Deslandes started his scientific research with bamboo technology at PUC-Rio University from 1994 to 1999 where he participated in projects about developing tools for working with bamboo – composites, structures, truss-frames, joint and connection solutions, aids and appliances for handicapped such as walkers and amphibian sliders.
[2] After moving to Denmark in 2000, Deslandes launched a criss-cross bamboo tube frame which he named Bambucicletas.
By 2001 Deslandes' Bambucicletas reached the web with an article in American Bamboo Society.
[3] Bambucicletas not only brought back the subject about sustainability by using bamboo to build bicycles, but it also inspired many people around the world to the possibilities that the material was offering.
[4] Deslandes' Bambucicletas has been mentioned George H. Marcus' 2002 book What Is Design Today?