Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I feel like you are the one that is speculating here. I haven't seen anything that would lead me to believe that bamboo bikes have a particularly short lifetime. I'm sure there are examples of bamboo frames that didn't last too long, but that's true for any material.
I am in a place where I see bamboo growing in the wild almost every day. I have had many discussions with people about using it for construction of houses and other things. If I tried to explain all aspects, it would be a very long post, and people would get bored reading it. But the bottom line is, it is not very durable. Many houses use hardwood in their construction, but not bamboo. Hardwood is much more durable than bamboo. There are a small number of places built to attract tourists, which are built with bamboo, or that have a bamboo facade.