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When Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Indonesia for the first time in June 2022, the country’s president Joko Widodo took the Australian leader for a special ride on bicycles made of bamboo. Built by a team of 15 in Indonesia’s Central Java, it took up to a week to finish one of the green two-wheelers at a cost of about US$1,000. The designer behind the bamboo bicycle said his craft is a way of using an abundant resource in his hometown that also creates jobs for the local people.
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50 Comments
I salute for the Indonesian man who made this bamboo bicycle. That bicycle must be continue to make.
Let me know if biden wants to join
Ah I remember this. The bamboo products are somehow elastic and durable enough to handle up to 60kg of weight. It also goes stronger (or harder?) as time goes.
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It will take one sudden damage road bumps to break the bamboo
INDONESIA 🇮🇩
We already have this in Manila since 2015'ish from a Filipino-American Bryan McClelland's biking initiative set up in Intramuros.
Here's a new clipping from 2013:
https://youtu.be/nlmMyIAz3fE
There’s no point if it costs $1000 😑 Though
Amens
First he gave it to his citizens now to diplomats. AWESOME 😎
Never underestimate asian bamboo
My President 🤟
Don't let senile biden know this. Else he will tend to fall off again
Wowww so greattt
Selamat menonton salam dari Indonesia 😁
Not sure why now it was picked up by international news… Could it be because of the ukraine-russian peace treaty related 🤔
Nice but use bamboo wax paper to replace plastic instead
Best president ever!!
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thats awesome, our cities should be built around train, cycling, and walking infrastructure
Looks like a 50 dollar bike and its made of bamboo. 1k price hike probly after his president brought one.
Panda be like: hmm that two wheeler looks and smells so familiar and tasty 😜
Bad idea
I want one.
villager not interest,,averyday see bambo,,bored,,hhhh
The man who made the bicycle comes from my hometwon ,Temanggung Central Java Indonesia 😍
What is the website address for these bamboo bikes I want to buy one. Can they ship it to Florida USA ? Can they install electric motor on bamboo bike ?
It’s not exactly bamboo made it’s like 25% bamboo
A lot of countries leaders said " we will change to green , more eco-friendly, no pollution" but mostly they were just saying. They didn't work their talks. But Indonesia's President is different. He has an amazing vision, and he's tried to do it.
Pretentious
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УРА!
Nice, 🙂
Mantap
Jokowi da best
Fake
Give me bamboo bicycle
proudly made in Indonesia 🤩
bamboo is cheap, you can grow it yourself in the backyard. but finishing touches to make it last long is not cheap
so many troll comments here
Bamboo symbolizes Indonesian politics: it is flexible yet strong. The plant itself looks beautiful although it is humble (bamboo is a kin of grass). Occasionally you may find rats and snakes (literally) around its base but its parts are very useful for human and animals.
It's nice when ridden on nice closed park. Use that for real transportation in Indonesia and getting black smocked by overloaded truck that struggling to climb the road and aggressive motorcyclist, minibus, and regular bus forcing you to keep your hand close to the brake
Loved it,amazing stuff🥰😊
why its expensive? its the knowledge HOW to make one. the resource is easy to get. like i said it is the knowledge that expensive. but i hope its not normalized just because you have the knowledge. if the market is foreign countries then ok. but give locals some cheaper options would be great.
It won't revolutionize anything, it's just deluxe stuff for the rich, and probably won't be made dor the mass due to its complexity, the president himself won't suddenly industrialize it I believe …
Bamboo also grows do fast… better use bamboo than wood from tree 👍❤🇮🇩
Pakistan respect's Indonesia
Why ?
siapa yamg akan bertemu jokowi gak akan seperti oemimpin karna akan ikutan pakai baju biasa
Work error calory body.
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