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I think it looks nicer too. There are very few good looking bamboo bike home builds from what i've seen. As sustainable as it might be I hate the hemp twine joints that everyone seems to use on the bamboo joints. Looks like a kids design technology project. There are some lovely carbon jointed frames though.
I thought about a bamboo bike myself and did plenty of research before I decided on this one but using hardwood is a hell of a lot more labour intensive as it takes a long time laminating and shaping the frame by hand where as with the bamboo the tubes are already formed for you.