On Friday afternoon just before 4PM we received notice that one of the EWABI electric bamboo bike battery packs had caught on fire. Nobody was hurt. In the interest of public safety and transparency we are going to use this as an opportunity to explain reasons for this failure, safety precautions that both riders and e-bike [...]
June 14, 2017 Follow-up... Hey Bamboo Bikers!! I have pasted below the responses we received to the last update. We love to hear both the good and the bad. Any little problem you have is an opportunity for us to get better. For instance, today I was riding and my motor turned off on it's own. [...]
We just loaded up the first in a series of bikes to be delivered to Bali Eco Tours in the coming months. They will be introducing both electric bamboo bike tours and bamboo pedal bike tours in Ubud. We are so excited to be working with this amazing organization. Bali Eco was established in 1999 and [...]
Hi everyone, Thank you for being a part of the EWABI Bamboo Bike Club. We are so appreciative of your support and commitment to clean mobility. We'll send you occasional updates about the Club, EWABI activities, etc. If you don't wish to receive these just let us know and we'll remove you from the list. [...]
A brand new EWABI electric bamboo mountain bike parked outside the East Bali Poverty Project office. We completed this beauty today and rode it over to the East Bali Poverty Project (EBPP) office to finalize a deal for them to start building bamboo frames for EWABI. Buying from them helps advance their mission which [...]
EWABI is partnering with the incredible GREEN SCHOOL in Bali to inspire kids, parents and teachers to build bamboo bikes and other modes of moving people and things. The cart shown here was built by students during a learning block in the Spring and is now being used by KemBali, the schools innovative recycling program that [...]
This amazing bike was designed and built by Craig Calfee. Gates engineer slash in-house photographer Tim Lucking took this great shot at NAHBS 2017. http://blog.gatescarbondrive.com/2017/03/28/north-american-handmade-bike-show-2017-1/ Calfee is the inventor of the modern bamboo bike as well as a pioneer in carbon fiber racing bikes. In addition to being one of the world's top bike builders he [...]
