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at the beginning of the month last june It features a photo of Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and Australia's newest prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Ride bamboo bikes around The lush gardens of the Indonesian Presidential Palace in Bogor way south of jakarta The Indonesian leader also gave an unusual gift like a bamboo bicycle to the Australian leader. On the occasion of your official visit to Indonesia
Picture of 2 leaders riding bamboo bicycles
Make the person who designed the bike become the attention of the people.
The inventor, 54-year-old Singhi Susilo Cartono, said he spent years crafting a bamboo bicycle.
Their team cut down the fast-growing bamboo stalks.
to be coated with preservatives
and then dry
before assembling with other parts
to assemble a strong bike frame
Bamboo is as strong as steel when used in lightweight structures.
Studies have shown that bamboo has a high tensile strength.
This makes it a cost-effective and environmentally friendly renewable material. Bamboo bikes can take up to a week of complex work before becoming a complete bike.
By earning up to $ 1,000 or about 35,000 baht, and some cars are already sold as far as Japan.
Cartono said the special and wonderful was not about President Joko Widodo buying the bamboo bike.
But the bike was brought to welcome the Australian Prime Minister.
It also pointed out how to take advantage of the environment around him as Mr Albanese brought his bike back to Canberra.
It stated that people would see him on the road and ride what might be.
“The only bamboo bike” in the Australian capital.
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