Bandha Bikes

Target SDGs

Market Suggested Retail Price

$249.99

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Bandha Bikes

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include Buffalo Bicycle.

Countries

Uganda

Manufacturing/Building Method

This product is no longer being manufactured. ^{Interview with designer}

Bamboo was chosen for the material of this bike due to it being an available resource growing naturally throughout Uganda.

Intellectural Property Type

Select Type

User Provision Model

While this product is no longer distributed, the image below describes their prior model for manufacturing, user provision, training, and evaluation. ^{Interview with designer}

Distributions to Date Status

Unknown

Design Specifications

Design specifications have not been publicly released.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

When in operation, Bandha Bikes partnered with two community organizations based in Uganda: Skills of Hope Africa and Nansana Children's Center.  These partnerships offered insight, critique, and guidance on the project's content, along with a bridge between domestic planning and foreign implementation.

Replacement Components

If the parts are standard to the given distribution market, replacement components are available locally.

Lifecycle

Unknown

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

The manufacturer has not released their internal performance goals.

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

Potential hazards include traffic accidents or pedestrian crashes.

Complementary Technical Systems

It is possible for a cart to be attached to the bicycle to transport goods. There are also a range of attachments available to be hitched to a bicycle for agricultural productivity, as well as technology that harnesses the kinetic energy of motion to produce electricity (i.e. dynamo phone chargers).

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

Unknown

Evaluation methods

For locally made bamboo bicycles, evaluation is done by the manufacturer.