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Posted by: gecko76

It'll have been made in Ghana I think

or maybe Todmorden


 
Posted : 25/03/2026 10:44 pm
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Lol, I'd missed that video but I'm sure I remember the bike frame build on the forums? 

Either way, the vid did give me a bit of a chuckle.


 
Posted : 25/03/2026 10:52 pm
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Bamboo hardcore hardtail? Bet it isn’t as hardcore as mine! 🤭


 
Posted : 26/03/2026 12:01 am
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Surely a bamboo frame is hollowcore?


 
Posted : 26/03/2026 10:42 am
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TBH I vaguely remember them being a bit of a fad and you could buy bits in kit form to roll your own.


 
Posted : 26/03/2026 5:19 pm
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Got one in may garage still. Made in Northants though, not Ghana. And fairly light.

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Posted : 26/03/2026 5:30 pm
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👍 I'm on version 2

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Posted : 26/03/2026 5:33 pm
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