Every bike we design and build is tailored to your size and body measurements providing the perfect fit that makes your ride more comfortable, enjoyable, and, most importantly, efficient—excelling far beyond the technical data sheet.
Then we dress it up with an individually customized paint that reflects your taste and style, fueling your spirit, something standard off-the-shelf (fit/all) products will never do.
We believe joy and pleasure lie in the process (journey), not the result. We take pride in building bicycles for riding and enjoying, and while doing so, experiencing the purest sense of cycling: simple, minimal, yet elegant.
Santiago Toro-CEO & Founder SCARAB Cycles
Our love to explore inspired a one-of-a-kind biking trip to the Chocoan ecosystem, a truly magical land in which mountains, jungles, rivers, and oceans assemble, creating an unequal burst of life and making it one of the planet’s wildest and most unique places.
Its climate is one of the rainiest in the world, registering around 13,000 mm of rain per year at its wettest point and providing the ideal environment for more than 9000 species of vascular plants, 200 mammals, 600 birds, 100 reptiles, and 120 amphibians, 25% of which only flourish there.
After the adventurous ride, we were breathless and speechless.
A well-deserved homage & the urgent need to create awareness:
Consequently, our Jungla special edition bicycle was born as a humble homage to the Chocoan ecosystem and its fantastic biodiversity, which, unfortunately, is highly fragile due to clandestine timber activities. So we are here to inspire the adventurous while bringing environmental consciousness.
Each Jungla-themed SCARAB is custom-built and handpainted by our young and talented team in El Retiro, Colombia, in the same Andean mountains that gave birth to the well-known «Escarabajos,» where we got our name.
Dressed for the occasion.
Given the Heritage of this event, we couldn’t resist presenting a unique approach to our Jungla Special
Edition with a British Racing Green background paint.
Neither of us doubted inviting some Friends such as Globe Trotter and Campagnolo, to join us in our exhibition stand at the Concours on Savile Row 2023.
1 Ton of CO2 has been retired to neutralize emissions from production and shipping overcompensate the burden on the environment.
Acapa-«A» Rated Carbon Credit by BeZero
Certificate:
ACAPA-BAJO MIRA Y FRONTERA (ACAPA-BFM) REDD+PROJECT
Accreditor VCS Registry ID 1389
This project avoids the deforestation of the biogically diverse Choco-Darien bioregion located in Colombia. Forest in the project area are important both nationally and internationally for the ecosystem services they provide. Nevertheless, the forest are particulary vulnerable to ilegal logging, wich has dramatically reduced biomass in the region. Thus, the focus of the REDD+project has been to address the issue of the ilegal timber extraction an the other pressures of the forest
To calculate the carbon footprint of a steel bicycle frame, we need to consider the emissions associated with the
production of steel, the manufacturing process, transportation, use, and end-of-life disposal.
Assuming a steel bicycle frame weighs 1.5 kg, we can use the following emission factors to calculate the carbon footprint:
PRODUCTION OF STEEL
According to the World Steel Association, the average CO2 emissions per tonne of crude steel production in 2020 was 1.8 tonnes of CO2e per tonne of steel produced. Therefore, the emissions associated with the production of 1.5 kg of steel would be: 1.5 kg x 1 tonne / 1000 kg x 1.8 tonnes CO2e / 1 tonne of steel = 0.0027 tonnes CO2e
WELDING OF STEEL
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average emissions associated with electric arc welding of steel is 0.54 kg of CO2e per kg of steel welded. Therefore, the emissions associated with welding 1.5 kg of steel would be: 1.5 kg x 0.54 kg CO2e / kg of steel welded = 0.81 kg CO2e
MANUFACTURING AND FINISHING
The emissions associated with the manufacturing and finishing of the bicycle frame will depend on the specific process used, as well as the energy sources used in the manufacturing facility. Without more specific information, we can assume that these emissions will be approximately equal to the emissions associated with the welding process.
TRANSPORTATION
The emissions associated with transportation will depend on the distance traveled, the mode of transportation, and the efficiency of the vehicle used. Without more specific information, we can assume that the emissions associated with transportation will be negligible compared to the emissions associated with production, welding, and manufacturing.
USE
The emissions associated with the use of the bicycle frame will depend on the amount of energy used during cycling. Without more specific information, we can assume that these emissions will be negligible compared to the emissions associated with production, welding, and manufacturing.
END OF LIFE
The emissions associated with the use of the bicycle frame will depend on the amount of energy used during cycling. Without more specific information, we can assume that these emissions will be negligible compared to the emissions associated with production, welding, and manufacturing.
Therefore, the total carbon footprint of a steel bicycle frame, based on the given assumptions and emission factors, would be: 0.0027 tonnes CO2e (production of steel) + 0.81 kg CO2e (welding) = 0.0035 tonnes CO2e.
So the total carbon footprint of a steel bicycle frame would be approximately 0.0035 tonnes of CO2e.
“We appreciate your support in divulgating our humble effort for creating consciousness on preserving the fantastic Chocoan Jungle and its treasured diverse ecosystems!”
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