Remember the BikeTown Africa project announced late last year?
Bicycling magazine had decided to take its “BikeTown” project to Botswana in cooperation with Bristol-Myers Squibb to help medical personnel deliver HIV-AIDS treatment to people in cities and rural villages.
Kona Bicycles, located up the road in Ferndale, Washington, got the deal to make the bikes and has been blogging its progress at Kona BikeTown.
Designing the bikes wasn't an easy task; in fact, it was a huge challenge. They faced a raft of issues for building a bike that could survive the rough African countryside…. durable tires, lack of bike tools and mechanics, baskets, etc.
They've posted the final product on their blog. Now, the Insera Sena factory in Indonesia needs to build and ship the bikes by late March.
From Blue Collar Mountain Biking
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