and aims to examine the feasibility of implementing bicycles made of bamboo as a sustainable form of transportation in africa . bamboo bike project on facebook seed funding for the bamboo bike project has been provided by 2007 2011 bamboo bike project the ultimate goals of the project are 1 . to build a better bike for poor africans in rural areas . 2 . to stimulate a bicycle building industry in africa to satisfy local needs . we have determined that it is possible to source the material and supplies necessary to build bamboo bicycle in africa and train the local people to build the bikes . our current focuses are 1 . to setup systematic bamboo bike building training . 2 . to setup a supply chain of necessary parts and supplies . 3 . to scale the effort so that it makes an impact .