Zuri is a German operation that hand builds bicycles in Africa out of locally sourced bamboo. zuri’s bamboo bicycles come in several styles, Urban fixie, Urban Speed, Urban City, Urban Jungle
zuri is the synonym for high value design, lifestyle and social commitment – grown to perform
zuri bamboo bicycle
zuri is the venture of two Germans, David Hoffmann and Philipp Sayler. The company is based in Munich, but it builds its bikes out of a small village in Zambia, where the bamboo is harvested. Though bamboo is a simple material, zuri crafts it into ornate bicycles – the rich grain and multiple shades of bamboo combine to create bicycles that are almost guaranteed to earn looks and questions
zuri bamboo bicycle
bamboo has taken off as a building material in recent years thanks to its sustainable growth, light weight and durability. Its distinctive looks don’t hurt, either, especially on a bike, where they serve as a contrast to the traditional metal frame
zuri bamboo bicycle
zuri harvests bamboo when it’s approximately two years old. After several days of impregnation, it dries the bamboo in an incubator for two months. Then, it selects the strongest bamboo tubes and constructs them into frames. The most stressed parts of the frames, including the head tube and bottom bracket, are made from CNC machined aluminum
zuri bamboo bicycle
Zuri bills its bikes as ‘pure urban lifestyle,’ but it makes a mountain bike, in addition to urban-oriented street bicycles. Bamboo may seem like a fragile material for the bumps, jumps and drops of off-road riding, but Zuri isn’t shy about putting its frames to the test. It shows the bikes flying through the air, dropping down steep rock faces and wheeling over rugged trails. The bamboo is said to provide some shock absorption, smoothing out the ride
zuri bamboo bicycle
source: zuri bikes and gizmag
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